For the benefit of anyone doing their research in finding the right entity to help manage their assets / associations / communities / etc. If you are considering Equity Management, you will be making a solid decision if you partner with this management company. Their team of individuals who I have been working with for close to 20 years have been amazing to work with as an owner of a property and as a board member of an association that they manage. And if you get lucky to get Erica Tromley and Melissa Vallone, they have truly been great to work with. And just to add an comment addressing some of the other reviews I have seen here who say they raised your HOA dues or made changes to your HOA rules (CC&R's etc). Make note that a hired property management company does not impose or make those decisions, nor do they have the control to do so. Those decisions are made by YOUR Elected Board Members, NOT association management companies. So you may want to attend your HOA meetings in person, meet your board members and communicate and voice your concerns to your elected Board Members. The association management company is there to enforce what your board members and or what the CC&R's stipulate are the guidelines and rules. read more

Absolutely horrendous "management" company. Here's all you need to know. Raised our HOA monthly dues every year for past five years to the point where it has doubled. They have no problem forcing "special assessments" down homeowners throats without getting second opinions. The latest is a $4600 charge deemed "emergency special assessments" that must be paid within 60 days. Here's the problem with that, it's a "balcony repair" however only one or two balconies need to be fixed not every single one but instead it's costing US the homeowners 200k. If you google the company they hired the reviews are riddled with customer complaints of poor workmanship and flat out lying about work to make jobs more expensive. Now HOA refuses to get a second opinion or answer back to any homeowners. They aren't here to manage our property they are here to pretend to and continuously take our money. They waste our money and spend it without due diligence. Perhaps one of my favorite points is when they sent us this "notice" they made sure to include that if you don't pay the $4600 you will have a lien placed on your home. This also isn't the first time they tried to pull some shady stuff. Last year they tried to charge every homeowner $2500 to install water meters on every single house so they could charge more to homeowners.... OUR HOA FEES INCLUDE THE WATER BILL... they wanted to make us pay for the meters and then make us pay for our own water on top of the hoa fees even though our contracts state water is included. F this company and anyone who works for it. Everyone at the murrieta villas is furious, nobody here can afford $4600 in 60 days.. that's criminal read more

This place is the worst !! They do not return phone calls !! If you need paperwork from them they expect their payment immediately but if you are owed a refund they ignore you !! I know homeowners don't really have a choice on who the property management is which is a shame because they probably wouldn't have any business!! read more

My Wife and I are having issues with their accounting department. They advised us that because our community had to have a 'special assessment' that the additional cost would be around $2k. This isn't in of itself their fault, but where they are at fault is our board allocated funds so that the homeowners wouldn't have to pay it all up front. When we reached out to their accounting department, they advised this would also be fine and that it would be a monthly payment plan. Today, however, we got debited the full $2k plus the additional HOA funds. We were never notified that it would take out this amount as we were under the impression with all information provided from both our board as well as equity management management and accounting, that it would be the HOA fees + a payment towards the assessment. This community management company is also bad at returning calls and emails and they tend to be really vague and blame you for issues that they caused (I have other issues with them that are ongoing that i don't want to start talking about here) read more

UPDATE REPLY TO COMPANY RESPONSE: This just proves how incompetent you all are, I have issues that DO NOT pertain to any fees as I've never acquired any fees, also I'm NOT a tenant, I'm the HOME OWNER. Please do everyone a favor and rework your auto reply message and get your facts right. Thx! ..........................................,,, Rating is actually -1 star Associa Equity Management unfortunately oversees my community's HOA and it has been the WORST management company on the planet. Our community manager Michael Spielmann is our point of contact and he is the absolute most unresponsive human being. He does not deserve to receive any award nonetheless the CMCA award, which means you actually have to assist homeowners and their association, instead he does not take responsibility for his own actions and passes the buck to his poor assistants instead. Even though this company's website says it's been awarded "best managed company" by BBB, I find that extremely impossible because this company has over 600 complaints on BBB within the last year in 2022! I'm curious to know what Mark Dodge, President, think's about the careless actions of his employees and horrendous bullying they continue to do to small HOA associations (Citrus Pointe) and since Dawn Sims, Manager of Mike Speilmann won't take a homeowner's calls for help and couldn't return any of my calls herself, instead when I pressed the issues further I was sent an email from Mike saying my information was sent to legal with no regard, seems like a pattern and miss use of my HOA community monies since we are the ones who fund legal actions. Our association is very small and has no amenities whatsoever for this management company to oversee, the only thing we have in this community are community events which are run by a bunch of kindergartners on the board who don't even know how to throw an event and thats with the assistance of Michael Spielmann who is no help whatsoever. If this gets the attention of anyone within this company and if they would like to speak to me themselves about my concerns offline, my contact information is in the hands of Mike Speilmann and Dawn Sims, you can ask them for it and contact me directly. Also, my advice to management, in the future, please do not hold our association meetings at the park after sunset, in the dark and freezing cold while using phone flash lights as light, it is unprofessional and unsafe for everyone. Mrs. Sanchez Citrus Pointe Community read more

