Michael Chulak, President of CoastManagement is a real estate and homeowner association attorney, general contractor and Certified Property Manager ® with over 30 years of experience managing properties.

Our staff is knowledgeable, experienced and highly motivated, providing attentive and responsible support. When you hire CoastManagement you hire more than a manager - you hire a team of professionals. We encourage you to see our offices to see our operation for yourself. CoastManagement provides a wide array of services that can be customized for your specific requirements.

CoastManagement has a simple and effective approach: we serve every client as if they were our only client. Please call us Monday - Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. We will be pleased to review your property management needs and prepare a proposal that best meets your requirements.

Not all property management companies are the same. The property management company you select will have a profound effect on the value and desireability of your property.

Mission Statement

• Our goal is to increase the value of your home by improving the appearance of your association’s common areas, and by assisting your board in enforcing the rules of your association consistently, fairly, without bias, and in accordance with California law.
• Our goal is to make your community a place where members enjoy living and consider the existence of the CC&Rs something positive, not negative.
• Our goal is to assist your board match assessment income to realistic budgeted expenses so that adequate reserves can be set aside while avoiding special assessments.
• Our goal is to respond to the phone calls of board members within five hours and to all association members within 24 hours.

Why CoastManagement Does Not Provide Maintenance Services

CoastManagement does not provide maintenance services (including landscape maintenance) because we believe that providing these services creates a conflict of interest with management clients that cannot be addressed satisfactorily.

Management companies have the responsibility (a fiduciary duty) to make certain that their clients receive the greatest value possible for every dollar spent on maintenance services. This means the management company must make certain that their clients do not pay an excessive billing rate, do not pay for an excessive number of hours billed, do not pay for inferior work, do not pay for unnecessary work, and that maintenance is scheduled so as to minimize the number of service calls in order to minimize the client’s overall cost.

Companies that provide maintenance services are in business to maximize their profit. This legitimate goal is in direct conflict with the property owner’s goal of minimizing maintenance costs, We believe a management company cannot reconcile this conflict of interest if it provides maintenance services to its client. For example, it is possible that the need to meet payroll costs could influence the management company’s judgment as to how much maintenance is “necessary” at your building.

A management company that hires only independent, third party maintenance companies has the incentive and ability to fully protect property owners without regard to the profitability of the maintenance operation. A management company that provides maintenance services may not have the same incentive or ability.

By law, a management company, as agent for the owner, has the duty to put the client’s interest above its own. CoastManagement is in a position to do exactly that. We take our responsibility seriously.