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UnitSimple
Meet the founder

Built by a Property Owner.Made for Owners Who Want a Simpler Way to Manage.

UnitSimple was created from the perspective of a property owner who wanted a simpler, more transparent way to manage rental properties.

Theodore Arakelian, Founder, UnitSimple
Theodore Arakelian
Founder, UnitSimple
Perspective

Four vantage points on the same building

Most management companies bring one of these. The combination is why UnitSimple is structured the way it is.

A property owner

UnitSimple started with the experience of owning rental property and dealing with managers who were slow, opaque, or charging a percentage that grew every year without the service growing with it. The company exists because that was worth fixing.

A licensed real estate broker

Leasing, valuation, disclosure, and the transaction side of ownership. It means lease documents, pricing decisions, and buy-or-hold conversations are handled by someone who works in that world rather than referred out of it.

A licensed general building contractor

Construction and building systems, from plumbing and electrical service to roofs, envelopes, and permits. A scope of work gets read by someone who has priced and supervised that work, which is the difference between reviewing a bid and understanding it.

An operator

Maintenance, leasing, cost, residents, and the day-to-day reality of a building running well or running badly. Owners tend to know within one conversation whether the person on the other end has actually done this.

Licensing

The founder’s credentials

Two licences, both held personally by Theodore. Stated precisely, with nothing implied beyond them.

UnitSimple does not hold itself out as a law firm, a tax adviser, an engineer, or an architect, and nothing on this site should be read as legal, tax, or engineering advice. Maintenance work is performed by licensed and qualified contractors, coordinated by UnitSimple.

California Real Estate Broker
DRE #01951724
Held by Theodore Arakelian
California General Building Contractor
CSLB #1103257
Held by Theodore Arakelian

Maintenance coordinated with licensed and qualified contractors. No UnitSimple maintenance markup. Owners remain responsible for the actual direct cost of the work.

Why UnitSimple works this way

Small enough to reach. Structured enough to trust.

A percentage-based management fee has an odd property: it goes up every time your rent goes up, without the work changing. Over a ten-year hold that compounds into a meaningful number, and it is not obvious on the monthly statement. UnitSimple charges $100 per unit per month for full-service management instead, so the fee is a line you can predict.

Maintenance is the other place owners quietly lose money. Adding a percentage to a vendor invoice creates a reason to prefer the more expensive bid. UnitSimple does not add a markup to repair invoices, which means the recommendation you get is about the building, not about the margin.

And communication is mostly a structural question. If the person who knows your property is buried behind a call queue and a portfolio of three hundred units, you will chase updates no matter how good they are. UnitSimple is deliberately built so the owner talks to the person accountable for the property — small enough to provide direct founder access, sophisticated enough to provide modern technology and professional systems.

Direct founder access

Call Theodore Directly

Have a property you want us to manage? Speak directly with the founder about what it is, where it is, and what you need.