Equity Management Realty Service uses third party services and this is about their Accounting Services. If you open https://app.townsq.io/login , and log into your account, the first thing you notice is your account balance is always a negative amount regardless of how much money you put into it i.e. ALL CREDITS ARE NEGATIVE and ALL DEBITS ARE POSITIVE. The end result is that you are always charged a LATE FEE even though there are enough funds in your account to pay your monthly assessment. Now try contacting them, but that's another review. read more

I'm currently on our HOA Board, so I work closely with Jennifer Gomez, and she's very responsive. She has shown over and over again that she cares about our community. read more

If I could give this management company a zero, I would. First, one of my payments that I made through my account was not credited for over 3 months (accumulating late fees of course) because I used my own account online payment feature and not the management company online feature for $10. Second, I had to get my bank involved after several trips to correct the issue. Third, I mailed checks (from 2 different accounts) one posted to account three weeks later and the other did not; both checks were in the same envelope. I called someone at the "Headquarter" office in Texas who transferred me to the local office "Temecula" were someone kept answering the phone and hanging up in my face twice. I am so disappointed in this company, the next HOA meeting I will be requesting we find another management company. I can't believe that I am the only Homeowner that is having these issues. read more

This company is shady, crooked, unresponsive, and should be investigated for bad business practices. During the last big storms the property management had not cleared the commercial roof of debris and it did not drain and became a swimming pool above our business. This caused the roof to fail in one area and have a slow leak in our loft that we did not know there was a leak until we saw mold growing in only one section of our ceiling an walls. Roofer came said yes roof leak. Landlord had their own mold and roof specialist come and they said roof leak caused mold. He took hose on roof, ran water on area, went inside and water was running right along beam where mold was. Hartford insurance report said roof caused mold. Equity Management had a mold removal company come, who is not a cause of mold specialist. He did not go on roof to see that it had failed and 2ft of water sat up there for a month. He was at shop for a few minutes, and took a few pictures. We have 7 AC condensers in our loft and in his estimate, not any type of useable report to refuse repair, that the AC units could cause mold possibly. So with this man's assumption and opinion they refuse to repair. Now mold is not selective, if it was caused from the AC units there would be mold everywhere as they have been there 8 years, not just where roof failed. We had an expert AC person come and he laughed, AC condensers are like big dehumidifiers and pull moisture out of the air. So we put a hydrometer in the loft. Baseline without the AC on was 35% humidity, after being on for 4 hours it dropped to 26% after 7 hours, the longest the AC units are on it dropped to 13%. So the AC units actually slowed the mold. It takes over 60% humidify for 3 days straight for mold to present. If we had that everything in our loft would have mold. So after presenting all our proof they have ghosted us, no reply, no we will look this over and consider. You can not use an estimate, with a vague opinion from someone who is not an AC expert to Refuse work. Our contact is Melissa Vallone, and she has no compassion or drive to listen to reason. It ultimately is the poor property manager they have on site that that did not do their due diligence to check the roof before, during, or after the storm to see if there was any damage to the roof. But during those storms, our on-site property manager was in another state, and was there for months due to injury. We have two locations in the center and pay $1500 a month for their service, and all they have done is use a false report that carries no value to avoid paying for what we pay them to do. Currently the building connected to ours finally got back in town, the roof failed on the beam that separates our business. He has mold, and water staining dripping down his wall, but guess what, he has no AC units. So to sum it up, we presented them with concern of mold, not a roof leak failure. They have said yes the roof leaked in that area, and they are fixing that, but that the roof leak only where the mold is did not cause the mold. Are you serious Equity Management? Property Management should be to blame and I'm even wondering if they manipulated the report and findings to cover their mistakes. If you look at all the 1 star reports you would wonder how they stay in business. read more

