Best Property Management Companies in Oakland (2026)

The short answer, as of 4 November 2026:

• Ziprent, The Lapham Company and 2B Living listed the most rental homes across the San Francisco Oakland Berkeley metro in Parcl Labs data: 1,620, 746 and 559 homes.
• All seven firms on this page name Oakland as a place they manage property or have their office there, and each holds a California DRE license that we checked by number.
• Together they account for 4,504 homes listed for rent across the metro, and 376 of those were listed in the last 90 days.
• This page ranks listing activity, not service quality. Ask every firm for a written fee schedule before you sign.

Oakland's list is shorter than San Francisco's because fewer of the metro's busiest managers are East Bay firms. Seven passed our checks. Three are based in Oakland itself, on Telegraph Avenue, Seminary Avenue and Broadway. Two more sit just over the line, in Emeryville and Alameda, and both name Oakland on their own sites. The other two run Bay Area operations from San Francisco and San Carlos.

Homes listed is the number of homes Parcl Labs saw each company list for rent across the whole San Francisco Oakland Berkeley metro, which also covers San Francisco and Marin. The last 90 days column is the same measure for the most recent three months. Median asking rent is company wide, so we show it only for firms that Parcl places in California alone. Data pulled 4 November 2026.

Because the metro includes San Francisco and Marin, a firm's count here is not a count of Oakland homes alone. Ziprent, 2B Living and Mynd also appear in our San Francisco guide with the same figures. The Lapham Company listed only 2 homes in the last 90 days in Parcl's data, so its total reflects older activity.

Ziprent. The DRE lists its main office at 1161 Mission Street in San Francisco. It runs offices across California and in other states, and its service area list names Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro and other Alameda County cities. DRE license 02095462. ziprent.com

The Lapham Company. Based at 4844 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. It says it has served Bay Area owners and renters since 1911 and manages single family homes, multifamily homes and commercial property. Its rental search sorts Oakland into Downtown, Lake Merritt, North Oakland and Temescal, Rockridge and Claremont, Piedmont and Montclair, the hills, East Oakland and West Oakland. DRE license 00931216 (The Lapham Company Inc). laphamcompany.com

2B Living. The DRE lists its main office at 626 El Camino Real in San Carlos. Its site says it manages more than 575 properties and 5,500 units around the Bay Area, has an East Bay region and mentions an Oakland office. It lists the National Association of Residential Property Managers among its memberships. DRE license 01902745 (2B Living, Inc.). twobliving.com

Oak Tree Property Group. Based at 1103 Seminary Avenue in Oakland. It says it works with single family homes and multifamily buildings, has been in business for more than 10 years and serves Oakland and, more recently, Alameda. DRE license 02077996. oaktreepropertygroup.com

Cerda-Zein Real Estate. Based at 1417 Everett Street in Alameda. Its East Bay management page names Oakland, Berkeley and surrounding communities, and it reports more than 1,225 doors under management, including single family, multi unit and HOA property. It lists NARPM membership on its site. DRE license 01878914. cerda-zein.com

All East Bay Properties. Based at 2324 Powell Street in Emeryville. It says it was founded in 2005, manages more than 600 rental units across Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville and the wider East Bay, and has managed many Section 8 properties. DRE license 01516255 (J V Holdings Inc, doing business as All East Bay Properties). alleastbayproperties.com

Mynd Property Management. A national single family rental manager. Its California page lists an Oakland office at 2001 Broadway, Floor 4, and names Oakland and the East Bay among the regions it serves. DRE license 02014508 (Mynd Management, Inc.), with a DRE main office on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. mynd.co

Oakland prices held steady this year while the wider metro fell. Parcl Labs' sale price index for Oakland moved from $449.77 to $451.75 per square foot between 4 November 2025 and 3 November 2026, up 0.4 percent. Across the San Francisco Oakland Berkeley metro the same index fell 6.4 percent.

Investors own 16.16 percent of Oakland's housing stock, about 21,621 properties, as of September 2026. That is a smaller share than San Francisco County's 22.66 percent. If you own one or two rentals, ask each manager how it handles a small portfolio.

Oakland also asks owners to register. The city's Rent Adjustment Program says owners of covered units must renew rent registration every year, by 1 March, and that covered units include condos, single family homes and units in multifamily properties built before 1 April 2016 (oaklandca.gov). Ask any manager whether it files the registration for you.

If you own rentals in more than one California market, our San Diego guide compares managers there the same way.

The figures on this page come from Parcl Labs, which compiles public records: county recorder and deed data, public for sale listings and public rental listings. Data pulled 4 November 2026.

• It covers residential property: single family homes, condos, townhomes and buildings up to four units. Larger apartment buildings and commercial property are not included.
• Duplicate records were removed so each home is counted once.
• The list reflects rental listing activity, not service quality, fees or reviews.
• Licenses were checked against the California DRE public lookup. Firms we could not verify were left out.
• Figures are a snapshot and change daily.
• No company paid to be included. Brickwise AI is a property management software company.

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