We are new to California prime properties, & so far everything has been good . They are an awesome property management. Amy ( the lady that works in the office ) has been super nice , & with her our move in has been great. read more

Thank You Robbie! Robbie has done excellent work at my parents apartment. He recently replaced their AC unit and today he came out to check the central heating for them. Thank you CALIFORNIA PRIME PROPERTY for hiring great people! read more

On Tuesday, 1/21/25, I called and reported as issue with some electrical problems I was having. Within 1 hour a serviceman showed up to look at it. He fixed it in no time at all!!!! Thank you!! read more

Love the location of our place, close enough to the freeway but not too close to deal with constant congestion. The maintenance team is very responsive and handles emergencies quickly. Great school district to live in and walking distance to several schools and restaurants. read more

Cindy & Savannah were extremely courteous and informative. Rental process went quick and smooth.

California prime helped my family and I get into a duplex immediately and without hesitation. The girls in the office had no problem showing my wife and I any listings that we wanted to look at! They were very friendly and on time for the showings we requested. read more

They came out to fix A/C until did an amazing job AC is working excellent very professional

Savanah made sure we had the best move in experience as first time renters! The apartment also exceeded our expectations I would recommend California Prime Properties! read more

California Prime Properties made our rental process straight forward and easy ! The office staff is very professional, kind and helpful.

Been a tenant since 2016. It has been convenient to give maintenance office a call to repair any issues that arise around the house. I have been very pleased with their service most of these years. Also want to give a shout out to Robbie. He is one of the newer maintenance technicians that have done an amazing job each time he comes. He is very professional, kind & patient. Robbie always takes the time to return calls and give updates on services. He takes his time when working on repairs and alot of knowledge about his expertise. He is also a very good listener and I enjoy having conversation with him. Thank you ! read more

I wanted to take a minute to say how much I love California Prime especially a shout out to the heating and air maintenance man Robbie. Last year he worked on my AC this year the hottest summer ever and my AC worked wonderful. read more

We have lived here for 11 years. We have had a few issues in the past, which were taken care of in a timely matter. Property is well maintained. Property manage was polite and maintenance is helpful read more

Very great and professional people here at Ca prime prop. Staff is very helpful with any questions and needs

The maintenance man Robbie did a wonderful job on our a/c it was not working but now it works great Thank You

I recently moved into a property with California Prime Properties and everything has been great. The property was clean inside and outside. The workers in the office are all super kind and very helpful whenever I have questions. read more

Robbie from Maintenance did a wonderful job! Very kind, and considerate, went above and beyond. Thankful for everything he did! (03/22/24)

Horrible place to live, don't move here. I don't live here personally but I know people who do, and it's horrid. They make you pay out of pocket if something in the duplex breaks, they come and do random inspections and then come into the home and basically get you in trouble if the place isn't spotless. God forbid people live here and things get dirty or messed up after 5-6 years of living here. You can't smoke not even in the backyard or garage, which is outrageous considering a lot of the world smokes. No pets are allowed, and even if you have no pets they will try to come after you for pets that aren't there. They want so badly to evict tenants that have been good tenants for years just so they can raise rent. They sneak around and look into people's backyards, there's no privacy, maintenance is always staring them down when they're hanging out in the garage, and looking into the garage for issues. Basically, you're house can't look lived in, nothings allowed to break, no privacy, no smoking, no animals, they don't care about their tenants at all. Don't live here. Oh also, they will tell you everything in your place is new when really everything is old and moldy and that will start to show right away. Stay away. Spend your money elsewhere. read more

We have been dealing with California Prime Properties for 7 years.They Alway respond back in a timely manner. They are always attentive.to our requests and are very professional! Would highly recommend! read more

