Remote Operations Partner · Property Operations & Field Services

More than staffing.
The team behind
your growth.

Property operations and field service support, operations systems, training, and content production, handled by a team working together in one office. Not a platform. Not whoever's available. A team built to take work off your plate and build what your business needs next.

What best
describes you?
So we can send you a roadmap of how we'd structure your support.

Quick answers, then
the actual problems we fix.

If you were about to ask:
  • Yes, we support property management.
  • Yes, we support trades businesses too.
  • No, we don't hand you whoever happens to be available.
  • Everyone works together in one office, with leads behind the work.
WO-1042VENDOR NO-SHOW
The 3rd "I'll call you back"

Vendor hasn't confirmed the schedule in 3 days and stopped answering. We chase them, not you, until it's actually on the calendar.

HANDLED
WO-1043LATE PAYMENT
The novel-length excuse

Tenant wants to pay late again and sent three paragraphs to explain why. We read it, respond, and document it, so you don't have to.

HANDLED
WO-1044STALLED APPROVAL
The go-ahead nobody gave

Your HVAC tech needs approval but the owner's on a plane. We coordinate the loop until it actually closes, not just gets forwarded.

HANDLED
WO-1045SOLO VA, MIA
"Sorry, was afk"

One VA working solo is unreachable half the time, no way to know why. Ours work from one office, with senior support close by, not waiting in another time zone.

HANDLED
Heads up

We have 7 years of experience and strong opinions about tenants who say "I'll pay Friday" for the third Friday in a row. You've been warned (they have too). 😄

7+
Years in property management operations
5
Connected property operations markets we serve
1
Shared office — real coordination, not scattered freelancers
All
Departments covered — front office to field service
0
Times we've had to Google "what is a work order" (seriously)

It's like getting an extension
of your office.

Not a platform hire. Not someone running through a generic VA course. People trained on real operational experience across the property operations ecosystem, working together in one office.

How a work order actually moves, start to finish
📥
Reported
WO-2291 logged, unit 4B, leak under the sink
📞
Vendor Contacted
Plumber called, confirmed for tomorrow 9am
🔧
In Progress
Tenant notified, vendor on site, status tracked
Closed & Documented
Photos, invoice, and owner update on file
HANDLED
Not a task getting checked off. A loop that actually gets closed, every time.
Service Menu — Nine to Five Pros
01
Customer, Tenant & Homeowner Communication
Inquiries, routine check-ins, and hard conversations, handled professionally and documented, without you playing middleman on every thread.
All Markets
02
Maintenance & Work Order Coordination
We follow up with the vendor until there's a confirmed date, loop in the right people, and close the work order with documentation.
Property Ops
03
Scheduling & Dispatch
Inbound calls, technician and vendor scheduling, and the follow-through that keeps a job from stalling mid-route.
Field Service
04
Vendor & Contractor Coordination
Sourcing, dispatch, estimate collection, and follow-up until a vendor actually finishes what they said they'd finish.
Property Ops
05
Leasing & Collections Administration
Applications, signed leases, rent reminders, and delinquency follow-through, the property management backbone.
PM
06
Accounting & Invoice Support
Rent tracking, invoice management, and payment follow-up, so the books don't turn into a quarterly firefight.
All Markets
07
Client, Owner & Board Reporting
Clean, consistent reporting back to whoever needs it, an owner, a board, or a commercial client, without you compiling it yourself.
Property Ops
08
Content & Visibility
Your expertise turned into short-form video, posts, and educational content, researched, scripted, and published.
New
09
Job Photos & Marketing Creatives
Finished-job photos turned into clean, scroll-stopping before-and-after marketing images.
New
Operations & Systems

We don't just staff the work. We build what it runs on.

A checklist doesn't survive contact with a real business. What we build is closer to an operating system: who owns what, what triggers it, what needs approval, what gets escalated, and what "done" actually means, documented well enough that someone other than you can run it.

Ops Audit, SOP Build & Training
We map how your operation actually runs today, build the documentation your team can execute against, and train your people, ours or your own, to run it the same way every time. One engagement, not three separate line items.
One Office, Real Scale

This scales with you,
not around you.

Start with one person or bring on a full team, everyone still works out of the same office. As your operation grows, new team members enter an existing office, training structure, documented process, and senior support system, rather than starting completely alone.

Built for the property
operations ecosystem

From the company managing the property to the crew doing the physical work, we support the businesses that keep it all running. Property management is where we started, and where our deepest operating experience sits, but the same team-based model now supports five connected markets. Click yours below.

