Foreign Service Officer Property Management. Streamlined.

Foreign service officers often have to pick up and relocate with minimal warning. Those who own property in the D.C. area could find themselves in a challenging situation when this occurs, because there won’t be time to sell or rent the home before leaving. 

The team at Nomadic Real Estate offers exceptional foreign service officer property management assistance. We have more than 15 years of experience in Metro D.C. 

Our professional agents will ensure you have suitable tenants and provide you with the peace of mind that comes from knowing your home is in good hands, even if you’re living in another country. Give us a call at 202-223-9019 to begin the process today.

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Solutions We Offer Property Owners

You never want to end up with unsuitable renters in your home, especially if you aren’t around to keep an eye on them. A turnkey foreign service officer property management company like Nomadic Real Estate eliminates this challenge by taking care of most aspects associated with renting your home, including:

Onboarding the Property

Every property management situation we enter begins with setting a price and getting to know the house’s quirks. Nomadic Real Estate will visit your home and complete a walk-through, providing us insight on how much you should charge your tenants monthly. We’ll then develop virtual tours and 3D renderings to attract the right renters in a hurry.

Property Maintenance and Management

Regular maintenance and repairs are part of owning a home. It can be difficult, though, for foreign service officers to handle these jobs when working in another country. Nomadic Real Estate will take care of any emergency and non-emergency jobs that arise while ensuring the property stays compliant with local regulations.

Advertising and Tenant Screening

You can’t attract tenants without marketing the property, and Nomadic Real Estate takes care of that aspect for you. We also complete background checks, answer inquiries, read applications, negotiation terms, and execute the lease.

Collecting Rent

It can be next to impossible to collect rent when you’re working overseas. Nomadic Real Estate streamlines the process by receiving the money using ACH Direct Debit. We’ll then automatically deposit the cash into your bank account, so there’s no hassle whatsoever.

Turnover Services

There’s no guaranteeing one tenant will stay in your home the entire time you’re gone. That’s why Nomadic Real Estate offers strategic turnover services that include a full inspection of the property, complete with pictures, before any new renters arrive. We’ll also take care of any repairs and improvements that become necessary and assist as your tenants move into the home.

Nomadic Real Estate is a team of dozens of professionals committed to providing you with the best foreign service officer property management assistance available. Reach out to us today to learn more.

Why Trust Nomadic Real Estate

Foreign service officers who will be stationed in another country need a property management firm they can trust. Nomadic Real Estate has helped over 3,000 landlords in the D.C. area achieve maximum return rates on their rental properties. We also offer our clients:

  • Performance guarantees
  • More than 15 years of experience
  • Under 0.1% eviction rate
  • No renewal fees
  • More than 96% of properties occupied

We aim to provide a personal level of service to all our clients while ensuring you receive the best possible return when renting your home.

What homeowners are saying:

I’ve been trying to find a property management company I could trust for years and I finally stumbled across Nomadic. Jenna made sure that all the photos of my property were professional and that the floorplan looked great. Plus, she helped set up a virtual tour! Since then, I’ve had no worries about maintaining and managing the home I rent out. I can’t recommend these guys enough!

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Peggy Mueller

This is the 2019 update of what I've been writing time and again: Nomadic is excellent, professional and efficient! Managing my property since 2013, Nomadic dealt with all situations with utmost care and efficacy. Be it time to find a new tenant, to fix an appliance or to prepare the property for a move in, Nomadic scores the highest. I'm fortunate to have Nomadic taking care of property, my life's savings. I count on Nomadic and it gives me peace of mind.

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Eduardo Castro

The D.C. Area’s Go-To Experts for Property Management

Nomadic Real Estate offers one of the industry’s most complete customer service experiences. Our hard work and dedication will ensure your rental property is in good hands, no matter where in the world you’re stationed. Contact our professional team today for more information. 

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All-Inclusive Property Management for All Customers

A good property management company can help keep tenants and customers happy, and with zero upfront costs and zero renewal fees, Nomadic Real Estate is proven to be D.C.’s choice for residential real estate leasing. We have customers all over the world, but we have always maintained our personal, handcrafted approach to property management. 

If you are a business owner or real estate investor, Nomadic Real Estate is ready and waiting to help your investment grow and flourish. 

Discover the Nomadic Difference

When you work with Nomadic Real Estate, you are working with a team that cares about you. We take our jobs very seriously, and work 24/7 so you can enjoy life rather than worrying about the ins and outs of paperwork, data collection, and property maintenance. 

As part of the Nomadic Difference, we promise to:

  • Always care about your property as if it was our own.
  • Handle your data effectively.
  • Market your property to the best of our ability so it always looks beautiful and well-presented.
  • Maintain a professional relationship between you and your tenants.

We promise to provide you with the tools to enjoy your investment, not worry about the numerous small details that go into real estate investing and maintenance. Our full-service team of property management professionals handle all your needs, armed with transparent communication and a devotion to seeing customers succeed.

Our Property Management Team Is Serious About Every Detail

Don’t wait any longer! If you have any questions about foreign service officer property management, or wish to learn more about all the services provided by Nomadic Real Estate, contact us today. We can’t wait to speak with you about your property management goals!

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Enhanced Reporting

Your portal includes a selection of extremely useful reports. Reports are available in the “Reports” section, and are distinct from the financial statements. Unlike financial statements which are static records, Reports are dynamic real-time records that will update with current data every time you view them. 

Scroll down to learn more about Reports:

Navigate to the "Reports" module in your portal:

Owner Portal Reports
  • Keep in mind, these reports are dynamic records. They will refresh to display current information every time you view them. 

