Rental management companies

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

I am going to be moving away for two years and would like to rent out my condo while I am gone. I'd rather go through a local management company, as I think it would be easier than trying to finagle repairs from far away. But, as a former renter I am aware that there are some *horrible* management companies out there, and I *do not* want to become an absentee slum lord. So I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations or warnings about management companies they have worked with before (either as a landlord or as a renter).

Thanks!

Comments

[she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com]

Oxford Street Realty, 1644 Mass. Ave., 617-354-3535. Ask for Jackie White and tell her that Rachel Schneewind sent you. I rented my apartment through her, she's great, and they also do property management. (They're between Harvard and Porter Squares.)

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this! I was getting worried when all the other postings were negative.