Services

Accurate and Streamlined Accounting

Over the years, we have fine-tuned our accounting systems with checks and balances to manage and control rental receipts and expenses. Owners can be assured their funds are accounted for and well controlled.

Marathon Management, Inc. is one of only a few management companies in the metropolitan area that utilizes a centralized approach to accounting and management, such systems:

• Eliminates the need for on-site staff to perform accounting functions, thereby reducing on-site staff and payroll cost.
• Residents use an on-line system to pay their rent. Over 87% of our residents pay on-line.
• Integrated rent rolls and financial statements allow Marathon to publish more accurate and timely reports.
• On-site managers are freed from the “negative” aspects of credit verification and rent collections, providing them more time to work on marketing and maintenance tasks, increasing occupancy and reducing administrative costs.
• Significantly improves all aspects of the property’s internal accounting controls at the site level, eliminating errors and reducing risk.

Some of our key management reports are listed below. More detailed information about management’s account, reporting and management capabilities is available upon request.

Daily/Weekly Reporting

• Residential Status Report
  Detailed real-time trending information on residential units, garages, carports, and ancillary income for the current and previous weeks and months with snapshots of the property’s performance as of Sunday of each week for comparison.
• Weekly Recap
  A 52-week running summary of critical residential apartment leasing, marketing and turnover information. This section provides a snapshot of weekly and year-to- date trends so management can quicky respond to rapidly changing trends.
• Weekly Traffic Recap
  All telephone and visitor traffic, as well as leases by day, week, and year-to-date by source.
• Daily Call-back List
  A by-product of the Daily Traffic log, this report is submitted daily to the property manager for monitoring. The report facilitates the follow-up of prospects by leasing agents until prospects have made a leasing decision.
• Automated turnover maintenance scheduling and record keeping
• Major capital replacement cost tracking by apartment data base for the purpose of analyzing and controlling major capital expenditures.
• Street Rate Schedule
  One of our most useful reports, providing on-site staff with the most optimal rent for each vacant apartment. This report summarizes apartments together into logical groupings, called “micro-communities” (i.e., common style, floor plan, level, etc.) and establishes the best rental rate to charge based on apartment inventory, occupancy, and the market. This automated report is closely monitored to ensure maximum occupancy rates are achieved at the highest possible rents.
• Tenant Profile
  Useful information about the property’s tenant population, including resident’s ages, income levels, and locations and lengths of employment as well as other pertinent information.
• Make Ready Worksheet
  An organized list of maintenance needed at the property for the coming week for site managers and maintenance staff.
• Available for Rent Report
  A list of all apartments that have become available for leasing.
• Rent Increase Analysis Report
  A 12-month analysis for determining the optimal amount and time to implement tenant rent increases. This analysis is also used in the calculation of the annual budget. Automatic rent increase determination and notification ensures that rent increase opportunities are not overlooked.
• Rent Roll A real time detail/summary of effective rents.
• Rapid market comp studies to ensure rents are at their optimal price point.

Monthly Financial Statements

Property Owners receive the following minimum reports in their Standard Monthly Financial Statement Package:

• Owner’s Ledger Cash Report
• Accrual Basis Balance Sheet
• Accrual and Cash Basis Statement of Operating Income and Expenses
• Periodic and relative national and local articles and industry reports on recent market conditions and trends

Proficient in Maintenance, Rehab and Construction

Marathon performs much of its day-to-day maintenance, repairs, rehab and construction by utilizing well-vetted and competitive third-party contractors who are properly licensed and insured, eliminating the inefficient and costly use of in-house maintenance crews. Our approved vendors have been thoroughly screened and their pricing aggressively bid to ensure the highest quality work at the lowest possible price.

The prices negotiated are passed directly to our management clients without mark-up. Our competitive management fee is our only source of revenue.

Marathon Construction Services LLC

We are able to address major improvements with owner’s approval through our subsidiary, Marathon Construction Services LLC (MCS). Since 1979, MCS has constructed and rehabilitated more than 8,000 apartment units. Through Marathon Construction Services we are able to perform value engineering before construction or major rehab services are commenced, thereby minimizing construction cost.

Dedicated, knowledgeable, and experienced staff put the owner in the most secure and predictable position during rehab and construction. Computerized on-line bidding, budgeting and scheduling systems are among the most sophisticated available in the industry.