Kimberly Bell and John Benson founded Benson & Bell Management Group, Inc. in December of 2003. In February of 2008 Kimberly Bell became sole owner of the company and changed the company name to Nebraska Real Estate Investment Solutions Inc. to better represent the services that Nebraska R.I.S. provides. Nebraska R.I.S. offers solutions for all your Real Estate investment needs. Whether you are in the market to buy, sell or have your investment property professionally managed, we would like to have your business.
Services
Nebraska Real Estate Investment Solutions, Inc. (Nebraska R.I.S.) is proud to offer a full spectrum of services. We provide property management for apartments, condos, duplexes, houses, and commercial space. We will handle all aspects of leasing and management of every investment property we manage.
Nebraska Real Estate Investment Solutions, Inc. employees are here to help you. Each member of our team will do his or her best to assist you in any way he or she can with whatever your needs may be. Depending on your needs, you may need to speak with a specific person. Below you will see a list of employees to better help you determine with whom you would like to speak with.
Please apply by application. You can pick up an application in our office at 6121 S. 58th Street, Suite A (located in the Trade Center of 58th Street and Old Cheney).
Leasing Duties include greeting prospects and showing available rental properties; provide prospect with application and explain process and completion requirements in accordance with company procedures and Fair Housing requirements; update vacancy book, process applications for approvals when needed (i.e., credit check, rental history, etc.), submit processed applications to the Property Manager for approval and follow up with applicant regarding status; immediately follow-up on prospects that did not close and attempt to close sale again; monitor advertising effectiveness, updating any and all forms of advertising at least once each week; organization and management of rental signs at all properties.
Leasing Duties include greeting prospects and showing available rental properties; provide prospect with application and explain process and completion requirements in accordance with company procedures and Fair Housing requirements; update vacancy book, process applications for approvals when needed (i.e., credit check, rental history, etc.), submit processed applications to the Property Manager for approval and follow up with applicant regarding status; immediately follow-up on prospects that did not close and attempt to close sale again; monitor advertising effectiveness, updating any and all forms of advertising at least once each week; organization and management of rental signs at all properties.
Nebraska State law states that anyone 18 years old and older can sign into a legal agreement. We do charge an application administration fee. It is $50 for the first adult and $50 for each additional adult. Application administration fees apply for co-signers as well. The application administration fee for a co-signer is $20/per co-signer.
We offer residential management and commercial management services for your investment property in Lincoln, Nebraska. We handle the day-to-day operation of your investment property. This includes leasing, rent collection, tenant interaction, maintenance requests, accounting and all other business operations.
Reviews (21)
Tim H.
Jan 13, 2022
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Juandero Tinsley
Dec 19, 2021
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I wish that I could leave a more negative response to this failure of an "Realty company". My family and I just left this month on the 1st. We were sent out a 30 days notice for no reason why last month. And now refuses to return our deposit from an previous company that we didn't know sold the building. Also,charging us for 900 plus dollars for a unit that we're not even living there anymore let alone living in the same state as of now. This company should go out of business immediately and never reside over any apartments. If you don't want to get evicted for no reason or ripped off find something
Melinda Knox
Sep 19, 2021
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Difficult to work with from the beginning. Just to view a home was a mission. If you work during the day, they're not available evenings. They rarely answer the phone. Or text you back instead of calling. Maintenance was terrible. Receptionist was always moody, but the rest of the staff were real nice. Shadey with deposit once you move out.
Rich Jazbec
Sep 19, 2021
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4 Months back I showed interest in a 1 bedroom apartment on 13th and D filled the Application form out over the weekend. Called on a Monday letting them know I would be dropping the application off along with the $50.00 Application fee plus at least $100.00 partial of the $600 and explained housing authority would handle the remainder. Got told the Apartment I looked at was rented that same day!!! Mind you I'm on disability and I knew I was discriminated against. RIS is very lucky I didn't file a discrimination lawsuit against them. YOU GUYS KNEW I WAS ON DISABILITY shame on you.
Evie Janis
Jul 28, 2021
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Critical: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Expect an average of a week for them to get back to you on anything regarding rent, lease, or repair. Same wait time for anything involving pests such as bats, cockroaches, and beetles. They have never emailed me back, I can only hope that my constant phone calls will reach them. Good luck with them!