There needs to be another way to initiate this review system ... even "one star" is more than this company deserves. I've never dealt with such an unprofessional and inept company as Equity Management & Realty Services! (I even find it distasteful to have to repeat their name ...how bad is that). Per whatever contract they may have with the HOA of the gated-community I live in (Westview Estates South) I cannot imagine that the contract includes: "ignore whatever complaints a resident may have"; or "do not explain to the resident what the meaning of any "Courtesy Notice" is about"; or "do not answer any formal letters sent to you by a resident"; or "do not respond to any request by a resident who asks or needs guidance in response to a "Courtesy Notice"; or "do not explain why there is to be a "Hearing Notice" regarding issues you refuse to discuss with a resident who has made it VERY clear that they want to cooperate/comply but need guidance with what they are being asked to do and then FINE THEM FOR NON-COMPLIANCE"...!!! Great way to do business, huh? People in the company I have corresponded with are (ONE WAY correspondences I might add): Mark Dodge, President of Associa, Equity Management & Realty Services; Kandis Leal, Westview Estates South, Property Manager, Equity Management & Realty Services. (My letters to this company are on file!) read more

I tried repeatedly to get anyone to answer the phone. I called today and tried to reach someone in the billing department, thinking maybe some person will actually answer. At 3:30 the recording said they were closed. Having read the reviews, I can't agree more. Giving these people one star is an insult to stars. Word to the wise : If this is the management company, RUN. The positive reviews must be fake. read more

Dysfunctional and poorly managed. They are not responsive at all, very slow in addressing issues in the community.

I had an urgent issue at my building in Temecula and their property manager Kelli J. responded promptly to my problem. She had scheduled, and sent a contractor out the next day to make the repair. read more

This is the management company my HOA uses, the community manager is Robert Supalla and he is absolutely impossible to get a response from. He does not respond back to anyone for anything and it's a very known problem in this community. Very frustrating when you're paying a lot in a monthly HOA fee. read more

I would give minus stars if I could. I think they have nothing better to do than send out bogus and bullshit violation letters. First time they said we left trash out. Second time most recently they sent out a letter saying we have wind chimes that must be removed. We don't have wind chimes and of course, each time they send their idiotic violation letters, they don't provide any proof. read more

Most of the people in our association are not happy with this company, and when the board had a meeting to give homeowners another option, there were at least forty of us who showed up. Despite vigorous enthusiasm for a competing company, the board decided business as usual was the way to go and then instituted a driver who meanders through neighborhoods looking for petty nonsense. Instead of having this driver, whom they say only drives around once a month look for evidence of fixes, they instead go ahead and bill homeowners and call it a courtesy. One then has to attend the meetings, which are about as interesting as watching water evaporate on a lukewarm day. Then when you pay on time, you sometimes get late fees, even though they aren't explained as such. Basically, we have a great neighborhood, but this HOA needs to back off and dial it down quite a bit. read more

Aka Associa!! I own several properties that fall under this management company. They are the worst " management"' company I've ever experienced. I also own property in Los Angeles. The HOA in L.A. Is better than Associa. This company sends out erroneous bills. They send out bills that clearly breach California contract law and still try to enforce them. I have never experienced such Draconian tactics in my entire life. Today I called Tamara Nicoli. I was requesting clarification on the bill they sent me. The charge says " lock box payment"'$20. When I asked Nicoli to explain what a lock box payment was, she proceeded to yell at me and state she wasn't going to discuss this". Really? Isn't that your job Ms. Nicoli? Isn't that what my HOA fees pay you for? Perhaps you're in the wrong business! When Nicoli said the fees are for a $10 late fee, she couldn't explain why I was being billed $20. That's double the amount of the late fee stated in our CC&Rs. On top of that California contract law is crystal clear. No bill is enforceable upon a payee that reflects vague and ambiguous wording. If you're going to bill me, you need to clarify what you're billing me for and how much!! From where I'm at, it appears that Associa is not only breaking California contract law with ambiguous billing procedures but is over charging the residents. How does a $10 late fee translate to a $20 lock box payment? It doesn't add up. This company is unprofessional, doesn't respect the residents and possibly engages in unfair and unconscionable business practices! Check your bills. Take notes and file complaints with Better Business Bureau, Department of Justice and Department of Real Estate! Update: I received a call back from another woman who refused to give her name. She stated that the billing practices were enforceable and legal. I asked her if she is a lawyer and she said no are you? I said, I have my JD which is a law degree and I'm both a private mediator and contract analyst, I am not a practicing attorney but I have in depth knowledge of contract law. She then hung up on me. I called back to clarify with Robert her supervisor. He said he would call back in five minutes. It's been almost an hour. This company is terrible. Stay away! Update: It has come to my attention that Tamara Nicoli sits on the board of directors for my HOA and also works for the property management company. This is a huge conflict of interest. I foresee the residents asking for big changes. read more

