King County
Property management in Bothell, for a flat $109 a month.
Bothell sits across two counties and two very different rental markets — the biotech corridor at Canyon Park and the university campus downtown. Both rent well, and neither needs a manager standing in the building.
What's different about managing in Bothell
Bothell is the other city on this list where the first question is which county you are actually in: the King–Snohomish line runs straight through it, and the answer determines where anything contested is filed and which county-level services reach your property. We establish it from the parcel at onboarding rather than guessing from the mailing address, because plenty of Bothell addresses sit in the county you would not expect. Beyond that it is a straightforward city to own in, with no separate local layer of its own.
Requirements change, and keeping current with them for your specific property is part of what the fee covers — not something you need to follow yourself. Everything we handle is listed in full, along with how the model works.
What we manage in Bothell
Bothell splits into three rental markets that behave differently. The Canyon Park and North Creek corridor is newer subdivision and townhome stock built from the 1990s onward, with a tenant base drawn from the biotech and technology employers along I-405 — strong applicants, long-ish tenancies, and few maintenance surprises. Downtown Bothell has been substantially rebuilt over the last decade and now carries genuine apartment and townhome density, much of it close to the UW Bothell and Cascadia College campus, which brings a younger and more mobile tenant profile. Around the edges, in Westhill, Maywood Hills and Shelton View, is older mid-century single-family stock on larger lots — the classic individually owned rental, and most of what we manage here.
Neighborhoods we manage in
- Canyon Park
- North Creek
- Downtown Bothell
- Queensgate
- Thrashers Corner
- Westhill
- Maywood Hills
- Shelton View
- Norway Hill
Why remote management works in Bothell
Bothell is a commute city that most traditional managers covered from an office somewhere else, and billed for the drive either way. Nothing about the work needs the drive: rent collection, notices, renewals, deposit accounting and dispatching a local trade all run remotely. Two things here genuinely reward a system rather than a memory — the county question, which is a records problem, and the campus-driven turnover downtown, which lands at predictable points in the calendar and is far easier to plan for than to react to.
$109 per unit, per month to manage. Flat.
Not a percentage of your rent, so it does not rise when your rent does. No markup on vendor invoices and no charge for talking to us. The fee pauses while a unit is vacant. Two things sit outside it, both flat and both only when they happen: $499to place a tenant, $299 to draft a renewal.
Bothell landlord questions
Is my Bothell property in King County or Snohomish County?
The parcel number tells you, and we confirm it at onboarding rather than assuming from the mailing address — the line runs through the city and plenty of Bothell addresses sit in the county you would not guess. It is recorded against the property from then on, so anything that depends on the answer runs off the right one.
Do you manage rentals near the UW Bothell and Cascadia campus?
Yes. Campus-adjacent rentals turn over on the academic calendar rather than at random, which sounds like a problem and is actually an advantage — the dates are known months ahead, so renewals and make-ready work get scheduled instead of improvised. Expect more frequent turnover than a Canyon Park house and plan the reserve accordingly.
Do you run showings or screen tenants in Bothell?
We screen; we do not show. Marketing the unit and standing in it with a prospect stay with you or an agent of your choosing, in Bothell as everywhere else. Everything after that is ours — the online application, background, credit and eviction history checks, pet and assistance animal screening, the Washington lease and its addendums, and the tenancy from there. That is our tenant placement package at $499, a flat one-off charged only when a unit turns over rather than a slice of the rent. It is worth talking to us before you have an applicant, so the lease is drafted the way we would want to manage it.
Do you manage the newer townhomes around Canyon Park and North Creek?
Yes, and they are an easy fit. Newer stock generates fewer maintenance events, and most of it sits in HOA communities — that correspondence, the rule changes that affect your tenant and the move-in scheduling are all part of the $109 rather than an extra. The vendor invoices for actual repairs come to you at cost with nothing added. Placing a new tenant is a separate $499 when a unit turns over.
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Managing a rental in Bothell?
Tell us the address and the current rent. We'll send back what Palace would charge, what a percentage-based manager would charge, and the difference over five years. No obligation, no sales call unless you ask for one.