At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Rental Property companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Rental Property Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Bungalow
Bungalow provides home rental services.
Founder(s): Andrew Collins, Justin McCarty
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property, Residential
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Landing
Landing develops a membership-based network of fully-finished urban apartment homes.
Founder(s): Bill Smith
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Property Development, Real Estate, Rental Property, Residential
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Home365
Home365 makes owning and renting out real estate easy, predictable, and more profitable than ever before.
Founder(s): Daniel Shaked
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Interior Design, Mobile, Property Insurance, Property Management, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Real Time, Rental Property, Search Engine, Video
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WanderJaunt
WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled property management solutions for travelers, homeowners, and accommodations from around the world.
Founder(s): Andres Green, Barrett Glasauer, Michael Chen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Rental Property, Travel Accommodations
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Apartment List
Apartment List is a smart, simple and seamless renting platform that’s dedicated to making the process fair and transparent for all.
Founder(s): Chris Erickson, Chris Herndon, John Kobs
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Marketplace, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property, Search Engine
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Naborly
Credit designed for the renting generation.
Founder(s): Dylan Lenz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Credit Bureau, FinTech, Real Estate, Rental Property
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TenantBase
TenantBase is a technology-enabled commercial real estate platform built to revolutionize the leasing process for tenants and brokers.
Founder(s): Andy Kish, Bennett Washabaugh, Mike Zei
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Rental Property, Service Industry
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Divvy
Divvy Homes is a tech-enabled real estate platform that facilitates rent-to-own home purchases.
Founder(s): Adena Hefets, Alex Klarfeld, Brian Ma, Nicholas Clark
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Financial Services, Real Estate, Rental Property
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HubHaus
HubHaus is a provider of a shared community platform intended to solve housing issues in the modern age.
Founder(s): Kerry Jones, Shruti Merchant, Sloane Yu
Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Keyo
Keyo is an end-to-end apartment rental service
Founder(s): Kiran Bellubbi
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile Apps, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Zently
Zently is a rental space management solution provider that offers a mobile app to help property renters and owners live in harmony.
Founder(s): Aleksandr Movsesyan, Sachit Kamat
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Rental Property
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Playhouse
Playhouse is a proprietary mobile applications that enables users to view and browse real-estate listing.
Founder(s): Alex Perelman, Nathan Shinder
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Real Estate, Rental Property
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JoyHub
Real estate data company, providing solutions to rental property operators
Founder(s): Elizabeth Braman, Justin Hughes
Location: Culver City, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property, Software
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ZeroDown
ZeroDown is a real estate startup that focuses on providing an affordable homeownership solution.
Founder(s): Abhijeet Dwivedi, Hari Viswanathan, Laks Srini
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property, Service Industry, Travel
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RentSpree
RentSpree makes tenant screening simple.
Founder(s): Angela Stuart, Michael Lucarelli, Paul Sirisuphang
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property
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Poplar Homes
Manage and monetize rental property in the cloud.
Founder(s): Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi, Chuck Hattemer, Evan Huang, Greg Toschi, Rico Mok
Location: Cupertino, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Awning
Awning is a technology platform and brokerage built exclusively for real estate investing.
Founder(s): Danaus Chang, Shri Ganeshram
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Financial Services, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Viya
Viya provides fully-furnished room rentals for young professionals.
Founder(s): Eugenio Villarreal, Francisco Puente
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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MaliVest
PropTech/FinTech
Founder(s): Chris Harding, Jess Bradshaw
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: FinTech, Internet, Rental Property
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HomeMe
HomeMe reinvents apartment renting.
Founder(s): Lindsey Holland, Mark Douglas
Location: Culver City, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Social Spaces
Social Spaces provides a transparent layer between landlords, subletters, and master lease holders
Founder(s): Manny Roman
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Big Data, PaaS, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property, Sharing Economy, Software
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LinkER Group
LinkER is a global, adventure rental company.
Founder(s): Yu Luo
Location: City Of Industry, California, United States
Industries: Rental, Rental Property, Software
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Property Connect
Property Connect offers LiveOffer, a real-time tool that enables real estate veterans to control their move-in dates, terms, and price.
