Where you are
You built something real. It also runs your life.
Always on
Late-night calls, tenant problems and owner questions don’t stop for vacations.
The back office
Trust accounting, owner statements, collections, compliance and software, every month.
No clear exit
The business depends on you, which makes it hard to sell or step back.
The offer
The price for your business, plus your pay to stay
You turn your company into cash, keep most of your income, and keep the relationships you built.
1/3
Closing payment
One-third of the price, paid when the deal closes.
3 payments
Buyout payments
The rest of the price at months 12, 24 and 36, based on the owners who stay with us.
$75K
Salary
Yearly, as Align’s local partner in your market.
$500
New-home bonus
For every new home you bring in.
$10/mo
Growth share
For every home you brought in that’s still with us, for as long as it stays.
How your day changes
You stay the local face. We run everything behind it.
Showings are done remotely by our team. You coordinate inspections and do some yourself, and you keep the relationships that make your business work.
What you keep doing
- Relationships with owners and vendors
- Coordinating inspections, and doing some yourself
- Being the trusted local name
- Growing your market
What we take off your plate
- Bookkeeping, trust accounting, owner statements
- Marketing, showings (done remotely), screening and leasing
- Rent collection and the late-night phone
- Maintenance coordination and compliance
Full transparency
How we look at it: the benefit to you, and the benefit to us
We think partnerships work best when both sides can see the numbers. So here’s exactly why this works for each of us.
The benefit to you
- Cash at closing for a business that’s hard to sell on your own
- More income over the next three years than keeping the business, in most cases
- No more back office, late nights or software headaches
- A salary, bonuses and a growth share that continue after the buyout
The benefit to us
- A company your size usually needs 5 or 6 staff. We run the same homes with one local partner plus our remote team, and that difference is how we make money.
- We keep your fee structure, so your revenue per home stays the same.
- Your owners can use our other services: insurance, help buying more homes, and resale.
Why together beats apart
You have the relationships and the local knowledge. We have the systems and the scale. Alone, each of us has to build what the other already has.
Who we’re looking for
A good fit usually looks like this
Not a perfect match? Run your numbers anyway. Every company is different.
- 150 to 500 homesMostly single-family rentals, not apartments or vacation rentals.
- Healthy feesLeasing, renewal and tenant fees, not just a management fee.
- Owners who stayFew owners leaving each year, and no single owner with a large share of your homes.
- Clean booksTrust accounting you’d be comfortable showing us.
- An owner who wants to stay localYou enjoy the people side and want to keep doing it.
After year 3
The price is paid. Your income keeps going.
- Purchase priceFully paid by month 36.
- Your roleYou stay on as our local partner with your $75,000 salary, with room to lead a larger territory.
- New-home bonus$500 for every new home you bring in, every year.
- Growth share$10 a month for every home you brought in that’s still with us. It grows each year.
Common questions
What owners ask us
Will my owners be treated well?
You introduce us and stay their local contact. Your buyout payments depend on keeping them happy, so we want the same thing you do.
What if some owners leave?
Each buyout payment is based on the share of your owners still with us on that date. Your salary and bonuses don’t change.
Is what I enter confidential?
Yes. Only Align’s leadership sees the numbers you submit, and we never share them.
Is the calculator a real offer?
It’s an estimate using the same method we use. A final offer follows a review of two to three years of your financials.
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What is your business worth to Align?
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