Ziprent handles leasing, tenant screening, rent collection, maintenance coordination and statutory deposit accounting for Denver owners — one flat monthly fee per property.
Denver is the rare Colorado city that licenses ordinary long-term rentals. Council Bill 21-0420, the “Healthy Residential Rentals for All” ordinance passed in May 2021, created Article VIII of Chapter 27 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, sections 27-191 through 27-203, with the fee provision added at DRMC 32-105. Multi-unit properties had to be licensed by 1 January 2023 and single-unit rentals by 1 January 2024, so there is no grace period left. A license runs four years from issuance and ends early if ownership changes.
Before it issues you must have the unit inspected by a certified third-party home inspector you hire — not a city inspector — and the inspection has to be completed within 90 days of the application date. The ordinance text sets a $25–$50 application fee for a single unit plus a separate annual license fee, reported at $50. Enforcement is real: Denver has issued $150 administrative penalties escalating to $500 and $999 tickets, with $999 per day possible after the first maximum penalty.
House Bill 24-1098, codified at C.R.S. 38-12-1301 and following and effective 19 April 2024, removed the landlord’s old freedom simply to decline a renewal. Cause is now required both to evict and to refuse to renew. Alongside the fault grounds there are six no-fault grounds, including demolition or conversion, substantial repairs, occupancy by the owner or a family member, and sale of the property.
Where the tenancy has run more than 12 months the tenant is entitled to 90 days’ written notice. Reported penalty exposure for getting it wrong runs up to three times monthly rent or $5,000, plus damages and attorney fees. The statute does not reach short-term rentals, certain owner-occupied situations, employer-provided housing, or tenants who have been in place under 12 months — which is exactly why a Denver owner planning a sale or a move-in should map the notice calendar before listing.
| Area | Typical rental stock | What owners ask about there |
|---|---|---|
| Highland / LoHi | Victorian half-duplexes, scraped-and-rebuilt row homes, newer condos | Whether each half of a duplex needs its own residential rental license |
| Capitol Hill | 1900s-1930s apartment blocks and subdivided mansions | Inspection scope on older buildings and egress in garden-level units |
| Washington Park | Bungalows and pop-tops, some carriage units | Timing a for-cause non-renewal when the owner plans to move back in |
| Park Hill | Brick Tudors and ranches, many with rentable basements | Whether a basement unit is a separate licensed dwelling unit |
| Central Park | 2002-onward detached homes, paired homes and carriage houses | HOA leasing rules and how the four-year license survives a sale |
| Green Valley Ranch | Newer detached homes and townhomes | Metro district fees and 90-day notice planning around resale |
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2019
Year Founded
4,282
Units Managed
596
Cities Served
9,239
Tenant Placements
189,861
On-Demand Showings
537.4M
Rent Processed
43,438
Repairs Coordinated
60,245
Applications Processed
18
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Pricing
We believe in transparent and flat fee pricing. Don’t let other property managers fool you into thinking they need to take a percentage of your income. Keep your money where it belongs, in your pocket.
Tenant Placement
$1500
Due at lease signing and security deposit receipt. No cost to get started!
Paid when we sign a lease. 100% satisfaction guaranteed!
Property Management
$150/month
Per property. No percentage nonsense.
$100 / month standard management for every additional property added.
$1500 for tenant placement if you need it. $250 per lease renewal.
ZipGuarantee
$250/month
Per property. No percentage nonsense.
$100 / month standard management for every additional property added.
Unlimited tenant placement and lease renewals.
Denver Property Management
Ziprent is an all-in-one customer service platform that helps you balance everything your customers need to be happy.
Our payment processor issues an ACH direct from tenant to landlord, ensuring the fastest transmittance of rent in the industry. We believe in removing delays and barriers.
We provide tenants the ability to submit maintenance requests online. From there, we gather quotes from our network of qualified experts and coordinate the repair as quickly as possible.
Our customer support team is available 24/7 for you or your tenants. Whatever the issue, rest assured it will be handled with great detail and efficiency..
At any point in time, we will refund up to 3 months of property management fees if you are not satisfied with our services.
Class leading tenant placement service with an average time of 12 days to place a qualified tenant.
Coordinating schedules with prospective tenants is a thing of the past! With Ziprent, prospective tenants can select a time that works for them, and we will send them a unique code to open up a lockbox and view the property.
Our extensive partnership with income, credit, and background data providers ensures near-instant verification of tenant qualifications with the industry’s highest confidence level. In addition, our ZipScore tenant scoring system makes it easy for you to vet and approve prospective tenants.
You are in control. Specify custom lease parameters for your property and setting while having our system generate a comprehensive city, county, and state specific lease that protects you and your property. It is as easy as that.
We’ve partnered with over 20 listing sites, such as Zillow, Trulia, Hotpads, Zumper, Redfin, and Realtor.com, ensuring that your property receives the highest industry-wide exposure!
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“Extremely well-organized, professional, and efficient!!! […] Ziprent was able to do this with ease and in a very straight-forward way. I believe the best part about this company is how it is structured with several teams handling different aspects of the management (i.e. onboarding, repairs, leasing, etc), which made the whole process seamless. That in addition to also being affordable with flat-rate pricing makes this property management company best-in-class.If you’re looking for a property manager, Ziprent comes highly recommended!”
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Denver FAQ
You got questions? We've got answers.
Our current average time is 14-21 days but depending on price and location it can be anywhere between 3-20 days in general.
Tenants will submit their request via their online account. Our platform will automatically send out bid requests from our extensive vendor network. We will surface the bid to you for your approval and then coordinate with the vendor and tenant to get the issue resolved.
To date we have done on-demand without any major issues. We carry an additional $50k in liability insurance to cover any damages, beyond your coverage, that may occur. Should a key go missing, we will have the locks rekeyed at our cost.
Depends on the location of the property. But at the very least, it needs to be free of clutter and trash, it needs to have been professionally cleaned or cleaned to that quality. Flooring and paint go a long way in making a rental feel refreshed.
We can usually schedule to come out to take photos, do a walk-through and take keys within 24-48 hours. We prefer to take photos when the property is completely empty and move-in ready and can generally get a listing online within 24-48 hours of taking photos.
IOur property management contract can be used for both tenant placement and property management. Our property management fee is tied together with rent collection, so if we aren’t collecting rent through our platform then we aren’t charging our property management fee.
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