Bangor Home Rentals

is a Full-Service Property Management Company in Maine

Maine Property Management That Serious Investors Can Trust

Bangor Home Rentals is a full-service property management company that specializes in managing multi family homes, larger residential properties, and commercial units with central and eastern Maine.

We currently manage hundreds of units across Bangor, Brewer, Hermon, Hampden, Old Town, Orono, Ellsworth, Hancock, and more.

If you own rental properties in central and eastern Maine, we’d love to take great care of them, freeing up your time and ensuring peace of mind while you earn true passive income through your real estate.

We’re proudly part of:

Why Maine Landlords Are Hiring Property Managers in 2026:

Most Maine landlords hire a property manager because the rules changed faster than the rent did. Since January 1, 2025, the state requires written total-price disclosures, capped screening fees, 75 days’ notice for rent increases of 10% or more, and 45 days for anything less. Get one of those wrong and you owe the tenant money.

With so much to keep track of, hiring a property manager is well worth the investment.

Here’s just a taste:

New Tenants' Rights Laws across Maine and Bangor

The state-level shift came from LD 1490 / Public Law 2023, Chapter 594, which rewrote what landlords can charge at signing and how rent increases must be noticed. Screening fees are limited to actual cost. Optional fees have to be opt-in and can't be tied to whether a tenant gets the unit.

Bangor adds its own layer. The Tenants' Housing Rights Ordinance (Chapter 282 of the city code) took effect March 9, 2023. Inside city limits, screening fees are capped at $75, and rent increases require 60 days' written notice — stricter than the state floor in most cases. Where the city and state rules differ, the longer notice period wins. Bangor Home Rentals can help you remain compliant with these laws.

Strict Security Deposit Laws

Security deposits sit under 14 MRSA §6031–§6038: two months' rent maximum for most tenants, one month for tenants 62 and older, held in a separate Maine financial institution that can't be commingled with operating funds, returned within 30 days of a written lease ending or 21 days for a tenancy at will. The penalty for getting it wrong is double the wrongfully withheld amount plus attorney's fees. At Bangor Home Rentals, we have established trust accounting and established relationships with many local banks in the Bangor area.

Lead Paint

Maine has one of the oldest housing stocks in the country — roughly 60% of homes were built before 1980 — and that triggers two layers of disclosure on every pre-1978 unit: the federal rule under 42 USC §4852d and Maine's 22 MRSA §1328. Skip the EPA pamphlet and the signed acknowledgment and you've created a paper problem you don't want. Bangor Home Rentals can help you navigate these laws.

Very Technical Eviction Procedures

Eviction in Maine is a Forcible Entry and Detainer action filed in District Court — Penobscot County District Court for Bangor and most of our service area. Nonpayment requires a 7-day notice. Ending a tenancy at will without cause requires a 30-day notice. The complaint and summons must be served by a sheriff. Pine Tree Legal Assistance keeps the cleanest plain-language summary. You can delegate much of this process to Bangor Home Rentals, including working with our partnered attorney to handle these cases on your behalf.

All this is on top of your normal responsibilities… finding great tenants, doing maintenance, collecting rent, keeping tenants happy, etc. etc.

Why waste the time and energy when the qualified, professional team at Bangor Home Rentals can do this for you?

How Much Does Property Management Cost in Maine?

Our management fee at Bangor Home Rentals starts at 10% of rent collected for portfolios up to five units and steps down as the portfolio grows. We don’t charge leasing fees, lease-renewal fees, or tenant-placement fees. The national average is 8–12% of rent plus a leasing fee of 50–100% of one month’s rent every time a unit turns, which is the line item most owners don’t see until year two.

What you pay	Self-managing	Average property manager	Bangor Home Rentals
Monthly management	$0	8%–12% of rent	Starts at 10%, scales down
Leasing / placement fee	$0 (your time)	50%–100% of one month’s rent per turn	$0
Lease renewal fee	$0	$150–$300	$0
Setup / onboarding	$0	$250–$500	$0
Maintenance markup	None	Often 10%–25% on invoices	We do the work in-house
Eviction filing	Pay an attorney	$300–$1,000+ plus attorney	Work with our partnered attorneys
24/7 emergency line	You answer it	Often outsourced	Our full-time staff, always

Two free tools to run your own numbers: the Self-Management Calculator shows what your time is actually costing you, and the Rent vs. Sell Calculator compares the long hold against a sale at today’s market.

What the management fee covers: rent collection, tenant communication, maintenance dispatch and supervision, accounting, owner statements, lease prep and signing, marketing, showings, screening (at actual cost, per Bangor ordinance), inspections, and availability for 24-hour emergency response.

What’s billed separately: parts and materials for repairs, labor, court filing fees and sheriff service for evictions, capital improvements you authorize, and snow removal or landscaping on properties where the tenant lease doesn’t already include it.

In-House Maintenance & Tradepeople

Many property management companies in Maine outsource their maintenance, but Bangor Home Rentals is not one of them. Both routine and emergency maintenance is done by our own full-time employees.

We take it a step further: our qualified in-house tradespeople handle all carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, landscaping, and snowplowing.

Unit turnovers, refurbishments, and new constructions are all done in-house.

As a rule of thumb, our internal tradespeople can do everything but furnace installation (and for that, we have a guy.)

Your units are never in the hands of shady subcontractors we don’t know.