ModernPM
Managing Broker
Who you're actually hiring

Marcus Binion

I spent twenty years running institutional portfolios — thousands of units, multi-million dollar budgets, regional oversight. Then I built a company that brings that operating standard to owners with one house, or four.

Most small property managers learned on the job with somebody's rental. I learned in portfolios where a missed compliance deadline cost real money and somebody senior asked why. That's the standard your property gets.

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Where this came from

Twenty years of somebody else's portfolio, before yours.

Property management is a trust purchase, so here's the actual résumé rather than a paragraph about how much we care.

What that means for your property

Your one rental gets the systems built for a thousand.

Documentation

Files built to be audited

In affordable housing, every file is written expecting a state auditor to open it. That habit doesn't switch off. Your screening decisions, notices, inspections and ledgers are documented the same way — which is exactly what you want if a tenancy ever goes sideways.

Budgeting

Numbers, not vibes

Commercial asset management runs on budgets, variance reporting and reserve planning. You get the same thinking applied to a house: what it should rent for, what it will cost to hold, and when the roof becomes a line item instead of a surprise.

Escalation

A manager who's seen worse

Evictions, agency audits, capital projects, difficult owners, difficult residents. Very little in a single-family portfolio is new. That's worth something at 6pm on a Friday when something breaks.

Who does the work

Four desks. Tap any one to see what it does.

These are four operational responsibilities, not four departments. Property management fails in the gaps between jobs — here's what each function owns, who's accountable for it, and when you'll hear from it.

01

Managing Broker

MARCUS BINION · WA LICENSE #12916
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What this desk handles

  • Final authority on every screening decision, lease term and notice
  • Brokerage trust accounting and oversight of owner funds
  • Comparative market analysis when setting or defending rent
  • Escalated tenant matters, evictions and disputes
  • Regulatory tracking as state and city codes change
  • Sales, purchases and refinance guidance when you're ready
Why this seat is named Washington requires a designated broker to hold responsibility for a management firm. That's not a title we rotate — it's a licensed position, and it's the one you can look up with the Department of Licensing.
02

Leasing

LEASING & APPLICANT SCREENING
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What this desk handles

  • Photos, listing copy and syndication to the major rental sites
  • MLS exposure through our brokerage
  • Showings, applicant questions and feedback reported back to you
  • Screening run against one written standard, applied identically
  • Lease preparation with the addenda and disclosures your property needs
  • Move-in condition report, photo-documented
When you'll hear from them Weekly while a unit is on the market, and immediately when an application is ready for a decision.
03

Maintenance

CLAWHAMMER CONSTRUCTION · WA GC CLAWHC*750MW
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What this desk handles

  • Work orders from intake through completion, with photos
  • Emergency response, 24/7, through the tenant portal
  • Scheduled interior and exterior inspections
  • Turnovers between tenancies — scope, schedule and cost
  • Larger renovation projects through our licensed crew
  • Vetted outside trades for specialty work
Your approval threshold You set a dollar figure at onboarding. Below it, work proceeds and appears itemized on your statement. Above it, we bring you scope and cost before anything is spent.
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Accounting

ACCOUNTING & OWNER REPORTING
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What this desk handles

  • Online rent collection and payment reminders
  • Late fees applied at the correct cap for that jurisdiction
  • Owner disbursement by ACH on a fixed date each month
  • Itemized monthly statements in your owner portal
  • Security deposit accounting and move-out reconciliation
  • Year-end reporting your CPA can work from
Where your money sits Rent and deposits are held in a brokerage trust account, separate from operating funds, and reconciled to brokerage standards.
Credentials

Licensed, and more than once.

Real estateWA Managing BrokerLicense #12916 · Designated Broker, North Realty Brokers (Firm #21146)
ConstructionWA General ContractorClawhammer Construction · CLAWHC*750MW
NotaryWA Notary PublicCommissioned — documents executed in-house
EducationMBA & Bachelor's degreeBusiness administration and management

Talk to the person who'll actually manage it.

Not a leasing coordinator, not a call center. Ask a question in the chat, or send an address and I'll come back with a rent range and an honest read.

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