FAS manages apartment buildings from 8 to 800 Units. Large, small, new & old, we can satisfy all of your needs for property management services. Single family home, townhouse or condominium, FAS handles tenant placement, rent collection, government licensing & all maintenance & repair.
Welcome to Fred A. Smith Management, the leading Washington D.C. property management company, providing professional property management services to the District of Columbia since 1946.Our experienced team specializes in the management of multi-unit apartment buildings, individual residential properties and condominium associations, along services for clients looking to just outsource their property bookkeeping, compliance and/or payroll.
Welcome to Fred A. Smith Management, the leading Washington D.C. property management company, providing professional property management services to the District of Columbia since 1946.Our experienced team specializes in the management of multi-unit apartment buildings, individual residential properties and condominium associations, along services for clients looking to just outsource their property bookkeeping, compliance and/or payroll.
Services
As the Washington DC area's leading full service property management company, The Fred A. Smith Company develops close working relationship with each of our clients, working to identify opportunities for each property to maximize revenue, maintain high occupancy and lower overall expenses.
Our services encompass property inspections, accounting and billing with online tenant billpay options, property maintenance, strategic planning, managing government licensing and certifications and ongoing marketing and advertising campaigns to attract and qualify new tenants.Your dedicated FAS property manager from our team will serve as your single point of contact for any and all aspects for the management of your property.
Our services encompass property inspections, accounting and billing with online tenant billpay options, property maintenance, strategic planning, managing government licensing and certifications and ongoing marketing and advertising campaigns to attract and qualify new tenants.Your dedicated FAS property manager from our team will serve as your single point of contact for any and all aspects for the management of your property.
The Fred A. Smith Company brings the knowledge, experience and unsurpassed service level built from having been in the Washington D.C. property management business since 1946. These units are in every configuration from single-family dwellings to 8 - 12 unit buildings to large multi-unit/multi-building complexes.
The Fred A. Smith Company manages apartment buildings from 4 to 800 Units. Large, small, new and old, our experienced property management team has been providing the highest level of service to apartment building owners throughout the Washington DC area for over six decades.
Whether you want us to manage six units, 50 or 150 units in your apartment building; we can satisfy all of your needs for a comprehensive range of property management services.We understand your needs and know how important your building is to you, and have the property management services you require.
Whether you want us to manage six units, 50 or 150 units in your apartment building; we can satisfy all of your needs for a comprehensive range of property management services.We understand your needs and know how important your building is to you, and have the property management services you require.
The Fred A. Smith Company has provided professional residential property management and leasing services in Washington DC for over 60 years. For your single family home, town home or condominium, FAS handles:. You can feel confident that your investment is being professionally managed by a comprehensive package of D.C. property management services.
Outsourcing your accounting will free you up to take care of what's really important, your home. How about your rental property? Do you just want to take care of the building but dealing with all the DC regulations & paperwork for rent control has you bogged down? The Fred A Smith Company has been in business since 1946.
Reviews (20)
Keepingupwithnee
Nov 14, 2021
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Critical: Professionalism, Responsiveness
The residents manager at 4016 Livingston road southeast is so NASTY AND UNPROFESSIONAL! Her and her family bullies everyone in the building including myself and my 7 year old. Now I see why everyone leaves that building! I will not recommend living here as long as this LADY TONI TURNER is still Managing and living there!
The residents manager at 4016 Livingston road southeast is so NASTY AND UNPROFESSIONAL! Her and her family bullies everyone in the building including myself and my 7 year old. Now I see why everyone leaves that building! I will not recommend living here as long as this LADY TONI TURNER is still Managing and living there!
Alexsa P.
Nov 04, 2021
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RUN! DO NOT do business with this company!!!
I was recommended to FAS by a coworker of mine (in 2017) who lived in the building. I ended up renting her old unit. I lived there for exactly 3 years. throughout that time I was subjected to extremely poor service, often times rude, and obnoxious contractors who left my unit in disarray, tracked in dirt, left dry wall on the floor and not to mention they left my lights on while I was at work on multiple occasions. I specifically remember on contractor state that FAS was the worst company he ever did business with. Once my stove was not working, a
I was recommended to FAS by a coworker of mine (in 2017) who lived in the building. I ended up renting her old unit. I lived there for exactly 3 years. throughout that time I was subjected to extremely poor service, often times rude, and obnoxious contractors who left my unit in disarray, tracked in dirt, left dry wall on the floor and not to mention they left my lights on while I was at work on multiple occasions. I specifically remember on contractor state that FAS was the worst company he ever did business with. Once my stove was not working, a
Sabrina Brogren
Sep 23, 2021
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Had a great experience renting from Fred A. Smith company! The unit was as advertised and reasonably priced. They were always extremely responsive to emails (we heard back within 1-2 business days), and when necessary, they sent over maintenance folks who were clearly very experienced. I even once let them know that the stove had a cracked knob that caused it to not work very well, and they quickly had a new one sent over. Move in and move out was smooth, and everyone we interacted with was kind and professional.