Founder(s): Tim Manson
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Real Estate, Real Time, Rental, Rental Property
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Dwellsy
Dwellsy is the largest residential rental listing marketplace in the U.S.
Founder(s): Brian Kelley, Jonas Bordo, Rosalind Bordo
Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Applications, Internet, Property Management, Rental Property
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DealCheck
The Leading Real Estate Analysis Software and Calculator
Founder(s): Anton Ivanov
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Software, Mobile Apps, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property, Software
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Nico
Nico is a neighborhood investment company that helps people build wealth by investing in their neighborhood.
Founder(s): John Chaffetz, Max Levine
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Communities, FinTech, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Facilgo, Inc.
The only process based Property Maintenance & Supplier Marketplace Platform that supports end-to-end maintenance & renovation operations.
Founder(s): Ken Murai
Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Industries: Building Maintenance, Home Renovation, Information Technology, Internet, Marketplace, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property, SaaS, Software
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Zenplace
Technology Powered Leasing and Rental Management Platform | Making It Easier for Rental Property Owners and Landlords
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Haven Realty Capital
Haven Realty Capital is a real estate investment firm that engages in buying, selling, and renting residential property.
Founder(s):
Location: El Segundo, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate Investment, Rental Property, Residential
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RentCast
Rental Property Data, Analytics and Portfolio Tracking
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Consumer Software, Information Technology, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property, Software
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Pappas Investments
Pappas Investments is a real estate development company that offers property management, house construction and home rental services.
Founder(s):
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Vybe Living
Vybe Living offers a selection of elegantly designed co-living spaces with all the essentials for rent and lease.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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F & F Properties
F & F Properties is a real estate development and investment firm that invests in value-add opportunities in multi-family acquisitions.
Founder(s): Dan Feder
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Property Development, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Canvas
Canvas, a professional networking site for creatives, helps users establish a professional identity, search for jobs & connect with brands.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Rental Property, Residential
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DPGO
DPGO is an AI-driven dynamic pricing tool for hosts, property owners, and listing managers.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Machine Learning, Real Estate, Rental Property, SaaS, Software, Travel, Vacation Rental
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ValueScape
Innovation-Award PropTech Company transforming Homeownership and Rental Housing with Artificial Intelligence
Founder(s): Shashi Rivankar, William Leveson-Gower
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Home Services, Lending, Machine Learning, Property Insurance, Property Management, Rental Property, Software
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Rentado
A Secure Renter to Landlord Mobile and CRM linked-ecosystem that enables payments, social, maintenance requests and access, and more.
Founder(s): Justin Morgan
Location: Long Beach, California, United States
Industries: Information Technology, Market Research, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property, Software
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Sandbox Suites
Sandbox Suites provides on-demand, shared office spaces for entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, and independent professionals.
Founder(s): Roman Gelfer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Coworking, Rental Property, Virtual Assistant
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Virtual Staging Solutions
Virtual Staging Solutions is a platform for real estate services and also offer customized home furnishing services.
Founder(s): Bryan Bittner
Location: Walnut, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property, Smart Home
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HomeRiver Group Sacramento
HomeRiver Group Sacramento specializes in property management, residential and commercial rental properties and maintenance.
Founder(s):
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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SpacePlace
SpacePlace partners with rental property owners to create digital catalogs of the products they’ve curated for each space.
Founder(s):
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Marshall Reddick Real Estate
Marshall Reddick Real Estate provides estate buying, selling, property management, mortgage and investment advisory services for realtors.
Founder(s):
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Finance, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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RoomHunt
RoomHunt is a website enabling renters to access apartment rental listings.
Founder(s): Akshay Kumar, David Weisburd, Michael Silverman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Online Portals, Rental Property, Search Engine
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Beven and Brock Property Management Company
Beven and Brock Property Management Company is a property management company that provides rental services.