Expect an average of a week for them to get back to you on anything regarding rent, lease, or repair. Same wait time for anything involving pests such as bats, cockroaches, and beetles. They have never emailed me back, I can only hope that my constant phone calls will reach them. Good luck with them!
Kristie Santacruz
Jul 04, 2021
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I lived here for about 3 years. My appartment got up 96 in the summer and their maintenance took 2 weeks to fix my ac. Once I moved out I placed my 30 days notice on the 3rd and turned my keys in the 26th of that month so i wouldnt get charged a whole other months rent. They charged me but prorated the rent. I got 0 of my security deposit back because the majority of it went to their carpet they charged me 350 to clean the carpet they knew they were going to replace because its in our contract but they charged me an additional 200 anyways. So in total 550 dollars for the carpet when it should have
Cynthia Johnston
Jul 01, 2021
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Nebraska RIS is an awesome property management company offering reasonably priced apartments in and around downtown Lincoln. We rented an apartment for our son just before the covid pandemic in 2020. The apartment was located in an historic building near downtown which was well maintained and close to everything! Everyone in the office was so easy to work with! Kimberly was especially kind, compassionate and communicative when our son began to have difficulties during the pandemic.. Property Management is THE hardest job, yet she was so patient and respectful. I will always recommend NE RIS. We
Hillary G. Carrillo
Jun 30, 2021
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I've had a good experience with them so far. Apartment is clean, grass is mowed and unit is sprayed monthly. Neighbors are respectful. Jennifer, my property manager, has been very prompt with responses and maintenance updates. Nebraska RIS has been fair, going as far as issuing credit towards rent due to maintenance issues in the apartment. Nebraska RIS was the first company willing to rent to me for the first time and I was given lots of information. Betsy, the admin assistant, was a great help and communicated effectively. I will update my review as time goes.
Caitlyn Lewis
Jun 02, 2021
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I'm moving back to Lincoln this summer and looked into RIS. I found a couple of places and attempted to contact them, during their business hours, and it took them days to respond. I tried calling and leaving a voicemail, texting, and email. THEN when I got in touch with someone, either the house I was interested in (the day they posted it to their website) was already pending an application or they said I was put on the wait list. Today for example, I got off work early because they told me the earliest they could show a home was at 10:15am. I got a text around 9:30am saying the house was pending
Alexander
Apr 14, 2021
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They work with very CHEAP owners.
Nebraska RIS made me go days without A/C because their cheapest option wasn't available. My dog was not doing well in this heat and she had to spend time at my mothers house until they got to me. I called around and multiple Heating & Air Companies were willing to go out, that night.
They hired an exterminator that sprayed only in my apartment when the entire building was infested. I had to deal with COCKROACHES the entire 6 months I was here and asked multiple times to get it taken care of.
The COMMUNICATION within RIS is horrible. Not a single maintenance
Nebraska RIS made me go days without A/C because their cheapest option wasn't available. My dog was not doing well in this heat and she had to spend time at my mothers house until they got to me. I called around and multiple Heating & Air Companies were willing to go out, that night.
They hired an exterminator that sprayed only in my apartment when the entire building was infested. I had to deal with COCKROACHES the entire 6 months I was here and asked multiple times to get it taken care of.
The COMMUNICATION within RIS is horrible. Not a single maintenance
Nicole T.
Sep 05, 2019
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I pay my rent on time every month. I pay early and am never late. When I call for maintenance requests I get met with an attitude and given so much blame. You can barely get ahold of Nebraska RIS and when you do they treat you like crap. I called the representative out on giving me attitude today and I was told I have an attitude too. I just want to live in an apartment that isn't roach infested and clean. Too much to ask for? Apparently! I was being very professional for being treated so poorly. I hate these slum Lords.
Brooke T.
Aug 18, 2019
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I lived in my apartment for 3 1/2 years. During that time my rent was raised twice. The last time I didn't even get thirty days notice. I wasn't sure how often the rent would continue to go up since the increases were only 18 months apart. I decided not to try and keep up with the frequent increases and moved out. I spent six weeks trying to get my deposit back. This company took nearly all my deposit with ridiculous charges. The itemized list that accompanied the check stated that the move out inspection wasn't even done until three weeks after I moved out. I have a feeling
Kelly F.
