St. Louis’ Property Management Company That Makes It SMPL.

The Most Thorough Tenant Screening in Saint Louis

We hold one of the only direct relationships with credit reporting bureaus available to a Saint Louis property management company — meaning we pull the full credit report, not the abbreviated version most managers settle for. You get the complete picture before anyone signs a lease.

We Catch Problems Before You Ever Get a Call

SMPL installs smart home monitoring in managed properties that detects water line breaks, carbon monoxide events, and power surges — alerting our team automatically, before your tenant even picks up the phone. Most property managers react. We prevent.

Reporting That Goes Way Beyond the Rent Check

Every owner gets monthly financial look-backs, quarterly P&L forecasting, bi-annual inspections with projected CapEx, and an annual property value report timed to lease expiration. Whether you own one unit or six, you always know exactly where you stand.

10 Years. 1,000+ Transactions. Built in Saint Louis.

We built the largest REO team in Missouri and completed over 1,000 transactions before launching SMPL. We didn’t come to property management to learn — we came to do it better than anyone else in this market.

Tenant Screening

A bad tenant placement doesn’t just cost you a month of rent — it can mean months of vacancy, legal fees, and repair bills that undo years of investment. SMPL runs the most thorough screening process available from any Saint Louis property management company, including bureau-direct full credit reports.

Rent Collection

Chasing rent is one of the fastest ways to regret owning rental property. Our online payment portal lets tenants pay by bank transfer, debit, or credit card — with automatic recurring payments and automated reminders. Funds are direct deposited to your account with a full owner statement.

Property Maintenance

Maintenance is where most property managers let owners down — slow responses, unknown vendors, and markups that eat into your return. SMPL uses a tenant portal for routine requests and a live emergency answering service for after-hours issues.

Lease Agreements

A poorly written lease is a liability waiting to happen. Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 441 governs the landlord-tenant relationship, but Saint Louis City and County add their own layers. Our leases are drafted to be legally current, locally compliant, and clearly enforceable.

Property Marketing

Vacancy days are the most expensive line item on any rental property’s P&L. SMPL markets your property across verified listing platforms with professional copy, accurate pricing based on current Saint Louis rental market data, and photos that present the property at its best.

Rental Market Analysis

Do you actually know what your Saint Louis rental property is worth right now? SMPL provides owners with a full rental market analysis at onboarding, a quarterly P&L forecast during management, and an annual property value report timed to lease expiration.

Built in Saint Louis. Built for Saint Louis.

SMPL Property Management is a locally owned Saint Louis company built by a team with over a decade of real estate experience, 1,000+ completed transactions, and the track record of having built the largest REO operation in Missouri. Co-founded with Kathryn Wentz under a locally focused brokerage, SMPL was created with one belief: that owning rental property in Saint Louis should be simpler, more profitable, and better for the communities these properties sit inside.

We are licensed, locally embedded, and operate with in-house technology — AI-assisted inspections, smart home monitoring, and owner reporting tools — that no other Saint Louis property management company has built. Every property we manage gets the same standard: thorough, transparent, and handled.