Founder(s):
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Proper Hospitality
Proper Hospitality is a hotel & hospitality industry designs, brands, and operates high-end lifestyle hospitality experiences.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Hospitality, Hotel, Rental Property
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New Star Realty
New Star Realty is a Korean-American owned real estate company in the United States.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property, Sales
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Urbanests
Property Management
Founder(s): TONY BRETTKELLY
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Pico Union Housing Corp
Pico Union Housing Corp provides low income housing programme.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Home Services, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Mountain Road Consulting LLC
Short Term Rental Property Management and Host
Founder(s): Chris Mahlmann
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Hospitality, Property Management, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property, Travel, Travel Accommodations, Vacation Rental
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Top Broker Network
Top Broker Network full-service client experience relieves you of the stress of preparing your home for the market.
Founder(s):
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Rental Property
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We Buy California Houses for Cash
We buy houses for cash and we close fast.
Founder(s): Matthew Stark
Location: Tracy, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Home Renovation, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Clik2Flip
Clik2Flip is a Real Estate Investment Calculator.
Founder(s):
Location: Rocklin, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property, Vacation Rental
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NAI Benchmark
NAI Benchmark is a real estate company that offers commercial real estate leasing and sales in industrial, investment and land properties.
Founder(s):
Location: Modesto, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Leasing, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Safari Holdings
Safari Holdings specializes in property management services also offers to buy and sell services on residential and commercial properties.
Founder(s):
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property, Residential
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P M Services
P M Services is a property management company.
Founder(s): Lori Webster
Location: Fresno, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Rental Property
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Plenty Of Places
Plenty Of Places is a real estate company.
Founder(s):
Location: Long Beach, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property, Residential
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RTG Investments
RTG Investments is a property management company that offers comfortable living environments for residents.
Founder(s):
Location: Panorama City, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property, Residential
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Airvestor
Wealthfront For Rental Property Investors
Founder(s): Julian Fishman, R C
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: FinTech, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Sunshine Rentals
Sunshine Rentals is a Houseware Rental and Corporate Housekeeping company.
Founder(s):
Location: Vista, California, United States
Industries: Hospitality, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Korda Group
Korda Group specializes in providing high-quality management of diverse housing and commercial rental properties.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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JRealty
JRealty is a property management company that deals with leasing, commercial property rentals and maintenance services.
Founder(s):
Location: Hawthorne, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Property Management, Rental Property
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Riverside Housing Development Corporation
Riverside Housing Development Corporation is a non-profit organization that provides rental housing services.
Founder(s):
Location: Riverside, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Non Profit, Rental Property
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Balco Properties
Balco Properties specializes in property development, real estate investment, property management and property leasing services.
Founder(s):
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Property Development, Property Management, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Complete
Rent your next home in three clicks
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Mobile Apps, Real Estate, Rental, Rental Property
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Real Estate Xperts
Real Estate Xperts specializes in the sales of homes.
Founder(s):
Location: Fullerton, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property, Sales
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Commercial Brokers International
Commercial Brokers International is a real estate brokerage company that provides investments, sales, and leasing of commercial properties.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Pacific Street Real Estate
Pacific Street Real Estate offers property sale, mortgage calculator, rental property, property valuation and property management services.
Founder(s):
Location: Monterey, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Warren Properties
Warren Properties is a real estate development and management company.
Founder(s):
Location: Escondido, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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O’Neill Property Management
O’Neill Property Management assists to find exceptional rental units, single-family homes, apartments, and condominiums.
Founder(s):
Location: Riverside, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Pearson Realty
Pearson Realty is an agricultural real estate brokerage company which sells agricultural lands, diaries.
Founder(s):
Location: Fresno, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Real Estate, Rental Property
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CENTURY 21 Masters
CENTURY 21 Masters is a real estate company providing management and leasing services.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Professional Services, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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NXT LVL Realty
NXT LVL Realty provides real estate services.
Founder(s):
Location: Pinecrest, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Rental Property, Sales
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PMZ Real Estate
PMZ Real Estate is a real estate company that provides property management, home loans, commercial services.
Founder(s):
Location: Modesto, California, United States
Industries: Commercial Insurance, Insurance, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Power Property Management
Power Property Management, as a property management company, works with dozens of authorized, independent vendors.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Asset Management, Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Sonoma Properties
Sonoma Properties is a property management firm that deals with vacation rentals, apartment complexes and multi-family residences.
