Key & Keep Homes Residential Property Operations
Residential Property Operations · Central Texas

The care behind every key.

One local team to operate, maintain, and protect your home through long-term rental, short-term rental, vacancy, home care, transitions, make-ready, and the projects in between.

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Transparent vendor invoices Local accountability Owner visibility & control
Your property should not need a different operator for every chapter. LTR → STR → vacancy → renovation → sale prep. We stay focused on the home.

Property operations built around the home—not a one-size-fits-all management contract.

Choose the operating relationship that fits how the property is used today, then keep the same local team when that use changes.

Long-term rental

Rental Operations

Physical-property operations for owners who want the home handled without giving up their Realtor, lease control, or financial relationship with the tenant.

$109 / home / month
  • Property oversight and owner reporting
  • Maintenance and vendor coordination
  • Inspection and make-ready support
  • Local issue triage and follow-through
$295 onboarding. $99/home/month for 3–9 homes; 10+ custom. Leasing, tenant placement, rent handling, and licensed activities stay with the owner or an appropriately licensed professional where required.
Short-term rental

STR Operations

Hands-on local operations across guest experience, property readiness, turns, calendar support and day-to-day problem solving.

20% of accommodation revenue
  • Guest and stay operations
  • Calendar and pricing support
  • Turnover and readiness coordination
  • Issue resolution and home oversight
18% preferred rate where applicable; $350 monthly minimum. Existing-property activation $750; new STR launch $1,500.
Second homes & vacancy

Home Care

Reliable local eyes on a home when you are not there—from routine checks to weather events, restocking, vendor access and readiness.

$109 monthly
  • Scheduled property checks
  • Condition photos and documentation
  • Storm / freeze / vacancy checks
  • Vendor access and follow-through
Twice-monthly care $189. One-time visit $125.
LTR ↔ STR · staging · make-ready

Property Transitions

When the best use of a property changes, we coordinate the practical work to get from where the home is today to where it needs to be next.

Plans from $295
  • LTR → STR feasibility and conversion planning
  • Revenue-ready furnishing and staging plans
  • STR → LTR reset and make-ready
  • Vacancy, renovation and sale-prep coordination
STR feasibility $295. Staging plan $795 up to 3BR / $995+ larger homes. Conversion management 12% of managed project cost, $2,500 minimum.
Maintenance & projects

Repairs & Projects

Small problems need quick follow-through; larger projects need scope, pricing, documentation and accountability—without hiding our fee inside somebody else’s invoice.

Routine coordination included
  • Issue triage, photos, diagnosis and estimates
  • Owner approval before non-emergency work
  • Original vendor invoice visibility
  • Completion photos and documented closeout
Property review $195. Make-ready scope $295. Major project coordination 10% with a $295 minimum. VXS Design & Build may be offered as an affiliated provider under a separate quote; owner vendor choice is preserved and the affiliation is disclosed.

Built around the things property owners say they are tired of.

Fee stacking, vague maintenance bills, slow communication and not knowing whether the work actually got done are common owner frustrations. Our model is designed around visibility and follow-through.

See the real vendor invoice

Vendor cost and Key & Keep fees are shown separately.

Know what is happening

Photos, estimates, approvals, invoices and completion documentation keep owners informed without making them manage the work.

Keep what already works

Keep your Realtor, lease control and trusted vendors. We take responsibility for the property operations around them.

One local operating relationship

LTR, STR, vacancy, renovation or sale prep—you should not rebuild the operating team every time.

Documented workflow: issue → photos → diagnosis → estimate → owner approval → work → original invoice → completion photos.
A lifecycle operating partner

The home stays the same even when the strategy changes.

Rental demand changes. Family plans change. A long-term rental may become a short-term rental; an STR may return to LTR; a second home may sit vacant; a property may need renovation or sale preparation. Key & Keep stays focused on the physical home through those transitions.

LTR → STR Feasibility, setup, furnishing, staging and launch.
STR → LTR Reset, make-ready, condition work and handoff.
Home away from home Routine care, weather checks and vendor access.
Renovation / sale prep Scope, project coordination and readiness.