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Absolutely slow at taking care of work orders, also customer service is very slow to even return calls back. The rain gutter broke off the side of our building so we started a work order November 6th and today is December 18th is the work still has not been done and I was told by Karla who handles our New Haven Ontario Community that the contractor they use only comes out once amount for certain work like fixing our broker glass on our patio light fixture. So I have to wait until some time in January to have it replaced yet we pay 2 separate HOA fees monthly. I called and left 2 messages in the past 2 weeks about the issue and someone finally called back today. read more

Equity Management can make a difference in your HOA. So if you are looking for a management company I will highly recommend Equity Management. I work with a one of the best managers on a HOA call Grand Canal. This manager is very response and professional and cares about the community. read more

They have an employee that works in the accounting department.(Katrina) this young lady went beyond Her job description too accommodate our needs even though it did not pertain to her department. "Outstanding Customer Service" Thank you for everything. Robert & Cindy Pokorski read more

Equity/Associa Management is making a difference in our HOA. We are given a clear direction and expertise advise. Our board runs our HOA with the guidance of our property management company. We ask the hard sometimes the stupid or seeking to understand questions. Equity can answer them professionally so we all understand. I feel Equity works for us!!! Since they have been on board there is more participation within our HOA. read more

Associa has managed my home community for a few years now, over the years I have encountered a great support system from the company with needs. The staff has been friendly, helpful and quick to resolve problems. I highly recommend them, they are a management company that goes above and beyond! read more

I don't like writing negative reviews but am compelled to share our firsthand experience with this very dishonest company that's managed by the most incompetent, unprofessional & unethical staff imaginable. This company completely disregarded the California Civil Code 5660 by skipping this part of the legal process all together, filing a lien in error against our home, and furthermore tried to argue their way out of doing what was lawful by avoiding responding to our communications. In fact, their project accountant verbally admitted this document wasn't even mailed because we supposedly hadn't completed the updated change of address form although they had our new address and mailed us other correspondence to that address besides our bill. It wasn't until I demanded proof of mailing and sending dozens of emails that we are finally making some progress in getting our money back. Their incompetence hurt us financially and emotionally plus probably costs our HOA unnecessary fees. Equity refused to respond back to emails, calls and even denied that we were their customers on an official Better Business Bureau complaint. They didn't truthfully report facts to our board and I hope our HOA replaces this firm immediately for their gross neglience. Find another company to do business with because this one is as bad as they come. Btw, the lien was "supposedly" released because they couldn't produce the proof of mailing & we are supposed to be getting our account credited??? I say supposedly because this has taken 4 months of me threatening legal recourse before they finally came to this decision. I've requested a formal apology. And it's been now over 6 months since we've gotten a bill. Worst company ever. read more

I agree with all the reviews below. If I had known this place was going to be my HOA, I would've ran as far as I can. They harass you about every little thing. We have a local snitch in our neighborhood, but here's the kicker he doesn't even live there! He does everyone's lawns, and guess what? If you don't use his services, he will rat you out for everything little thing when he sees the HOA people come by for inspections. That explains why my neighbors and myself keep getting notices for petty things such as 'Please put your garbage can/hose away from the front yard. It should not be visible from the street.' Yet when I drive home, there's houses with hoses and their garbage cans sitting right in plain view for months. Those houses are the houses that are paying that guy to do their lawn, and since he doesn't get business from us, we get lots of violation notices. So much for the HOA treating everyone fairly right? I've lived in HOAs before, but this company is horrible. They don't care about you as a homeowner or a person, they care about money. In the past six months, six houses have been put up for sale. It makes me very happy to see houses sold, but also sad because those poor people don't know what they're getting themselves into. I also haven't gotten the extra remote I requested at the close of escrow from this company. It's been two years... read more

If you are on the fence about using them to manage your HOA, let me assure you, you can certainly do better!! This company will pick and choose which association mandates to enforce or ignore, as well as which homeowners to harass or not. The president is snide and contemptuous in his tone, as though he wants to provoke homeowners. They will ignore your calls and emails, only to send you multiple missives by mail (all using your association dues). We have been lied to and told multiple times that the president doesn't care what the homeowners want, it is up to Equity Management to decide what's best for you. Stay away from this company at all costs!! read more

I totally agree with the review below. This management company employes the most rude, disrespectful and uninformed employees. We recently purchased a home managed by them. Unfortunately for us, we were not provide any HOA keys fob or remotes at close of escrow. When we approached them about how to obtain these items they told us they were all back ordered. Every time I called it was a different rude unhelpful person that couldnt care less. Going back and forth with them and the Assoc has been a nightmare, We pay $165 per month and we still cant get through the gates to OUR OWN HOUSE! read more

