About Smart Move Property Management — Boise, ID
Twenty-three years managing Boise rentals, and one eviction to show for it.
Andrea Mayer founded Smart Move in 2003 and still runs it — a deliberately small Treasure Valley portfolio, managed by people who answer their own phones.
201+ five-star reviews from Boise & the Treasure Valley owners & residents
- 215
- Doors managedBoise area
- 18
- Days on marketlisting to signed lease
- 100%
- Rent collected on timeportfolio-wide
- 1
- Evictions since 2003in 18 years
Independently recognised
Named among the best property management companies in Boise every year from 2020 through 2026.
Our story
Managing Boise rentals since 2003.
Andrea Mayer founded Smart Move in 2003 and still runs it. Twenty-plus years in the Treasure Valley, 215 doors, and a portfolio kept deliberately small enough that the people who answer the phone know your property.
The credentials behind that: NARPM's Master Property Manager and Residential Management Professional designations — earned through documented management experience and coursework, not paid for.
Andrea Mayer · President · MPM, RMP
Operating principle
We keep the portfolio small so the screening never gets sloppy.
Andrea Mayer, President · Smart Move since 2003
A manager running two thousand doors cannot personally read every application, and it shows up years later as an eviction, a trashed unit, or a vacancy nobody chased. At 215 doors across Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Kuna and Garden City, the same small team sees every applicant, every inspection photo and every late payment — which is the whole reason one eviction has gone through since 2003.
- Marketing to 30+ rental sites with video tour
- County-level court and criminal screening
- Rent due the 1st, filing on the 6th
- Maintenance passed through at cost
- Documented move-in and move-out condition reports
- Monthly statements, owner portal, year-end 1099
Track record
The numbers behind the promises.
- Days on market
- 18
- Average time from listing to signed lease across the portfolio — roughly three weeks of vacancy, not three months.
- Doors managed
- 215
- Single-family homes, condos, townhomes and small multifamily across the Treasure Valley.
- Evictions since 2003
- 1
- One eviction in eighteen years of managing. That is what disciplined screening is actually worth.
- Occupancy
- 97%
- Portfolio-wide occupancy, held while renewing 80% of leases rather than churning residents.
100% of rent collected on time
Rent is due on the 1st and late after the 5th. Residents pay through the portal with automatic reminders, and the file goes to eviction on the 6th if nothing has landed. Owners are paid by direct deposit on a fixed monthly schedule.
80% of leases renewed
A renewal is the cheapest month you will ever have — no turn cost, no vacancy, no leasing fee. We start renewal conversations early and price them against the market rather than defaulting to a flat increase.
Why owners choose us
Small on purpose, credentialed by choice.
A boutique portfolio, on purpose
215 doors managed by a small local team — not five thousand doors managed by a call centre. Your property is known by the people answering the phone, and the roster is deliberately capped so it stays that way.
Credentialed, not just experienced
Andrea Mayer holds the MPM (Master Property Manager) and RMP (Residential Management Professional) designations from NARPM — the two hardest credentials to earn in residential management, and rare in this market.
Named Boise's best, seven years running
Expertise.com has listed Smart Move among the best property management companies in Boise every year from 2020 through 2026, and in Meridian as well. That is an outside audit, repeated, not a self-awarded badge.
Reputation
201+ five-star reviews from Boise owners and residents.
Owners judge a manager by the residents they keep and the money that lands on time. Both are on the record.
201+
Five-star reviews
7
Consecutive years named best in Boise
20+
Years managing Treasure Valley rentals
Owner testimonials are being collected for publication here — with names, dates and the platform they were left on. Nothing on this page is written on a client's behalf.
Free rental analysis
Find out what your Boise rental should be earning.
A straight read on your property from the team managing 215 doors across the Treasure Valley — no obligation, no fee, no pressure to sign anything.
- What your property should rent for, based on Treasure Valley leases actually signed this quarter
- How many days it should take to lease, and what to fix first to shorten that
- A clear plan you can act on whether or not you hire us
Prefer to talk it through?
Call 208-906-0196