I've been contemplating on writing this review for a while now. Because California Prime would be petty enough to tell my future property management something false & negative about me. They would be the type of property management to not mention how I was on time if not EARLY with my rent, monthly. How I was a great renter and reported any suspicious activity. They would "forget" to mention how many times we asked for the lock on the main gate to be fixed, but wasn't - yet risking the safety and security of all the renters. Future Renters Beware! California Prime operates as if computers didn't exist, as rent must be paid at the office & by check! Want to schedule maintenance? No problem! You will have to leave a voice message on their state of the art voicemail box; that no one checks for days. When maintenance calls back, it's from a blocked number. Also, don't forget to ask for advice from the Maintenance crew. The lock on my screen door was broken and it took 2 weeks for them to replace it. I was expecting the lock to be hand crafted by the sturdiest metals, nope! Cheap plastic. And upon installation my maintenance guy had to MacGyver the lock just to make it fit. After being done with his handy work he says "You know if someone really wanted to break in, they'll just go ahead and do so." On a positive note, they were GREAT painters! As they covered up the mold on the bathroom ceiling with some of their finest paint and days later after a nice warm shower the mold would pop out like pimples on a 13 year old kid that finally hit puberty! But to them the renter doesn't know how to properly clean, neglecting to remember their artistic work. Looking for cheap material? California Prime knows all the cheap stuff! Deposit is the same amount as rent by the time you have lived there over a year all your cabinetry, light fixtures, fences, wall frames, carpets and vents are destroyed. And this my fellow Yelpers happens even if you clean weekly! If you're looking for an over priced cardboard box to live in this is the place for you! In all seriousness, shop around before considering to live on any of their properties. Their rates are no longer competitive so there is no excuse for them not remodel their properties and for the lack of professionalism they operate as. I wish there were negative stars, I guess 1 will do. read more

They are AWFUL. Everything is old and cheaply fixed. Moldy walls, cracking floors and weeds growing under and into the rental property. I'd NEVER recommend anyone I know to rent from them. No matter how much we tried to fix and clean the place was just old! AC doesn't cool and heater doesn't heat - crazy electricity bills because units are ancient read more

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I had heard from friends that Joan was a terrible landlord, but the duplex I saw was perfect, until I took off the "Rose" colored glasses! Rain gutter bottoms were patched with caulk and paint over. 5 inches of sludge though out the outside gutters. The entire system failed with the 1st rain. Very large cockroach nest under the water heater stand in the garage. Cockroaches tried coming in every winter, prime properties would do nothing about it telling us we most likely bought them. We transformed the front & back from an over grown weeds and mud into an Oasis but never a word of thanks. We over looked the shabby carpets untill they started falling apart from vacuuming. Electrical system was old and faulty as well as the ancient a/c and heating system. Joan's maintenance crew we're quick to show up for problems bit other than a few times were unable to fully fix the problem short of a bandaid. I had owned my own home before and I was pretty good at quality home repairs, so I just started doing my own. The kicker after 3 years was my roommate went crazy trying to kill me with a large Hammer. I had to call 911 for police help. Joan used this as a reason to displace me, kick me out. Found She did some touch up painting and raised the rent $600.00 to the next tenants. To top it off Joan charged me for "painting the entire duplex after kicking me out for illegally. I received less $300.00 of a $1200+ deposit. Do not do bussiness with Joan, she cared for nothing in the world but $$$$! read more

They are not very flexable. If you have really anything on your record at all dont come here. My mother had a wrong suited eviction on her record when I was 12 im 22 now. Yup they reached that far back and didnt except us. If your young and dont have much rental history dont go here. Im Fulltime myself(22) making 1,800 month and my sister(23) is a Fulltime Tig Welder making 3,800 a month over 630 credit score didnt except. Dont go here if your credit score is low myself and mother became homeless in June 2018 and ive been the breadmaker but its hard to support myself, handicaped mother and ADHD, autistic nephew do they say they can work with you? Yes can they? Nope. read more

Horrible people to talk to i came in with 10.000. Dollars because I know my credits bad. And 10 grand wasn't good enough . What's this world coming to . read more