Jun 03, 2019
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Mustafa A.
Sep 17, 2017
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Laura R.
Feb 17, 2017
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I rented through Nebraska RIS last year, and I was disappointed with both their management and their properties. Although I lived in a newer house in a nice neighborhood, I had to call maintenance multiple times for broken or malfunctioning appliances. I often had to wait days before the problem was fixed, which was especially unfortunate when my air conditioner stopped working last summer. I thoroughly cleaned my house at move-out, but Nebraska RIS kept about a third of my deposit. The withheld deposit was either not accounted for, or directly contradicted the lease. For example, the lease clearly
Katie H.
Dec 19, 2016
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I currently rent through them and have numerous problems with them. First off I had Cockroaches in my apartment sine I moved in. I constantly catch them crawling in all the holes in my walls and cabinets. It is so bad I haven't put anything in those cabinets. I have had water damage under my sinks and I have reported it twice and nobody has come and fixed the problem. I had an air conditioner that was to big for my window almost fall out of it because it couldn't support it. I have had a bat in my apartment and according to animal control they have been out here so many times to the building
Natalie K.
Feb 18, 2016
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DO NOT RENT FROM NEBRASKA RIS...
First off, the owner knows nothing about customer service. I contacted her about my heat not working properly on several occasions and she told me it was cold out and the heat will not get that high. After buying a space heater for my 1 year old and not getting the heat above 60, she finally sent someone out who indicated it was broke.
Secondly, the carpet was soaked by cat urine prior to my move in. It was missing trim in several places and coming a part from the wall. There were 3 college students who lived there prior and burnt holes in the carpet and the
First off, the owner knows nothing about customer service. I contacted her about my heat not working properly on several occasions and she told me it was cold out and the heat will not get that high. After buying a space heater for my 1 year old and not getting the heat above 60, she finally sent someone out who indicated it was broke.
Secondly, the carpet was soaked by cat urine prior to my move in. It was missing trim in several places and coming a part from the wall. There were 3 college students who lived there prior and burnt holes in the carpet and the
J. D.
Oct 31, 2015
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Junky rental houses. Not cleaned or in any way ready for move in. Can't imagine renting from this company when they take no pride in the homes that they show. Come on guys, get some standards. If you want high quality renters who pay on time and will keep the house in good condition you need to give them a nice house to move into.
Andrea F.
Sep 25, 2015
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I lived in a converted house/apattment managed by Nebraska RIS for a year. I was mostly pleased overall with my experience with them. I'll start with the good: They have on-line rent pay which is very convenient. Most of the staff was friendly and easy to get along with. They were fairly responsive with getting issues fixed. My stove needed to be replaced because it stopped working and they got it done as quickly as possible. They usually always responded to any messages I left, but not until the next day. They allow pets at many of their properties and only charge 25% of 1 months rent and
Jessica K.
Jul 31, 2015
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My boyfriend lived at a property managed by Nebraska RIS. Besides the regular terrible things one would expect from a slumlord (roaches, disrepair, bad communication, lack of anything approaching human empathy), we also got our moving van towed from the property while we were staging our belongings to load them to leave. I posted about my experience on Facebook, and the company marked the post as abusive so Facebook would ban me from posting for 24 hours. Petty, ridiculous behavior from what should instead be a professional business. Suffice it to say that I would not recommend.
Alex M.
Mar 28, 2015
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I lived in a lower-end apartment for two years. My rent was never late, I did check issuance straight from my bank for two years. I never received a call or email from them that they had any issue with my tenancy.
I gave notice, cleaned thoroughly for a week straight and moved out. When I received my reconciliation letter with payment log for my two years they claimed over most of the two years that my payments had conveniently been 5 days late (the late-limit after which they charged late fees).
It took me two weeks to receive postage records from my bank proving this would be impossible unless
I gave notice, cleaned thoroughly for a week straight and moved out. When I received my reconciliation letter with payment log for my two years they claimed over most of the two years that my payments had conveniently been 5 days late (the late-limit after which they charged late fees).
It took me two weeks to receive postage records from my bank proving this would be impossible unless
