Repairs get scheduled, not debated
You file a work order in the portal. It's time-stamped, so there's a record on both sides. We tell you who's coming and when. If a part has to be ordered, you hear that too, instead of hearing nothing.
About
Who you're actually renting from
Most rental websites won't tell you who owns the building. This one will. Wade Bartels owns every house on this site. Ana Perin runs the day-to-day. Nobody else is in the middle.
The operation
Two people and thirteen houses
Proactive Property Management is a self-managed portfolio, which is a plain way of saying the owner does the managing. There's no property management company collecting a percentage, no regional supervisor, and no service desk in another time zone reading from a script.
Wade Bartels owns the properties and makes the calls on repairs, capital work, and what we buy next. [WADE: two or three sentences on your background and how you got into this — what you did before, when you bought the first house, and why Lincoln. Written plainly. We left it blank rather than invent a story.]
Ana Perin runs operations: leasing, showings, applications, work orders, and most of what lands in the inbox. If you're a resident, Ana is the person you'll talk to most. [WADE: one sentence on Ana's background if she wants it here.]
Thirteen units today, headed for twenty. We're not trying to get to two hundred. The size is the point — it's what makes it possible to know which house has the temperamental water heater without looking it up.
What we own, and what we don't
Single-family homes and duplexes, built after 1950, inside Lincoln. We don't buy conversions — the century-old house sliced into four apartments always costs more in plumbing and wiring than the purchase price suggests, and residents are the ones who live with that.
We also don't manage property for other owners. This site markets our own units to renters. If you're an owner looking for a management company, we're not taking third-party clients, and we'd rather say so here than waste your afternoon.
The brokerage
Simplicity Real Estate
Proactive Property Management operates under Simplicity Real Estate. Ryan Pierce is the qualifying broker.
[WADE: CONFIRM — one or two sentences, in your words, on what that relationship actually covers. We didn't want to characterize a licensing arrangement we can't verify. Something like: which activities run under the brokerage, and what Ryan oversees.]
What it means for a renter: there is a named broker and a real brokerage behind this portfolio, not an anonymous LLC and a phone number that goes to voicemail.
We're small enough that a name on the lease means a person you can reach. Wade Bartels, owner
How we work
The parts that matter to a resident
The same rules for every applicant
Our approval criteria are written down and published on the Tenant Resources page. Completed applications are reviewed in the order they arrive, against those criteria, every time.
Deposits come back on the clock
Nebraska requires a security deposit to be returned within 14 days of move-out, less any documented deductions. We hold to that, and we itemize.
Get in touch
Email reaches a person
Questions about a unit, an application, or how any of this works.