UPDATED Horrible company to have been a tenant for. Won't return. They don't maintain properties. Everything falls apart. But they charge top price and raise rent regularly. The rain gutters have huge holes in them. The door never fully secured and had daylight seen all around the door. Huge drafts throughout the building. The whole property has an ant issue. Ancient Air Conditioning that constantly breaks down. When I first moved in to my apt with my kids staying with me part time, I kept hearing explosions every time my heater activated. I called the emergency maintenance number left for me on their regular maintenance answering machine. ( never expect to talk to a real person when reporting any issue) they'll eventually call you back. The police two days later and said other tenants are calling them, afraid because my ac is exploding. I let them know I called maintenance to report the issue, that it was middle of winter and I have a baby to keep warm. It took the police calling the property manager before the issue had been taken care of properly. With a delayed ignition the pilot would fire two or three minutes after the gas had been pumping. We all could have blown up. The unit was fixed that occasion but broke down several other times with other issues during my residency. If they do finally scheduling for a repair. You'll have to have someone home during regular working hours. M-F 8-5pm. So that means missing work if you don't have someone to allow them to make a repair. Why not offer weekend or after hour calls? The gates that at one time secured the parking lot no longer work. So anyone can easily access your vehicles and more often your garbage, stealing identities is common so be careful what you throw out. Any repairs made do not last long and are not of quality. Here are some pictures I'd be happy to show you. Do your self a favor. Keep looking. read more

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Beware of this company, I wouldn't even give a star if I didn't have to!! Don't expect to get hardly any of your deposit back!! After an 1100.00 deposit a total cleaning bill of 519.00 for people to come in for maybe an hour and clean with some comet and bleach and touch up some walls for ware and tare plus over charging for lil repairs that were there before I moved in! Left with 231.84 That's just wrong! Greedy people read more

California Prime Properties - Property Management Near Me - Modesto, California

I have been renting the same home for nearly 11 years from California Prime Properties and I have never been anything short of 100% satisfied with the service provided. I have been communicating and working with the same staff that others who have reviewed this company and I just have to say... from experience, they're not an easy staff to push to the point of becoming angry with their customers.. they value us. In addition, when you're admitting to showing hostility toward staff... then how is that THEIR fault? Joan & Martin Ayala are two incredible human beings who have been deeply involved in our areas safety matters (I am heavily involved and proactive with Neighborhood Watch). I'm not a nitpicker and I'm always respectful of their staff and property - they return the kindness to me ten fold. Today I would like to give praises to one of their maintenance staff members - Lupe. Very recently we came home in the late evening to find that our bathtub was leaking in a way that was beyond my abilities to take care of. I called the after hours service department and immediately received response from Lupe in the maintenance department. Once we talked about the issue - he immediately found just cause to come out to our home and start working to resolve the problem and he did so late at night. As it turned out... the problem that my bathroom was experiencing had more needs than I had initially known about. Lupe had to return to this property on several different occasions to make sure that the issue was resolved entirely. For each separate visit Lupe made very sure to accommodate my schedule. He showed on time, ready to work and with a very professional approach. Not only did he fix the problem in our bathtub... he fixed another issue that I had mentioned with our sink without making a big deal out of it even thought the problem was due to my own negligence. Through conversation with Lupe I learned that he is a hard worker, a great provider for his family and an overall just really nice human being. I think it's important for all of us who are provided exceptional service to report them to the masses. *smile*.... because not everyone does that. We're so quick to complain yet never willing to give appreciation .... and today I give my appreciation and thanks to both Lupe as a valuable team member and also to California Prime Properties as a whole. read more

Just called to find the monthly rent on an available property for a friend moving into town. Credit no issue. Employed, more than capable of buying anything, but only going to be here a couple of years. You would think I was looking for the Holy grail. A simple question like, "How Much?" would get a simple answer. No. Woman wanted to direct me to her website, told me I couldn't cosign?? Cosigning has nothing to do with it as I explained. I think, if this "front desk" person is any indication of how this company operates, best stay away. read more