Teresa Gilbert
Aug 05, 2021
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We had a showing of a surprisingly affordable two-bedroom apartment. The application fee is $50 per person, so we spent $100 just to apply. Was denied to my surprise, and they were very vague about why I was denied. I sent an email asking for clarification about my denial and they never responded. This experience feels like a scam where they advertise affordable apartments so that they will reel in numerous applicants who are willing to pay such a high application fee for the chance at affordable DC living. There were numerous people looking at the same apartment when we went to see it and now
Rabia Tanweer
Aug 02, 2021
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Prospective tenant, but IMPORTANT for property owners to read: So I was dead set on applying to an apartment that FAS has listed, I just had one question that I needed answered and then I would have applied immediately. However, weeks and numerous attempts to speak to someone resulted in nothing. Phone calls, emails, voicemails, texts. Left a voicemail for the property manager, Nicholas, and even spoke to the leasing manager, Ruth, who was very nice, but still, nothing. No response. Look at the other tenant reviews-- they've got serious issues. Property owners, people want to rent your properties
Dominique Gebru
Jul 25, 2021
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DC’s housing market is tough. As a renter, it can feel like your options are overpriced luxury or old, not updated units that include terrible management service. Fred A. Smith seems to be the exception. We found a perfect-for-us unit in the heart of Columbia Heights managed by FAS, with a price tag that didn’t make me want to cry. The leasing process was simple and didn’t require tons of trips to their office.
FAS has integrated a tenant portal for rent and repair requests, and our repair requests were always handled promptly. The company is pretty no-frills, but was perfect for our needs
FAS has integrated a tenant portal for rent and repair requests, and our repair requests were always handled promptly. The company is pretty no-frills, but was perfect for our needs
Katrina G.
Jul 02, 2021
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Ended our lease 2 months early due to mold. We had a multitude of issues before this which we had to fight tooth and nail to get fixed. Management did not care nor provided any resolution when the mold problem first began. Management will never call you even you leave emails and voice messages. I was never able to speak to a management member by phone. We had to resort to hiring a lawyer in order to get anything done and end the lease. Stay as far away as you can Fred A Smith. I would never recommend them. I am pretty sure they even listed the unit for rent after I moved out with mold in the unit
Amber P.
Jun 16, 2021
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STAY AWAY. I have never had such a horrible experience with a landlord before. We moved out a year ago and STILL have no received our security deposit, which is required to be returned within 45 days of move-out. They lied to me several times about mailing a check, which never arrived. Once they did send a check, they withheld money without explanation. (We did not deposit that check so as not to forfeit the ability to recover the rest of the money). Do NOT rent from this company unless you plan to never get your two month's rent deposit back without filing a lawsuit, which we are about to
Colin Boerger
May 03, 2021
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The staff at Fred A Smith were very responsive and professional. They did a great job all the way from looking at places to moving out of our apartment. I had to find a place in very short notice and they were accommodating to my quick timeline.
They were very prompt to any maintenance requests and kept everything in the apartment in good working order. I'd highly recommend them to anyone looking for an apartment.
They were very prompt to any maintenance requests and kept everything in the apartment in good working order. I'd highly recommend them to anyone looking for an apartment.
Cheyenne Brown
Apr 20, 2021
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I was hoping for the best moving into my first apartment. During the tour the building and unit LOOKED to be very attractive and well put together, unfortunately it was the total opposite. After 2 weeks of being partially moved in, rain came and COMPLETELY flooded our apartment. How could they be unaware of such a SERIOUS issue?? It took almost a month for them to move us into a different unit (with very poor and unprofessional movers might I add) and I'm sure it could've taken longer if we did not take the measures we did. Even the unit we moved into wasn't the cleanest (dead bugs throughout the
Joe Kawly
Oct 03, 2020
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S. C.
