Trust, Relationships, Shared Goals
Good Tenants, Excellent Results!
Whether you own one unit or dozens, Cal-Prop’s deep expertise, personalized approach, and time-tested tools enable you to operate your property like a real estate professional and have the time to enjoy your life. Owner Rick Thornton has a portfolio of over 100k square feet of income property bringing a much needed ownership perspective to property management.
Cal-Prop Management was established in 1987 to revolutionize the property management experience in San Diego. We are distinguished from our competition by:
We will bring you steady cash flow you can depend on. Our team of professionals bring you the best property management and maintenance services to ensure high ROI and 100% tenant retention.
Your dedicated property management team is at your disposal with a single point of contact responsible for your property. Your Vice President coordinates your team – Property Manager, Assistant Property Manager, Maintenance Director, Maintenance Coordinator and our Technicians – ensuring efficient unit turns, leasing, renovations, and repairs.
Everything is online, but we answer the phone faster and better than any of our competitors.
Our proprietary tenant screening process, quick turn practices, and an all hands-on deck approach gives us an advantage to find, qualify and close the best tenants.
We are pros at tackling major issues such as mold, mainlines and floods and bringing fast, cost effective results. For example, any mainline replacement is 75-80% of the cost of a typical plumbing contractor. Our in-house team aim to give you better pricing and faster service to minimize vacancy and turnover time while ensuring 100% resident satisfaction.
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Call or email to consult, investigate and discuss.We are an organized property management firm in San Diego that works for homeowners and investors as they desire. Even if you are hands-off or in retirement, we assist you in day-to-day decision-making. We are personally involved in the property management process to ensure 100% client satisfaction.
“I have worked with Cal-Prop for the management of my rental property in San Diego for the last 6 years and have been very satisfied with both their service and responsiveness. As a homeowner with an equity property, they certainly make it a hassle free experience and everyone I have worked with has been very accommodating and professional. I would highly recommend Cal-Prop!”
“Cal-Prop is absolutely outstanding. The rental property world is fraught with uncertainty and risks on both the owner and renter sides. The professionalism, courtesy, advice, guidance and explanation of financial matters were impeccably expert and always delivered in a timely fashion. Their management is likewise highly responsive. Very enthusiastic 10 out 10 (A#1 +++ rating).”
“I couldn’t be more pleased with the service Cal-Prop provided. He took all the worry and frustration out of renting my condo AND got a great tenant within 2 weeks! I would gladly recommend Lance to anyone looking for a professional property management to assist with their rental. Thank you so much Cal-Prop!”
“We have been extremely pleased to have Cal-Prop manage our 8 unit apartment in San Diego for several years. Cal-Prop President Rick Thornton managed an extensive construction and building upgrade for us. The property has been maintained in good condition and the rents were kept in good accord with market values. We recommend Cal-Prop highly.”
Cal-Prop Management provides a seamless rental experience for renters that makes their stay easy and comfortable. All our rentals are best-priced, well-kept, and most desirable in the vicinity.
San Diego
Chula Vista
Del Mar
El Cajon
Encinitas
Golden Hill
Hillcrest
Kensington
La Jolla
La Mesa
Mira Mesa
Mission Beach
Mission Hills
Mission Valley
Normal Heights
North Park
Ocean Beach
Oceanside
Pacific Beach
Point Loma
Spring Valley
University City
Cal prop is responsive and their property management is as assisting as they can be! Would recommend.
CAL -PROP agents especially Mario Jimenez and others are very active at taking care of my rental condo like their own house. They are vey efficient for rental timely , check out and repairs of unit.
I've had Cal-Prop for over a decade now and they are great. The management pretty much runs on autopilot and I rarely need to get involved but sometimes things go sideways for whatever reason and I do. They raise rents, deal with repairs and new tenants when needed. Highly recommended.
I’m so glad Catherine gave me and my family a chance. Im super excited to move in my new place soon. Thank you Catherine and Cal-prop management for the help and opportunity.
I’ve had a fantastic experience with Kate! She has made my housing experience a very smooth process, and I was able to book a showing right away with her. She is an excellent communicator and has an enthusiastic personality. I am so grateful my roommate and I have been in contact with her, because she helped us secure our new home! I would absolutely recommend Cal Prop management to anyone who is looking for trustworthy service and superior quality. Thank you Kate!
CalProp has been responsive to all our service calls and has always sent over stand-up quality Service members. Recently they sent out Tyler who was very friendly, and efficient and knew what he was doing.
Hobie and Tom fixed my maintenance problem swiftly and easily on a Saturday, and luckily, now I have my Saturday back! Thank you Hobie and Tom!
I am a current tenant and wanted to give a shout out to Tyler! He is such a hard worker, very sweet, and is an excellent representative of Cal-Prop.
So thankful for Cal-Prop and their amazing maintenance team! I submitted a service request for a hot water leak yesterday and my property manager, Eric Paulin, called me back the same day to review the issue. He arranged for Eric Bagalini from maintenance to come by today, and I couldn’t have asked for better service! Not only was he professional and extremely knowledgeable (he explained the exact issue and what he needed to do to fix it), he was fast, kept the area clean, and was an absolute joy to work with! Having a property manager with a maintenance team I can trust means so much, and I am so grateful “the Erics” are part of the Cal-Prop team!
As a new tenant I am very impressed with the friendly staff and their responsiveness to my needs and concerns. Eric Paulin was a very big help when I needed it. Great customer service 👌
Switching from my old property management company to Cal Prop Management has been the best decision for my company. I’ve been working with Cal Prop Management for 2 years now and they’ve exceeded my expectations beyond what I could’ve imagined. Today I am at peace knowing that my property is well taken care of thanks to Rick , Graham and the rest of their crew. I seriously can’t thank you all enough for keeping my property safe, clean, and operating 24/7 365 days a year!
I had an excellent experience with Keith! From the first contact, he was incredibly kind and helpful. Keith scheduled a visit to the apartment and made sure I had all the information I needed. During the visit, he was very professional and showed me all the details of the apartment. His customer service was exceptional and made my search for a new home easier and pleasant. I am very happy with Keith's service and highly recommend him to anyone looking for a new place to rent with Cal-Prop!
Catherine was super friendly and understanding of my situation, and with help from Alexis, managed to get me my top choice for apartments in San Diego! Excellent customer service, punctual, and made sure to keep me updated so I have better piece of mind while going through the application process. Recommend!
Best in the business. Professional, knowledgeable, diligent. Melissa is an incredible manager and advocate for her clients. Highly recommend.
We were in need of an apartment and saw a listing for Cal Prop. I contacted them to schedule a viewing, and Kate responded promptly. She was very easy to talk to and asked me all the things I needed in an apartment – move-in dates and my budget. Kate really made this whole process easy and hassle-free 🙂 We all know how stressful it is looking for an apartment, especially when you don't have much time outside of work. Thank you, Kate, for doing all the hard work for us!
Awesome! Responsive, thorough, honest, communicative, smart, thoughtful, and so much more! Cannot recommend highly enough!
Moving is such a stressful time but Bobby made it so easy for me! Most people I reached out to wouldn’t even respond but Bobby was quick, professional, very communicative and clearly wanted to help. He got me into a showing right away, listened to what I wanted and didn’t want and ultimately led me to an apartment I absolutely love! He still checks in and is always fast to respond any questions I may have. Best property manager I’ve worked with hands down! 10/10 🌟 Since moving in I also had some maintenance done and Tyler did such a great job. He was timely and efficient in his communication and work! I’ve heard poor things about general maintenance when living in apartment buildings but I’ve had a great experience living here so far!
