Long Beach is a landlord’s market with an unusually broad price floor: management here starts lower than almost anywhere else on the California coast, because several firms are built around apartment buildings rather than single houses and price accordingly. Published full-service management runs 4.5% to 10% of collected rent, tenant placement runs from nothing at all to a directory-reported half month, and two of the eight firms on our list publish no figure whatsoever — one of them because its pricing page is still filled with unedited placeholder text.
What Long Beach Managers Charge in 2026
In this section we will give you the published numbers themselves, drawn from our guide to the best property management companies in Long Beach, so you can see what to expect before you make a single call. A Google search will speed up the shortlist by pulling up every local firm faster than a phone round can. However, those results cannot show you everything about a company’s pricing, and many rate cards are not as complete as advertised. Where a company does not publish a number, it is marked as such.
| Company | Management fee | Tenant placement | Lease renewal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utopia Management | 8%-10% of monthly rent | Waived on properties under full management | Not published |
| Beach Front Property Management | Tiered on gross collected income: up to 15 units 4.5%-7%; 16-30 units 4%-6%; 31+ units 4%-5%; multiple buildings by negotiation | Not published | Not published |
| Ernst & Haas Management | 6.9% of collected income, depending on size and type of property | Not published | Not published |
| Berro Property Management | 5%-10% of gross income collected, by location, condition and number of units | Not published | Not published |
| AllView Real Estate | 6.9% or 8.9% of rents collected, by plan | None charged | None charged |
| Mike Dunfee Group | Not published | Not published | Not published |
The Monthly Management Fee
The monthly fee matters because it pays for the parts of the job you would otherwise be doing yourself: showing the property, screening tenants, enforcing the lease, collecting rents, taking maintenance calls and producing your monthly statements. Beach Front Property Management publishes the clearest tiered card in the market and it is priced on scale: 4.5% to 7% of gross collected income for buildings up to fifteen units, 4% to 6% for sixteen to thirty, and 4% to 5% for thirty-one or more, with multiple buildings by negotiation. If you own one house, that bottom tier is not available to you; if you own a building, it is the sharpest published number here.
Ernst & Haas publishes 6.9% of collected income depending on the size and type of property. AllView publishes two plans at 6.9% or 8.9% of rents collected. Berro publishes a band rather than a card — 5% to 10% of gross income collected, varying by location, condition and number of units. Utopia charges 8% to 10% of monthly rent and charges nothing while the property sits vacant. Ask each firm whether its percentage runs on rent collected or rent scheduled, because on a vacancy that is the whole difference, and ask what moves you within a band as wide as Berro’s.
The Tenant Placement (Leasing) Fee
This line item is unusually quiet in Long Beach, and the silence is itself the finding. Neither Beach Front, Ernst & Haas nor Berro publishes a placement figure — Ernst & Haas describes leasing as covered by the management fee, which is a genuine commitment even without a number attached. AllView charges nothing for placement and nothing for renewals, stated plainly on its own site. Utopia waives placement entirely on properties under full management.
Where figures do exist for the remaining firms they come from a third-party directory rather than from the companies themselves, and directory data is stale in places, so treat it as a starting point for the conversation rather than as a quote. Filling a vacancy requires care and effort — but time is money, and in a market where four firms publish no placement figure, the speed and completeness of a written answer tells you something useful about how the rest of the relationship will run.
Renewal, Setup, and Maintenance Fees
Only one firm in this market publishes a renewal position, and it is the good kind: AllView charges nothing. Everybody else is silent, which means the questions below need putting in writing before you sign. They fit in one email:
- Lease renewal: what it costs, and whether it is charged at all.
- Setup or onboarding: no firm on this list publishes a figure either way.
- Maintenance coordination: whether repair invoices carry a markup, and whether vendor discounts are passed through to you.
- Monthly minimums: a tiered percentage with a floor under it behaves like a flat fee on a low-rent unit.
What the Apartment Stock Does to Your Quote
Long Beach has a far higher share of small apartment buildings than most cities in this series, and the management market has organized itself around them. Beach Front reports roughly a thousand units under management and Berro roughly 2,300, and both price on unit count. That has a practical consequence for a single-home owner: the headline 4% and 4.5% figures you will see quoted around this city are volume rates, and quoting them back to a firm on a one-house engagement will not get you there. Conversely, if you own a fourplex or larger, Long Beach is one of the few markets in California where the published tiers genuinely reward you for it. Establish which side of that line you are on before you start comparing, because the same firm can be the cheapest or the most expensive option depending on the answer.
Flat Fee or Percentage?
Of course, the rent itself, specifically its level, dictates which structure wins. Nobody in Long Beach publishes a pure flat monthly fee, so the practical choice here is between tiered percentages and flat bands. A percentage plan tracks your rent upward, and on a covered unit that rent can rise no more than 8.7% in any twelve-month period under the state Tenant Protection Act as applied in Los Angeles County for increases taking effect through July 2027. Expect a wide band on the quote itself: Berro’s 5% to 10% is a five-point spread and the site publishing it does not say what moves an owner within it, so get your specific number in writing.
Keeping the Cost Down
Collect written proposals: in a market where several firms publish nothing and one publishes placeholder text, an apples-to-apples comparison is only possible on paper, so get every quote in writing against the same property and the same expected rent before making any decisions. Ask specifically whether leasing and renewals are included in the management fee, as Ernst & Haas and AllView say theirs are — on a property that turns over every two years, that inclusion is worth more than half a point on the monthly rate. All fee agreements are negotiable, so before diving in, try negotiating the most affordable rate possible from the company that is number one on your list. For what a full-service arrangement includes here, see our Long Beach property management services, or compare providers side by side in the Long Beach rankings.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does property management cost in Long Beach?
About 4.5% to 10% of collected rent in 2026. Beach Front prices on scale from 4% to 7% by unit count, Ernst & Haas publishes 6.9%, AllView publishes 6.9% or 8.9% by plan, Berro publishes 5% to 10%, and Utopia publishes 8% to 10%.
Why are Long Beach management rates lower than other coastal cities?
Because several firms here are built around apartment buildings rather than single houses and price on unit count. Beach Front charges 4% to 5% on thirty-one units or more but 4.5% to 7% up to fifteen. Those headline low rates are volume rates and are not available on a single-home engagement.
What is a typical tenant placement fee in Long Beach?
Four firms publish no placement figure at all. AllView charges nothing for placement or renewals, Ernst & Haas describes leasing as covered by the management fee, and Utopia waives it under full management. Where other figures exist they come from a third-party directory rather than the firms themselves.
How much can I raise the rent in Long Beach in 2026?
Up to 8.7% under the state Tenant Protection Act as applied in Los Angeles County, for increases taking effect through July 2027. That is 5% plus the regional change in the cost of living, capped at 10%.
Do Long Beach property managers publish their fees?
Half of them do. Four of the eight firms on our list publish a management rate, and one firm's pricing page is unedited Lorem Ipsum placeholder text, verified 31 August 2026. Get every quote in writing against the same property.
