Unif

I lived for 1 ½ year in an apartment managed by Unif. Unif has always been extremely responsive for any issues we had (security, problem of appliances etc…) and has been super helpful. You can pay the rent through an online portal which is convenient. Also, they have been very easy to work with when one of our roommates decided to leave, without forcing us to renew the lease. Icing on the cake, they send you a basket full of good things for Christmas :)

Really loved the apartment I got through Unif, and Eric made it a breeze to get it. He helped us with applications, and he also helped us get it signed quickly right as we prepared to move out and were in a crunch. Simple payments, simple maintenance, and nice folk. Highly recommend Unif Inc.

I lived for over two years in a nice spacious unit managed by Unif. The few times that we had minor maintenance issues, the team was always fast on getting back to me for scheduling and understanding with my cat being wandering around the house :)
Good Luck on waiting for a quick response from landlords and finding pet policy!
Also, they sent us Christmas gift and holiday card at the end of the year. Can’t recall getting holiday gift from a landlord before.
Totally recommend Unif, Inc as a property management.

I lived in a unit managed by UNIF for 5 years and the team is great. They’re professional, prompt and their online portal for paying rent and submitting maintenance requests is easy to use. I just moved from a 5-​bedroom flat managed by UNIF into my own apartment but if Eric + team had a 1 bedroom open in their portfolio, I wouldn’t have hesitated to rent with them again.

The whole Unif team, but especially Eric and Debbie, are as great as it gets when it comes to renting housing in SF.
I’ve been with Unif for nearly 2 years now and it has been a breeze. They are always available, helpful and insightful. Paying rent is super easy through their online portal. Maintenance requests can easily be submitted there too or via email. Any time we had a request it was always handled within a day.
When I started looking for a smaller place, Eric provided me with a last minute landlord reference (which got me the place I wanted) even though I called after hours! He also gave me some timely advice about bidding strategies in the SF rental market. This also helped and get me the new place.
If you have a chance to rent with Unif, look no further!

We lived in a Unif rental for four years while living in San Francisco and couldn’t be happier that we stumbled upon them! Our home was in excellent condition, the service was always prompt and the staff was incredibly friendly, professional and accommodating. When we decided to leave the city, it was a tough decision! We loved our home and knew how lucky we had it with Unif as a landlord. We would definitely rent from them again if we ever find our way back to SF :)!

Unif was one of the best landlords that I have ever had. Eric, James and everyone else were great to deal with on maintenance and repairs. Always very quick and professional. They even send a gift basket for the holidays!

Rented from Eric at Unif and always had a great experience. Anytime there was a problem he had a repairman out asap. usually the same day.
We asked for an automatic garage door not knowing if we would get it but Eric just said «of course»
and had one installed for us. We would press the opener half way down the block and cruise right into the basement with our bikes.
Very cool (and safe)!!
And try to find a property management company that is as pet-​friendly. .good luck with that.

UNIF is the best of the four landlords I had in the Bay Area, by far. That includes landlords in Berkeley, San Jose, and SF. Rented from UNIF early 2012-​mid 2014.
UNIF was always easy to deal with, from the get go. Now, that doesn’t mean the apartment was easy to secure. Its still cut throat, but thats normal when there’s 85 321 639 432 908 more people in the City than there are apartments. If you know how to rent in SF/​NY (go to the open house with check and credit report in hand) you’ll have no problems.
We had three occasions where we needed help or repairs and each time UNIF responded within a few hours, and fixed the issue shortly thereafter.
My only complaint was that we had to drop off rent checks all the way in Inner Richmond, but soon after we moved in they opened up a new online payment system. Overall a great renting experience.

My roommates and I rented a property from Unif this past year, and it was an excellent overall experience. The management at Unif was very responsive and the owner, Eric, was very respectful and easy to deal with.
The company makes it very easy to pay rent through their secure website. The website is easy to use and if desired, you can enable autopay so that there is no chance of missing payments.
I would highly recommend Unif to anyone that is looking for housing in San Francisco.

My roommates and I rented from Unif for a little over one year and it was a great experience. The company’s owner, Eric, is very approachable and genuinely strives to provide a good service to his tenants. Our property manager, James, was also easy to reach and gladly took care of any maintenance we requested.
Unif also provides each tenant with individual access to a secure website where rent and utilities can be paid via credit card. This made paying our bills extremely convenient; we never once had to write or mail a rent check.
Simply put: if you are looking to rent in San Francisco, I highly recommend working with Unif.

I’m pretty disappointed to see some of these one star reviews… For note — I was never paid or given anything for my review on Unilocal.I just had a great experience with this company. You pay for what you get. We paid reasonable rent for a beautiful apartment and when we ever needed a repair it was done in a timely manner.
Eric gave us our full deposit back and a holiday basket with very nice stuff in it every year. He was always friendly and I would rent from him again in a hearbeat.