This company is absolutely useless. Just like others have said they do not want to deal with anything and wont even call you back. I have no idea what our Association pays them for, they do nothing. They should be out of business, look at all the terrible reviews. This is the dumb and dumber of property management. read more

This company has taken our 250 a month now for 7 years, never touched up paint, which is rusted, signed off on poor work by their people which caused rot and mold, zero to the upkeep of this property, now has become a hazard for kids with sinkholes , inside locked gates, if you want to be ripped off and lied to, then this is your company,very poor customer service and full of every reason not to do the work, DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY read more

Cindy is amazing and wonderful 5 star service...the rest of the staff is rude, unfriendly, and has a complete disregard for customer service. read more

Associa manages our commercial buildings. The lady who comes to visit us every month is the worst. She is incredibly unprofessional and has the most unattractive personality. She lacks basic communication skills, like saying hello or introducing oneself. read more

Take a look at the fabulous new water conserving landscape throughout the Temecula Corporate Park! It's looks so good!!! Good job, Associa!!! read more

I wanted to say that working with Keren was the best! She was prompt and courtesy. Always very good about returning my email or phone calls. Really personable! I worked with another property management firm before I worked with Keren at Equity Management and they were horrible. I love that Keren knows so much of the industry and she always so helpful. When I have another property for rent will definitely use her again. read more

I have worked with equity for over 5 years now and I also reside in a community managed by their excellent team. The staff is very helpful and always goes above the call of duty. In particular, Kelli, has been exceptional when working with on going projects and association concerns. I would highly recommend Equity as a management group to all fellow Board Presidents/Members. They are truly the best in the area and treat the association/property as if it was their personal asset. Thank you Equity. read more

Always professional and helpful. When ever a need arises, there is never a question on when you will be assisted. Kelli has been an asset to the company and her knowledge of the area and in Real Estate has been a big positive to the company. read more

I am always thuroughly impressed with the professionalism and attitude the Equity Management team provides to it's customers and myself. They are always very accessible and work diligently to answer any questions or concerns I may have. In addition to it's outstanding customer service, I am very pleased with the follow through in making my neighborhood a great community all the way around. I look forward to working with Equity Management throughout the years to come. read more

If your thinking of getting a management company stay as far away from this company as possible. I have three condos in a complex which we inherited this company. From the beginning we've had nothing but problems with them. From their billing to their on site person Donna DePledge. Donna harasses my disable tenants to a point where they don't use the complex facilities. I've had on going problems with their billing department. The board is a joke, if there is an issue and the board needs to vote on it, it might take several months due to lack of a attendance. They have added extra fees on my monthly dues without letters or communication. I've spent many months trying to get these issues resolved. Still waiting. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. read more

Awful. Someone there must be making a lot of money because my condo's have gone way down since they took over. I have seen what they say they spend money on and they are crazy. They are sooo cooking the books... So much that I am selling my home just because of them. The landscapers they hire just on the curb and do nothing.. They get away with this because they no ever holds equity accountable. Donna is our property manager and she is terrible. She had written me 3 notices that were not mine. One was for the neighbor below me.. The other for the neighbor down stairs on the other side of the building.. And the last I don't even know who she is talking about? When I confronted her she first got defensive saying shes human and she occasionally miss-reads the numbers on her map.. They went on to telling me how hard her job is and she is going to make mistakes.. Cry to someone else.. They are making $219/ month x 150 units.. And all I ask is you mow the lawn. Over charging and under delivering. NANCY O. You and I, I think are talking about the same condo's! The ladies on the board chase home owners around asking if they are renters and are constantly harassing residents. They are a group of older ladies that ask everyone questions and mettle around with others lives.. All just to run and tell on people to Donna. I have owned my condo out right for almost 6 years and boy am I glad to move next month!! read more

On behalf of Art in Motion for Kids, we would like to say that working with Keren at Equity Management has been a pleasure. Keren is kind, courteous and efficient when conducting business with others. We look forward to working with her in the future. read more

Roxxy has such a pleasant voice. She was very helpful and had diligently assisted me with getting in touch with the person that is working to help me clarify an issue. She is truly an asset to your company. Such professionalism is rare these days. read more

We love the girls at Equity Management! They respond quickly, are diligent and efficient. We've received clear communication on what to expect with each project and each one has been completed in a timely fashion. I recommend anyone in the market looking for a great property management company to give the Equity Management team a call! read more