To Property Management Companies with Apartment Communities in St. Louis

When Apartment Search was founded in St. Louis in 1986, our goal was simple – to help renters (particularly renters new to the area) find exactly what they were looking for in the St. Louis rental market. 

As licensed real estate brokers, we wanted to operate like our sales counterparts – keep the service free to renters, and ask the landlords to pay a fee only when they had a signed lease, payable after move-in.

We set out to develop teamwork relationships with property management companies who understood our basic goals.  With the support of Paragon, Pantheon, Mead McClellan, Creative and other strong local management companies, Apartment Search was born.

Today, our premise remains the same.  The benefits we bring to the property management companies we represent are as true today as they were 20 years ago.

• Listing with Apartment Search is free.  Commissions are paid only when a lease is secured – and then the cost totals 5 percent of the income generated by the lease (a substantially lower marketing percentage than other advertising venues);

• Apartment Search focuses on assisting renters new to St. Louis.  We have many long-term relationships with St. Louis corporations, real estate agencies, relocation companies, universities, employment agencies – to name a few of our customer sources.  Word of mouth has always been our biggest source for referrals.

• The average turnaround time from the day a prospect visits our office until the day he or she moves in is 19 days.  The average turnaround most companies experience is minimum 30 days.  For that reason alone, our service pays for itself.

• We truly act as partners with our management companies – from informational meetings with management, to monthly newsletters, to Brainstorm Breakfasts, where managers exchange ideas, discuss new trends, and generally analyze today’s rental market, while mentally preparing for tomorrow’s challenges.

There are approximately 400 apartment communities in St. Louis.  By choice, Apartment Search represents less than 200 of them.  Apartment Search relies on quality, customer service-oriented property management representation when marketing our services to human-resource departments, locally and nationally. 

If you would like to learn more about Apartment Search and how we can work together to minimize your vacancies today and well into the future, call Kathryn Wood, Apartment Search founder and CEO.  She would be delighted to meet with you, discuss your unique challenges, and begin developing a program with you to correct current issues and avoid future ones.

Apartment Search, Inc., is an MWBE, and is proud to be a regular vendor representative on the Board of the St. Louis Apartment Association.

Apartment Search, Inc., was awarded the regional Outstanding Customer Service Award from Working Woman Magazine in 2000 and 2001.  Our dedication to customer service –both to the landlords we represent and the renters we assist – continues to be the cornerstone of our business.