I have to say Im nothing but pleased with my experience at Unif. I had to leave a month earlier before my lease was over due to my roommate moving out of town. Eric was nothing but accommodating and said:” if we rent out the place then you may leave early without any penalties”. Through the year any issues I had in the unit were fixed by James, very nice guy and a pleasure to work with…
Eric, james, debbie and allison hope you continue to bring amazing rental service to SF!

Most of the time our relationship with Eric was very hands off, we rarely had any maintenance issues and he left us to our own devices, win-​win.
There was a period early on in which maintenance issues (especially perpetual ones, like the clogged drains that our 5-​girl house resulted in) would it sometimes take a few calls or emails to get addressed, but once we started interacting with James, issues were taken care of with one phone call and very promptly.
Overall, our relationship with Eric was generally all-​business; he followed the letter of the lease agreement and held us to it as well, which is a plus in my book. We did get an annual gift basket though, which we always looked forward to!
Thanks Unif for a great 5 years.

I rented a UNIF apartment for four years in the Mission District. The place was very well-​maintained, with a nice recent remodel when I came in. The management company was very responsive to repair requests, and the office staff was pleasant to work with. The process of changing master tenants was painless and transparent. I would gladly rent from this company again.

I lived in a Unif property in SF for nearly 2 years. The building was kept in good repair and requested services were responded to quickly and with great attention.
Additionally, my communication with their office staff was always efficient and productive, effectively handling any billing or lease concerns that arose.
I would have no hesitation going back to live in a Unif apartment.

I lived in a Unif property for about a year and a half.
After living in 5 different apartments in my twenties, Unif was head and shoulders above every other realtor.
James was not only a cool guy, he was super attentive and quick to fix things at a moment’s notice.
Eric is a hilarious, very personable guy, too.
They didn’t jack the rent up on us, returned our deposit fully, fairly, and promptly.
I couldn’t recommend them more and will definitely hit them up any time that I’m looking for a place in SF in the future!
UPDATE: After posting my review, completely unprovoked by me, Eric emailed me personally to thank me for the review (keep in mind, I moved out 2 months ago!):
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Dear XXXX,
I’ve just read the review and thank you once again for your kind words and a chance to earn your business.
Eric
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Top notch guy! SF doesn’t have realtors like this any more!

Had a great year living at a wonderful apartment on Mission Street, run by UNIF inc. The apartment had top notch appliances, hardwood floors, washer/​dryer, etc. My friends were always jealous when they saw how modern the apartment was. Eric, Debbie, and James are a joy to work with. Straightforward, honest, open — really no BS which is hard to come by in property managers. If the market wasn’t so tough right now I would’ve happily rented from them again, but they didn’t even have any openings! Only reason I moved out was that 2 of my roommates were moving out and we didn’t want to hunt for new roomies on Craigslist. No problems in the entire year.
Thanks Eric and team!

Perfectly legal practices, but shady.
They treat potential renters like bidders in an auction, without telling them so. Stringing people along, misleading them into thinking they’ll get the place, only to hold out for higher bidders.
You know how you are invited to hang out with someone, but you’re not really sure if you want to hang out with that person? Of course, you don’t want to stay home either, and you suspect that something better might come up. So you bullshit around and tell the person that you already have tentative plans, and that *might* fall through, and if those plans do fall though that you’ll definitely want to hang out with them. Well, that’s how Unif treats you… like a backup date. If they suggest that you might get the place after a couple of days, that just means that they’re holding out for someone funnier, better looking, and willing to put out on the first date. Er, I mean, someone willing to pay more money.
No thanks, I’m not desperate enough to be your backup bitch.
On another note, their Unilocal ratings are pretty shady. As of this writing, they have 21 Filtered reviews and 52 unfiltered ones. Almost ¹⁄₃ of their reviews are filtered! There are also a lot of 5 star reviews by those who have posted very few reviews. And many of these reviews are quite old in internet terms, dating back to 2010. I wonder if they somehow offer incentives to those tenants who leave good reviews?
Also, note that many of the 5 star reviews have like a crazy amount of «Usefuls,» in some cases over 100. That’s crazy. I suspect those filtered reviews are responsible for 21 of those «Usefuls» for each review.
Shady? Yes. Thankfully, I found a better place to reside.

Four score and 14 months ago, I moved to San Francisco and into an apartment manage by Eric, Debbie, and James of UNIF. It was a decision conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all not apartments and landlords are created equal.
So you wonder, fair reader, how was my experience? Quite amicable. To answer your pondering succinctly, the fair people of UNIF fixed all needed repairs promptly, were very responsive to emails, and were generally quite pleasant to work with, even upon departure from the residence. The humble abode in which I resided, though not without flaw, was well-​upkept.
The end.