Beck & Company Real Estate Svcs

Beck and Company manages our HOA and we have been pleased with their work. Jessica is our manager and she is responsive and helpful to owners and board members. She has managed projects efficiently and is always professional.

Our HOA switched to Beck and Co. last year and we are very happy with the switch. Our previous company, PAMCO, was extremely lame and cost the HOA lots of money because they didn’t seem to care about our finances, took the easy way out on most things at our expense, and had no qualms lying to our Board on several occasions. What a difference with Beck and Co! Kim is our manager and she is very reliable, trustworthy, and down to earth. As a Board member, I work closely with Kim, and she is by far the best manager we have had in a very long time. Seriously, good managers are hard to find and I highly recommend Kim. She has had great recommendations for service providers, not ones that charge a lot or give a kickback to the management company, but good, dependable ones that we want to work with again. She is very responsive to our requests, guides us well, and we have heard only positive things about her from the other condo owners. Beck’s financial department and the rest of the support team is great to work with too. If your HOA is looking for a new management company and you’re frustrated with the myriad of poor ones out there, then I recommend giving Beck and Co a call. You won’t be disappointed.

Beck & Co manages our HOA and we’ve been very pleased with them.
Our manager, Lisa, is very responsive, takes direction, gives guidance, and stays on top of everything. It’s worth mentioning this is a campus property, which is probably the worst kind of property to be managing, but she gets it done.
Our financials are reported to us on a timely and organized basis. Recordkeeping seems pretty thorough. These are the kinds of things you want to watch for in a management company.
It is really, really difficult to find decent real estate management companies, so we were fortunate to have found them.

I have lived at Coppertree Condominiums for about 28 years. Our first management company was run by a woman whose competence was steeply undermined by her mental health issues. Our home owner’s fees also climbed at 10 percent/​year for many years, even though the complex was «new» at the time, on her recommendation. It was our great fortune, more than 10 years ago, that we acquired a remarkably talented and long-​sighted board president, who along with our dedicated, hard-​working board (completely unpaid), changed our budgeting system to a 10-​year plan, and changed the HOA management to Beck and Co., making our condo association one of the very best run in Austin Texas. Between the Coppertree Board, and Beck and Company, our home-owner’s fees have averaged out at 3 – 4 percent, since the budget change. Despite unexpected problems with sidewalks, foundations, and plumbing breaks resulting from the prolonged Texas drought, the homeowner’s have had NO special assessment fees to pay, above the normal homeowner’s fees. This is due to our truly superior board, and the careful management by Beck and Company. I will second other’s opinions on Pinkie Arnot — she has consistently, year after year, provided us with excellent service. Beck and Company has earned the respect of the long-​term residents because they are consistently excellent in handling the many facets of keeping our property in good shape and using funds wisely. This is what our auditor had to say about Beck and Co., and Pinkie Arnot, our manager:
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: Austin-​Coppertree 2015
There are many associations that have an audit performed on an annual basis. Sometimes it is because it is a requirement set out in their governing documents. Sometimes it is because it is a requirement per state law. Sometimes it is because the board and management company believe it is a best practice. We perform about 100 audits per year for associations, so we read lots of minutes and contracts and never get bored with the nuances and idiosyncrasies of each association.
Speaking to your Association in particular, you have a very capable manager and a very cooperative, accessible and involved board. The fact that I was able to perform the audit rather seamlessly speaks volumes. The access to records allowed by Beck in general and Pinkie in particular is also a good indication that they are operating in a way that allows us to feel their transparency. The only real issue I had with this audit had to do with the COA wastewater billing issue. It is clear that Pinkie has tried over countless months to get the city utility to be consistent in their billing practices, but her hands are tied. I am not convinced that they have it right yet and will include a footnote disclosure in the audit. The water utility has gotten an awful lot of bad press lately, and I personally think it is rightly deserved.
I think it is also interesting that since we have begun to notify someone on the board that we are starting an audit of their Association, your board is the only one to reply to me or make inquiries. I think that speaks to the level of involvement, care and concern you have for your Association. I really enjoy the opportunity to communicate with board members, so thank you for your interest.
Christa Floyd, CPA, CFE
Stephen M. Tilson, PC

I agree they do t deserve even half star– horrible experience with this company. Try to stay clear if you can.

Can I give 0 stars???
I’ve been without hot water for 3 weeks because of this company. They «promised» me it would be back on 7 times now I think. Oh and they «promised» to call me back too which they never did. As a homeowner I thought I had more control over things like my hot water… I guess our complex will just wait until Beck & Co is ready to turn it back on. Hopefully it’s soon.

This company doesn’t deserve ONE star. DO NOT waste your times and money in this company. Very irresponsible and unprofessional!

I agree with all the other reviewers. They are unresponsive to requests for service. They are horrible at customer service. It took several weeks to get them to tell me where the water shut off valve was. Don’t buy a condo if they manage the property.

It’s 2 years later and they still suck.

My HOA former and I didn’t even notice I would be stuck with them again when I closed. Ugh?!?
I lived in one place where they were in charge of our HOA I think they have been spending our HOA fees unwisely. At my former place we had a major problem with trespassers and from what I can tell that hasn’t changed. They never had the lawn care people out enough in the fall and I bet they are still being paid the same amount.
Sadly I cannot dumb them as my HOA company because I am stuck with them at my new place and it is quite obvious that the lawn care people do the bare minimum, you should see our over grown trees laying on top of buildings. So if I get a hole punched in my roof from one of the unkempt trees are they going to fix my roof?

They are long on talk and short on delivery for the pricing.