Who this is for

The self-managing owner who is out of bandwidth. Keep decision control without coordinating every cleaner, repair, inspection and guest issue.
The owner who already has a Realtor they trust. You do not need another leasing relationship—you need someone accountable for the home itself.
The out-of-town or second-home owner. Local eyes, documentation and problem solving when you cannot be there.
The owner deciding what the property should become next. LTR, STR, furnished, vacant, renovated or sold—we help turn the decision into an operating plan.

Clear pricing before the work starts.

Different property uses need different economics. The common thread is that our fees are stated directly instead of hidden inside vendor costs.

Rental Operations

Long-term rental property ops

$109 / home / month

Physical property operations while the owner retains leasing and financial control.

$295 onboarding
$99/home/month for 3–9 homes
10+ homes: custom portfolio pricing
STR Operations

Short-term rental operations

20% of accommodation revenue

Local operations across stays, turnovers, readiness, guest issues and ongoing home oversight.

18% preferred rate where applicable
$350 monthly minimum
$750 existing activation
$1,500 new launch
Home Care

Local home oversight

$109 / month

Scheduled checks and local care for vacant homes and second homes.

$189 twice monthly
$125 one-time visit
Condition documentation included

Designed for owners who want fewer handoffs and more accountability.

Central Texas is the launch market, with Austin as the operating center and a local-first standard built around dependable vendor relationships.

Austin-area rental owners LTR or STR owners who want a local operator without unnecessary layers.
Small rental portfolios Consistent standards across multiple homes and portfolio pricing as you grow.
Second-home owners Inspections, readiness, storm checks and local vendor coordination.
DIY owners ready to delegate Keep decision control while moving the day-to-day workload off your plate.
Owners changing strategies LTR↔STR conversions, furnishing, staging, make-ready and launch.
Properties needing project work One accountable point for scope, vendors, documentation and closeout.

A practical start, not a long sales process.

We begin with the home, its condition, how it is being used and what you want to stop managing yourself.

Talk through the property

Usage, pain points, current vendors, owner priorities and what needs to change.

Review the home

Understand condition, systems, readiness and operating needs.

Set the operating plan

Define responsibilities, approval thresholds, vendors, reporting and service scope.

Operate & document

Local execution, owner visibility, invoices, photos and follow-through.

Questions owners usually ask first.

Our model intentionally separates physical-property operations from activities that may require a Texas real-estate license.

Can I keep my existing Realtor?

Yes. Keep your Realtor and preferred leasing relationship while Key & Keep handles the physical property operations around it.

Do you collect long-term rent or negotiate leases?

No under the unlicensed LTR operating scope. Leasing, tenant placement, rent handling and other licensed activities stay with the owner or an appropriately licensed professional where required.

Do you mark up maintenance bills?

Routine coordination is included in the applicable operating service. Original vendor invoices are shown separately from any disclosed Key & Keep project fee.

Can you convert an LTR into an STR?

Yes. Property Transitions can cover feasibility, furnishing and staging planning, conversion coordination, launch readiness and handoff into STR Operations.

What if my home needs renovation or construction?

We can coordinate projects and may offer affiliated VXS Design & Build as one provider under a separate quote. The affiliation is disclosed and owners retain vendor choice except where emergency stabilization is authorized.

Where do you operate?

Central Texas is the launch market, with the Austin area as the operating center.

Start with the property

Tell us what you own—and what you no longer want to manage.

Whether the home is an LTR, STR, second home, vacancy, transition or project, we can help define the operating plan and the right level of local support.

Services of interest

Prefer email? keyandkeephomes@gmail.com

Service scope note: Key & Keep Homes is a residential property operations brand. Certain leasing, brokerage, tenant-placement, rent-handling or other real-estate activities may require appropriate licensure in Texas and are excluded from unlicensed service scope. Project pricing, vendor relationships, affiliate relationships and owner approvals are documented separately.