Advisory
Real Estate Investment Consulting and Asset Management
Institutional discipline for private owners.
Trusted management of $200M+ in real estate assets.
A strategic, hands-on approach that aligns every decision with your investment goals, whether you are preparing for a refinance, optimizing long-term cash flow, or positioning a property for a seamless sale.
$200M+
Assets under advisory
60+
Years combined experience
$5B+
Transaction experience across the leadership team
The Engagement
Institutional Insight. Owner's Instinct.
Financial and Operational Analysis
Targeted diagnostics that improve NOI and streamline cash flow.
Reporting and Compliance
Institutional-grade reporting and lender compliance for REO requirements, audits, and refinancing.
Capital Improvements and Renovations
In-house maintenance and strategic value-add upgrades that raise valuation.
Vendor and Construction Oversight
Large-scale capital projects delivered on quality, cost, and time.
Due-Diligence Readiness
Documentation and operations prepared for sale, refinance, or audit.
Lease-Up Strategy and Execution
New construction and repositioned assets taken from certificate of occupancy to stabilized occupancy: unit mix and amenity guidance, pricing and absorption modeling, marketing launch, and onsite team ramp.
Strategic On-the-Ground Management
Raise rental income, reduce turnover through retention, and improve tenant quality. We implement top-tier standards at any scale and optimize staffing, contracts, and maintenance.
Flexible Support
Flexible Multifamily Services
Available for temporary assignments or long term support.
Strategy and Investment Advisory
- Operational analysis
- Due diligence
- Investment management
- Sale preparation to maximize multifamily property value
Operations and Performance
- Lease up support and temporary regional staffing across multiple markets
- Performance recovery marketing plans for underperforming assets
- Maintenance and renovation project management
Compliance and Transaction Support
- Brokerage and legal compliance
Training and Team Development
- Cost effective training in lead generation, leasing, resident retention, renewal strategy and lease matrix management, eviction compliance strategies, and time management
Bring us in for a few months or keep us on for the long term.
Let's TalkOutcomes
What This Means for Your Portfolio
- 01
Maximize refinance proceeds and terms
Clean books, verified operations, and a documented performance story your lender can underwrite.
- 02
Increase disposition value for high-yield exits
Positioning and capital sequencing that put the asset in front of buyers at its strongest.
- 03
Grow long-term NOI
Revenue discipline and expense control that compound across the hold period, not just the quarter.
- 04
Maintain institutional lender compliance
Reporting cadence, audit readiness, and covenant tracking handled without owner scramble.
Chief Consultant
Lindy Harvey
Chief Consultant and President of Asset Management
More than 25 years leading multifamily portfolios of 3,000 or more units across Washington and Northern California. Year over year growth up to 24 percent, acquisition proformas outperformed by as much as 12 percent NOI, and one Northern California region scaled from 208 to more than 2,000 units in two years.
Her lease-up work sits between development and operations: unit mix and amenity design, absorption and pricing strategy, onsite team recruitment and training, then the day to day discipline that holds occupancy after stabilization.
- Tax Credit Compliance certified
- Yardi, AppFolio, RealPage, MRI, Onesite
- HUD and Rural Development experience
- 20 year capital budget modeling
- Refinance and due-diligence readiness
Track Record
Built inside the companies that set the standard in this region.
Portfolios led, advised, and partnered with across a career in multifamily ownership and operations.
- AvalonBay
- Rush Development
- Edison47
- RREEF
- JPI Management
- Simpson Property Group
- Guardian Management
- The Neiders Company
Company names reflect prior leadership and consulting engagements of our team.
In Their Words
Why Owners Call Us First
Lindy walked our lease-up from framing through stabilization. Unit mix, pricing, staffing, all of it. We hit occupancy ahead of the proforma.
Multifamily developer, Pierce County
We brought Starboard in to get the books and operations ready for a refinance. The lender questions stopped coming back.
Owner, 180 unit portfolio
Proof
Port Orchard: a consulting engagement through the hardest years in the business.
We advised ownership from acquisition through sale on a Kitsap County asset, holding the plan steady through COVID era eviction restrictions and rising expenses. Discipline on collections, expenses, and capital sequencing did the work.
60%
NOI growth from acquisition to sale
45%
Total return to ownership
15% to 3%
Delinquency reduced through COVID era restrictions
The Difference
Why Choose Starboard
- 01
Trusted management of more than $200M in real estate assets.
- 02
We are owners, so every recommendation is one we would fund ourselves.
- 03
In-house maintenance means plans get executed, not just presented.
- 04
Institutional reporting standards applied to privately held portfolios.
- 05
Local market depth across Tacoma, Pierce County, and the Puget Sound.
- 06
A single senior point of contact from analysis through execution.
FAQ
Owner Questions, Answered
- What does a real estate consulting engagement cover?
- We diagnose financial and operational performance, then build a plan you can act on. Typical scope includes lease-up strategy, NOI analysis, lender and audit reporting, capital improvement sequencing, and due-diligence readiness. Flexible Multifamily Services are available for temporary assignments or long term support.
- How is consulting different from property management?
- Management runs the property day to day. Consulting answers a specific ownership question: how to lease up a new community, how to prepare for a refinance or sale, or why performance is trailing the plan. Many owners engage consulting while another firm manages the asset.
- How do you increase NOI on a small multifamily building?
- We start with revenue: correct rent positioning, reduced vacancy loss, and recovery of utility expense through RUBS where the leases allow it. Then we work the controllable expense side, including insurance, turnover, and vendor contracts. Smaller buildings often gain the most there.
- What size properties does Starboard work with?
- The core focus is multifamily communities of roughly 10 to 80 units. We also advise smaller portfolios and larger institutional assets, including new construction lease-ups.
- Do you work with owners who already have a property manager?
- Yes. Consulting is often engaged as a second opinion while another firm manages day to day. You get an objective read on performance and a list of specific corrections that benefit both ownership and residents.
Bring us the portfolio question you keep circling.
One session, a candid read on performance, and a plan you can act on this quarter.