Enhanced Rent Roll Report:

Enhanced Rent Roll Report
  • The Enhanced Rent Roll Report will show the rent amount, last payment date, move-in date, lease expiration date, and security deposit amount for each of your tenants. 
  • It will also show a portfolio summary with occupancy percentage, vacancy loss, and more!

Unit Comparison Report:

Unit Comparison Report
  • If you own multiple units (or buildings) with Nomadic, you’ll get access to the Unit Comparison Report. 
  • This report enables you to quickly compare financial performance between your units at a glance without toggling between individual reports. 

Income Statement Month-Over-Month:

Income Statement by Month Report
  • The Income Statement Detail – Monthly Report serves as a month-over-month record of portfolio performance. You’ll see itemized income and expense categories and can track monthly. This report will update with fresh data every time you view it. 

Financial Statements

Financial statements will be published to your portal on a monthly basis. The statements are found in your Documents library, and provide a historical record of all financial performance. The statements serve as a snapshot of financial performance over a given period, and are static documents (unlike Reports, the statements do not update/change in real-time). 

Scroll down for more info about the Financial Statements in your Documents library:

The Documents area contains monthly financial statements:

Owner Portal Documents
  • The statements in the Documents are are static documents. They are posted to the portal once a month to serve as a historical record of financial performance. 

Download a statement to see month and YTD financials:

Owner Portal Property Statement

You'll also find a month-over-month operating statement:

Month over Month Statement

Portal Communication Tool

You can use your owner portal to communicate with our team. Any messages you send through the portal will go straight to your Account Manager. When we reply, you’ll get an email notification and you’ll also see the message in your portal next time you log in. 

Here’s an overview of using the communication platform:

Click "Communications" and navigate to "Conversations":

Commincation Dashboard Screenshot
  • The communications module will contain a record of all messages that you create through the portal. 

Click the "New Message" button and send your message:

Owner Portal New Message Screenshot

Responses will show up in the conversation ticket:

Portal Conversation Response Screenshot
  • You’ll get an email notification whenever you get a response, and you’ll also see the message in your portal next time you log in. 

You can reply in-line using the comment box:

Owner Portal Comment

Each conversation will be logged in its entirety:

Portal Conversation Snapshot

Understanding the Ledger

Your portal includes a ledger with all transactions. The ledger is populated with data in real-time as transactions flow through our accounting software. Much of this information is also available in the Reports area, as well as the Statements in your Documents library, but the ledger is the most comprehensive resource for diving into the details. 

Please scroll through the sections below to get a better understanding of how to interpret the ledger. 

By default, transactions are sorted chronologically:

Owner Ledger Dates
  • The date reflected in the lefthand column is the actual transaction date, not the “bill date”. This is the date the transaction was actually processed. 

If you have multiple properties with Nomadic, you'll see the address for each transaction in the "Location" column:

Ledger Property Column
  • You can filter the ledger to look at just one property, all properties, or specific sets of properties. 
  • If you only have one property with us, you’ll just see the ledger for that property. 

The Description column displays the transaction type:

Owner Ledger Description Column
  • BILL: this is an expense transaction, such as for repair costs or management fees.
  • CHARGE: this is a transaction  billed to the tenant, most typically a rent payment. 
  • NACHA EXPORT: this is a credit we processed to your distribution account. This type of transaction is how you get paid! 

The Amount column shows the dollar value of each transaction:

Owner Ledger Amount Column
  • Positive Amounts: if an amount is positive, it reflects a transaction that is payable to you. Typically, this will be a rent payment that we collected from your tenants. On occasion, a positive number could also signify a journal entry or credit adjustment. 
  • Negative Amounts:  if an amount is negative, this is a transaction that is either payable to Nomadic or is an amount that has already been paid to you. Typically this will be for repair costs or management/leasing fees. Owner draws (net distributions into your checking/savings account) also reflect as negative amounts, since they have already been paid to you. 

The Account Balance column shows a sum of positive/negative transactions at a given point in time:

Owner Ledger Account Balance Column
  • Account Balance should always equal zero after a net distribution has been processed. When the balance is zero, this means that all expenses have been paid and you’ve received the remainder as net operating income, leaving a balance of zero (meaning: no one is due any money, as all funds have been distributed appropriately). 

Navigating the Propertyware Owner Portal

Your portal includes some extremely useful features that help you understand your property’s financial performance at a new level, with real-time transparency into every transaction.

Scroll through the snapshots below for an overview of portal navigation! If you need more help or have specific questions about using the portal, you can reach out to your Account Manager any time for a screen share. 

You can filter all info by date range or property:

PW Portal Filters

View a snapshot of income and expenses on your dashboard:

PW Owner Dashboard View

See every transaction in real-time on your ledger:

Owner Portal Ledger View

Statements and forms will be posted to your documents library:

Owner Portal Document Library

View a suite of real-time financial reports:

Portal Reports View

See a running list of all bills, and drill down for more detail:

Owner Portal Bills View

Under Bill Details, you'll find dates/descriptions/amounts and more:

Portal Bill Details

You can also communicate with your Account Manager through the portal:

Owner Portal Communication Tools

How do net distributions work?

Net distributions keep your accounting clean and simple. Each month we’ll collect rent from the tenants, deduct any repair expenses for the previous month and any management/leasing fees for the current month, and credit the remaining net operating income to your account. 

Net Distribution

You’ll receive a statement via email each time a net distribution is processed, and can view all transaction details in your Propertyware owner portal.