Founder(s):
Location: Sonoma, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Rental, Rental Property
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Urban Phenix
Urban Phenix is a property management company providing a culture of community and excellence for residents, clients, and team members
Founder(s):
Location: Glendale, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Kadami Enterprises
Kadami Enterprises is a property management company.
Founder(s):
Location: Petaluma, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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NishPad
Find amazing apartments and compatible housemates who make you feel at home
Founder(s): Ario Bakhtaki
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property
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Hayward Property Management
Hayward Property Management is a consultancy that deals with property management and rental services of apartments, condos, & family homes.
Founder(s):
Location: Hayward, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Sola Rentals
Sola Rentals is a property management firm that offers residential apartments and construction management services to landlords & tenants.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Leasing, Rental, Rental Property, Residential, Vacation Rental
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Bobcat Southwest
Bobcat Southwest provides customer service and support for sales and rentals of industrial construction equipment.
Founder(s): Richard Fuller
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Industrial Engineering, Rental, Rental Property
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2kRentals
Affordable rental housing search portal
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property
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Formatic Property Management
Formatic Property Management offers tenant screening, marketing, lease drafting, inspections, rent collection and maintenance services.
Founder(s):
Location: Riverside, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Berkeley Startup Cluster
Companies, communities, connections near campus.
Founder(s):
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Association, Events, Incubators, Rental Property
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St. Petersburg Housing Authority
St. Petersburg Housing Authority provides safe, sanitary, accessible, decent, and affordable housing to eligible citizens.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Government, Rental, Rental Property, Residential
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San Diego real estate
Gary Kent Team of San Diego Real Estate Professionals, they work on Find A Home, Sell A Home, Investing in Real Estate.
Founder(s):
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Rental Property
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Comstock & Company
Comstock & Company is a professional real estate agency.
Founder(s):
Location: Ventura, California, United States
Industries: Real Estate, Rental Property, Sales
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Palisades Realty
Palisades Realty is a property management real estate company.
Founder(s):
Location: Pacific Palisades, California, United States
Industries: Rental Property, Sales
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Del Rey Party Rentals
Del Rey Party Rentals provide excellent event rental services and to have a quality oriented product inventory.
Founder(s):
Location: Hawthorne, California, United States
Industries: Rental, Rental Property
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Hello Housing
Hello Housing specializes in residential property rental, down payment assistance and housing services for underserved communities.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Finance, Non Profit, Real Estate, Rental Property, Residential
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Makras Real Estate
Makras Real Estate is a agency that deals with residential and commercial property selling, buying and leasing services.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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St. Anton Building
St. Anton Building offers a luxurious studio, apartment, panoramic view from the window, designer interior and concierge-style services.
Founder(s):
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Construction, Real Estate, Rental Property
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All Star Rents
All Star Rents has been providing equipment rental solutions across Northern California.
Founder(s):
Location: Fairfield, California, United States
Industries: B2B, Rental, Rental Property
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Arrowhead Housing
Arrowhead Housing is a real estate agency that specializes in residential and commercial property management service.
Founder(s):
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Roomily
We help “people with spare rooms find and keep great housemates.
Founder(s): Jill Lindenbaum, Sigalit Rubinson
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Real Estate, Rental Property, Women’s
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Penmar Management
Penmar Management provides real estate and property management services.
Founder(s):
Location: Lomita, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Mynd
Mynd is a customer-first, tech-enabled property management firm focused on rental sector.
Founder(s): Colin Wiel, Don Ganguly, Doug Brien
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property, Residential
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Raj Properties
Raj Properties specializes in property management, renting, open housing and parking services.
Founder(s):
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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Marina Harbor
Marina Harbor offers contemporary and inspired waterfront apartments with private amenities and premier boater service for rent.
Founder(s):
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Rental Property
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Mid Valley Storage
Mid Valley Storage provides warehousing, auto parking, conventional and cold storage facilities for rental.
Founder(s):
Location: Visalia, California, United States
Industries: Logistics, Rental Property, Self-Storage, Warehousing
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Pabst, Kinney & Associates
Pabst, Kinney & Associates is a real estate brokerage, property management and investment company.
Founder(s):
Location: Long Beach, California, United States
Industries: Property Management, Real Estate, Rental Property
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