I lived in a duplex several years ago on Woodrow Ave. I was a renter, and the owners sold the duplex to California Prime Properties aka Martin and Joan Ayala. The prior property management were great, the Ayala's were SLUM LORDS! I had never before in since, in my life dealt with anyone as bad as this company! If I could, I'd give them NO Stars, as they don't deserve the one I have to give in order to write a review. To give you a for instance, I noticed a rat tail coming out of a vent in my bathroom. I called them to have an exterminator come out and take care of it. I was told that all I needed to do was go to a drug store, such as Longs (Now CVS Pharmacy) and buy this rat poison that looks like a piece of cheese and just throw it up there. My response to them was HELL NO! This is YOUR property, and it is up to YOU not your tenant to take care of such problems. After arguing with them for several minutes, they FINALLY agreed that they would send someone out. There were several other instances where things needed to be fixed and at that time, they would take their sweet time about getting someone out. One was our A/C went out the first HOT day of the year, they told me it would take a week, I told them that wasn't acceptable and that I had a small child in the home, they got someone out the following day. It was just a constant battle of either they wanting me to take care of things and their not putting money out for repairs/maintenance. When it came time that we moved out, we had a door that my (Now ex) husband had damaged. We replaced that door. We took a video of the place after we cleaned it. They tried to tell us we left if filthy, and that they were keeping our deposit. I told them I had PROOF that it was clean as we took pictures and a video. THEN their excuse was that the door we replaced didn't match the other doors color wise. Legally, you don't have to match the color, you just have to replace it with a working door. They not only kept my entire deposit, they also tried to charge me over and ABOVE that deposit. Threatened to take me to court, I told them go ahead, because I knew they would lose. Still waiting on those court papers! I've a friend who rents from them, who's unit was broken into in the middle of the night. Her door was kicked in and she woke up to a gun pointed in her face. When she told the property management that she needed her door fixed or replaced because of this, they told her that she would have to pay for the door! WOW! REALLY! Door is broken due to home Invaders, and tenant has to pay for the door! UNBELIEVABLE! Now I've a friend who has been renting from them that just received a 60 day notice. She's been a long time resident, hasn't caused any problems, never has had a complaint, pays her rent on time, etc. etc. I'm sure they are wanting my friend out so that they can get more rent from someone else. This company is all about money! Granted, people are in business to make money, that's a given, and understandable, but these two are all about GREED! They are horrible individuals, they will boot people out just to get someone else in at a higher rental rate. The best thing that could ever happen is if people stopped renting from this company. Anyone out there needing to find a place to rent, RUN AWAY/bypass this place. They aren't worth the headache they will cause. read more

The only good thing this company has thats good is the maintenance dept. The owners Martin and Joan Ayala are some cheap money hungry cowards and expect people to be cool calm and collective when when they are screwing you . Honestly all they care about is money and nothing else. I rented from them for 5 years and got kicked out cause I yelled on there answering machine saying they were cheap, my deaedbolt on front door froze on a friday afternoon right after they closed I called emergency number they said they couldnt come out till monday to use back door. wtf. I had family coming from out of town and my back gate was block shut due to thiefs. So they came monday afternoon and fixed it and served us wed afternoon with 90day notice. So beware of shady activities read more

Prompt, straight forward, all business. Definitely works well for renters.

All of these bad reviews must be from people who don't read their contracts. The company is straightforward and the staff are super friendly. I've had nothing but good experiences with California Prime Properties. read more

Be Careful with this Management they're so unprofessional don't care about the Future Tenants only about the Money and waste of your time. i submitted my Application on the 03-12-2019 and i was told to stay put within 5 business days i will have an answer and yet 03-25-2019 i did not receive a single call from them. took $60 app fee and not sincere didn't bother to give me any heads up or a single ring to give me any sort of the updates. i had to call them back and forth for my self to see what was going on and they told me every time i called in i will let you know tomorrow. and that tomorrow never came. called back again as usual asked said we're waiting on the Previous rental to Respond back, spoke to them waiting this and that. and Yesterday they had me Declined saying sorry wasted my Precious time. I would not recommend them at all. Be careful and stay away please!!! read more

Do not rent any apartments from this company! Not only are they irresponsible in making repairs, they do not care about their renters in anyway at all. My son has lived in one of their apartments for almost 2 years. In that time someone has kicked in his front door and now he is responsible for the repair. When he moved in this door was damaged we took pictures because I have played this game before. There has been a for rent sign on his front lawn the entire time he has lived there making it seem his unit is empty. He has had 3 windows broken out of his personal truck and his company truck. They say they have secure parking but never lock the gate so anyone can drive in. This place has been nothing but a money pit and when you move out they give you a hand out sheet that you have to have carpets, floors and blinds professionally cleaned! and the company's they list on their paper are the only company's you will receive credit from on your deposit. They have a really good family/friends racket going on here and you must pay in cash so Im sure no one is paying any tax on that money either. This list could go on and on but I hope this is enough for anyone to run for the hills with this company. read more

