Distinct Property Management, Inc

I’m on the board of directors for our small Homeowners Association (16 units). We switched to Distinct Property Management January 1 and we couldn’t be happier with the change. Nora, one of the owners, has worked closely with our HOA to get us back on track after terrible service from our previous property management company. We have the full service option and it feels like the super deluxe option! All the Distinct staff respond promptly to emails and phone calls. Work we’ve been trying to complete for months (and even years) is getting done efficiently and in a cost-​effective way. In less than a month, Distinct has saved us hundreds of dollars. For example, we found out we were paying for unnecessary insurance – and this has been going on for years with our previous property management company. In addition, Nora, Kristi, and the other Distinct staff have made the transition easy and smooth. Their work is professional and impressive. I highly recommend Distinct Property Management!

Nora assisted us with finding a renter for our home in Santa Cruz. She was very responsive, well organized and asked intelligent questions and supplied similar answers when needed. She is extremely professional and easy to work with. I couldn’t have been happier with the experience.

Distinct Property Management was referred to us by a Realtor friend who couldn’t say enough good things about Nora Brink. We used Nora to collect applications and review them, show the house, run credit checks and take care of all the paperwork. She was very professional, friendly, helpful and a good listener. She personally took care of everything and made it very easy for us to get a quality tenant in our rental property.

After using a different management company for our rental we used Nora. What a huge difference. She is very professional. I have referred Distinct to many of my clients and they have all been happy. I will not use anyone else now.

After many nightmare experiences with not-​to-​be-​mentioned Santa Cruz property management companies, I’ve found a godsend in Nora Brink and Distinct Property Management. Her professionalism, knowledge, friendliness, insight, and reliability ensure that things run smoothly, my tenants are happy (Nora seems to find me the best tenants I’ve ever had) and my properties are in excellent hands. My only regret is that I did not use Nora sooner. Save yourself the heartache and use Distinct Property Management.

Nora has helped us three times: once as a prospective tenant (she went out of her way to find us exactly what we were looking for, and was actually thrilled for us when we decided to purchase rather than rent and to do so through a different agent), and twice as our agent when we were seeking a new tenant for our condo. She is extremely diligent, very sensitive to our needs, and on both occasions found us wonderful tenants on very favorable terms. I cannot recommend her strongly enough.

Distinct has been working with our HOA for the past 6 months and is certainly an upgrade from the service we received from a previous management company. Distinct is on top of all the issues we’ve had to deal with, from finding vendors, assisting with the review process, updating our CC&Rs, and dealing with those small nagging problems that crop up in any HOA. Any questions we’ve had have always been well researched and answered quickly. This is a good company to work with.

Truly great service! Nora went above and beyond to help us find a tenant for our Santa Cruz home, and was an absolute pleasure to work with. Professional, friendly, hardworking, and extremely knowledgeable about the rental climate in Santa Cruz, Nora and her team at Distinct provided us with first-​class service from start to finish. We really lucked out in finding Distinct, and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for property management services in the area.

We bought a condo in Santa Cruz in March but live on the East Coast so we have to rent it out until we are ready to move in a few years. Nora has been absolutely FANTASTIC! We don’t know how we could have done this without her. We have never been landlords before, and really relied on her advice and guidance. For an extremely reasonable fee, she advertised our place, screened potential tenants, held a couple of open houses, drew up a comprehensive lease (we wouldn’t have known where to begin), and took care of all the details that would have been impossible for us to take care of so far away. She is extremely efficient, kept us well informed at every step of the way, and has rock-​solid instincts about potential tenants. Most of all, she minimized the stress and anxiety because we were completely confident we were in such good hands. We won’t hesitate to use her services in the future, and highly recommend her company. Because it’s small, you will get the kind of individual attention that a larger company simply can’t provide. Thanks, Nora!

Nora has been very helpful with managing our rental property in Pasatiempo. She takes care of managing phone calls & e-​mails from the tenants, scheduling repairs and maintenance, as well as overall management of the property. We have used Nora to help screen potential renters, to show the home and post the listing locally when vacant. Distinct Property Management has been responsive, easy to work with and very professional. We are very pleased with our experience with Nora and Distinct Property Management.

Nora is managing a property in Santa Cruz for me. Since I live on the Peninsula, I need someone who is ‘full service’. Nora has helped fix up my rental, hiring and managing various people to spruce up the place. She got it in great condition and then found a renter right away!
Nora is extremely easy to work with and very professional. She is organized and wonderful at communicating with her clients. Nora has done a great job and I give her my highest recommendation!

A LIFESAVER! I am a rental property owner here in Santa Cruz and, seeing as I only have a few, I do my own maintenance/​management. But there are times I need a Pro and Nora Brink of Distinct Property Mgmt is it! She has found new tenants for me, run credit checks and all the lease paperwork and signing insuring I get solid people. I can count on her for good advice navigating all the CA Landlord/​Tenant laws, too. All at a very fair price… actually, PRICELESS!

Nora was really great to work with. Very nice and helpful.
She worked around my schedule to show the place we were interested. She responds to emails /​calls very fast.
After viewing the place she worked late at night to approve the application. We saw the place, applied for it, and were approved the next day.
Very fast and painless.
Couldn’t be happier with how she helped us out.