Feb 05, 2020
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Truly a HORRIFIC management company. Irresponsible, ineffective, and simply terrible. Their employees and frankly, the company ethos itself, have no moral backbone, and are simply looking for any and all ways to earn a quick buck at the expense of their buildings and specifically, tenants. They are incompetent at building management and ineffective at proper communication to help their tenants. BE WARY OF THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE FRAUDULENT and will inevitably cheat and swindle you.
Ramo Sherreiff
Dec 31, 2019
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I'd give them a 0 if I could. This is the most trifling rental company I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. I moved into my unit on 7/1/19 and informed them of MULTIPLE problems with my unit in the first week. I have had TWO inspections by DCRA (both of which fined them over $12,000 for violations). Things from broken windows and AC units to a roach infestation in my unit, the hallway and the garbage cans outside of the building! I advised ANYONE having to deal with them (and if you haven't moved in with them DONT!!!!!!) contact DCRA (you can go right to their site and request an inspection
Emily A.
May 01, 2019
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Evan F.
Apr 01, 2019
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These guys get a bad rep, but honestly, I think they are a perfectly good property manager. They are generally responsive and they take care of what they need to. Their building managers are nice and capable. If you have a non-standard issue come up, you might need to follow up with them a lot and overly-communicate with really clear questions and requests in order to get what you need, but if you put in the effort, they will too. You get what you pay for, and I think they are the best deal in DC.
Daniel W.
Jul 28, 2018
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In early May, I moved into a unit managed by the Fred A Smith Company. The application process was simple and quick; I filled out a few forms and was approved within the week. Once approved, I went into the office in Foggy Bottom and signed the lease, which was also a fast and easy process.
In my time here, I have dealt with a number of FAS employees, including Bryann, Julia, and Nick, and all three have been very courteous and responsive. For example, there was recently a small leak in our ceiling, and Bryann handled the issue by immediately reaching out to a roofing contractor and helping to
In my time here, I have dealt with a number of FAS employees, including Bryann, Julia, and Nick, and all three have been very courteous and responsive. For example, there was recently a small leak in our ceiling, and Bryann handled the issue by immediately reaching out to a roofing contractor and helping to
Emily A.
Jul 09, 2018
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I had the unfortunate experience of dealing with this company. I was approved to move into a building in Washington DC. The day before I was scheduled to move I learned that the apartment was no longer available for rent AFTER they took my deposit, rent, etc. and signed lease!!!
I was able to stay at my current house until the 15th and had scheduled to move AGAIN on the 15th with the property manager into another unit. Then one week before I was supposed to move I got an email saying they are terminating the lease. Leaving me without any housing or anywhere to go!
I am so upset by the way I was
I was able to stay at my current house until the 15th and had scheduled to move AGAIN on the 15th with the property manager into another unit. Then one week before I was supposed to move I got an email saying they are terminating the lease. Leaving me without any housing or anywhere to go!
I am so upset by the way I was
Jennifer S.
Sep 18, 2017
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As one of many transplants to D.C. from NYC, I come with many a horror story of apartments and landlord and management companies. It seems strange to feel I can trust a company, but that's how I feel about FAS, all thanks to Bryann! I did my part on the lease the right way while the other two roommates did not, but throughout this entire stressful process, which is still going on, I have felt calm knowing that Bryann's got my back to answer all of my questions! It makes me proud to have a great management company I recommend to many newbies!
Carla S.
Dec 11, 2015
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Bryann
IS
AMAZING
I have been having issues with my heat and the landlord was not being as solution oriented has he should be... But Brian?! He's always checking on me making sure that the plumbers were coming to my house. Making phone calls for updates about my heat and when it would be fixed. He is just awesome, period.
IS
AMAZING
I have been having issues with my heat and the landlord was not being as solution oriented has he should be... But Brian?! He's always checking on me making sure that the plumbers were coming to my house. Making phone calls for updates about my heat and when it would be fixed. He is just awesome, period.
Elle O.
Oct 21, 2014
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I have a disabled aunt who's been trying every avenue to get things fixed like a leaking washing machine, broken dryer for her apartment. A hole in her kitchen that mice crawl in and out of, a crack in her wall and a rusting toilet. Shes been fighting for a year to have these things fixed. Today she waited at home and missed her classes only to be dodged by this company again when they were to send a maintenance person put to fix her issues. This company is the worst. I've been calling on her behalf and they simply do not care. They pretend to listen and then you hear nothing.
Do not
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