*!* Avoid like the plague *!* 100% Unprofessional! 100% Worse Customer Service! DON'T BOTHER GIVING ANY OF YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS TO THESE FOLKS! If it was possible to give them a zero or even a negative star I would. My elderly parents came from Manteca to drop off paperwork to the office. Not an actual office but a home converted. Classy. My father just needed to take in the paperwork, give them the money for the credit check. Easy right!? WRONG! He came out about 10 minutes later still with paperwork looking flustered. I asked him what was wrong he tells me "I went in to give them the paperwork, but what I had filled out on the app was not good enough. They wanted every line filled out. When I started filling in the small stuff, she sighed and gave me a dirty look, I guess I wasn't goin fast enough because she asked me to bring it back when all the forms were filled out properly" I said okay. I finished filling out the paperwork in the car then took the papers back in myself. I waited my turn. Then I informed them my father was in and I finished filling out the paperwork. I asked who helped him. A girl "Myra" (Mexican Brown hair) said she did. That was ok. So I asked to speak with the manager. "Myra" thumbed behind her. I guess "Cindy" (Mexican blond hair) was the "Manager" I asked if I could speak to her. Cindy the "Manager" looked at me and said "No, she can help you" pointing back at the girl I sat in front of. As we talked she nit picked every little line that was not filled out to her liking. As the nit picking went on I was getting annoyed but I kept asking questions, most of which was met with a silly answer that didn't make sense. For example I was filling out the forms from the beginning then towards the end she says "You can't fill these papers out because you could be putting down false information, it must be in the applicants handwriting only" So I looked at her and said "Why didn't you tell me that when I first started writing?" Another example I informed Myra the website has all old listings the paper that she handed my dad of current listing only had 2 available. Myra replied "That not our problem" Cindy the "Manager" chimes in and says "I don't know how hard it is for you to fill out basic paperwork, but You need to stop with the attitude" HA! that's a laugh. I reply "You hear this conversation-" --Cindy the "Manager" cut me off mind sentence "I'M NOT DONE TALKING!" So I plaster on a fake smile grit my teeth and let her continue. To which she mocked my father, berated me about my attitude. I was appalled at the work ethic of these people. She's the Manager?! How!? I finally had enough. I stood up looked her dead in the eye and said "You guys are terrible. Your professionalism sucks, and your Customer Service sucks, how this hole in the wall gets business is beyond me, but I will be sure to report this to the Better Business Bureau and Yelp. My advice RUN! RUN AWAY AS FAST AD YOU CAN! DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE YOUR TIME, MONEY, OR BUSINESS. read more

Never rent from these people. They are nice to your face but are like a snake in the grass. For starters the caliber of rental units this company manages is very low. Old dirty carpet, delapidated units, shoddy not to code construction, nor was cleaning or fixing done in between units, shoddy construction. I could go on and on. We were in a hurry so we choose the best of the worst units on Sylvan across from Beyer. We were new to the area and were unaware of other companies. First of all our unit had 15year+ old carpet that they claimed they cleaned. But we could many staples and broken fingernails in it. The grass was dead and had a gopher problem. We were told that the gophers were our responsibility. They made the yard unusable due to the amount of holes/tunnels made. Our garage didn't have an opener. Who does have the $100 to put in an opener. Our roof was an ugly old moss covered wood shingles that was a haven or bugs. There of course was a bug problem. We were told extermination was our problem. Our flourescent kitchen light cover fell out of the blue. They almost made that our responsibility had it not been for my argument. We also had an incident where someone was doing spot repair of the roof they plugged in their power tools into our outlet and we ended up with a $400 electric bill. That is unheard of for a unit 2bd/2ba less than 1000 sqft. We ended up having to pay it because California Prime refused to take responsibility. We live in another home that size and we never came close to that amount. Once we moved out and cleaned the unit better than it was before but they took half of our deposit for no reason. They charged us for carpet cleaning which was silly because the unit wasn't cleaned when we moved. They said if we wanted to clean the carpet ourselves we would have to use their own carpet cleaning guy to do it. So what was the point? Our closet door guide (the bottom) came loose and we were charged for that. Three slats of cheap Venitian blinds fell we were charged top dollar for that. And someone attempted to break into our home by taking the outside screen off and we were charged for that despite us informing them. We were good tenants who always paid their rent on time and this was how they repaid us. I would avoid this company at all cost. read more