Property Management

You're managing more doors than you can personally touch every day.

Where we plug in
  • Tenant & owner communication
  • Maintenance coordination
  • Leasing administration
  • Collections & delinquency follow-through
  • Vendor coordination
Typical roles
Leasing Coordinator Maintenance Coordinator Accounting Specialist Operations Assistant
See how we support Property Management →
Monday Snapshot
Tenant messages12
Vendors waiting on a reply7
Leases pending3
Delinquency accounts4
Owner updates due2
Illustrative example, not live account data.

This is the work.
We know it because we've done it.

None of this makes it into a brochure. All of it makes it into someone's inbox.

Messages
"there is a SPIDER on my porch. it is 3am. I need someone to come deal with this"
Tenant · 3:11 AM
Totally understand. Spiders are outdoor pest control, not an emergency line, we'll flag it for the morning
Us · 3:12 AM
it looked at me
Tenant · 3:13 AM
8:13 AM
🌊The Midnight EmergencyPM
  • Tenant calls at 3am screaming about water pouring from the ceiling
  • You picture a flooded unit and brace for the worst
  • You arrive to find one slow drip from a fully closed faucet
  • The "flood" was a drop every four seconds, timed like it mattered
Our take: Someone triages the call before it becomes your 3am problem.
9:41 AM
🎨The Paint Chip StandoffHOA
  • A homeowner submits an architectural request to repaint their front door
  • They attach a swatch that is definitely not on the approved color list
  • The board asks for a compliant color, homeowner resubmits the exact same swatch
  • They insist "eggshell" and "off-white" are basically the same thing legally
Our take: Architectural requests tracked and followed up on, so the paperwork trail is clean either way.
11:08 AM
🐠The Pet ParadoxPM
  • The lease clearly says no pets
  • You hear loud barking during a routine visit
  • The tenant opens the door and holds your gaze
  • They call it an emotional support goldfish
Our take: Lease violation notices sent the same day, no awkward confrontations for you.
1:22 PM
📋The Preventive Maintenance That Wasn'tFacilities
  • A site is logged as complete for quarterly HVAC filter changes
  • Six months later, a tenant complains about airflow
  • You pull the log, no photos, no notes, no timestamp on the "completed" visit
  • The vendor's invoice says "inspected all units," the building only has half that many
Our take: Work order documentation gets checked, not just logged as done and forgotten.
2:50 PM
🚨The Urgent SqueakTrades
  • Customer calls it an emergency, needs someone out today
  • Tech clears the schedule and drives across town
  • The "emergency" is one loose cabinet hinge
  • "I just wanted to be safe," they explain, unbothered
Our take: Calls get triaged and scheduled properly, so real emergencies don't wait behind squeaky hinges.
3:47 PM
📸The Job That Wasn't Quite DoneVendor Mgmt
  • A vendor marks a work order complete and sends the invoice
  • You ask for the after photos before authorizing payment
  • They send one blurry photo of a wall, no actual fix visible
  • It's the same photo they sent last month, for a different unit
Our take: Photo documentation and scope checked before a vendor invoice gets approved, not after.

Not a chat thread.

Traditional remote staffing often leaves each person operating independently, with no one to catch what they miss. Our model is intentionally built around one shared office. Everyone on this team works together in person. When something needs escalation, senior support is a few desks away, not waiting in another time zone or buried in a chat thread.

"It's not a great selection of people. It's people who have been through the trenches."

Every team member has a senior lead behind them. When something genuinely needs it, I'm close enough to the operation to step in. That structure is not a sales line, it is how the work actually runs. Much of our core team came from high-volume US customer support environments before moving into property operations. Difficult conversations are not new to this team.

Your team member arrives with the industry fundamentals already trained. Onboarding then focuses on how your company operates: your systems, accounts, policies, people, and SOPs. You're not starting from zero. You're plugging someone in who already understands the work.

We're not a marketplace. We don't match you with whoever's available. You get a trained team that operates like an extension of your own office.

Status Board — Live
That thing you keep meaning to delegate
● Active
Senior support when something needs escalation
● Ready
No hard pitch, just an open seat
● Available
01

One office, real coordination

Our team works together in person. Questions can be resolved face to face, while account activity and handoffs stay documented so the next person isn't relying on memory or a buried chat thread.

02

Trained on actual operations

Training is built around real operating workflows, detailed SOPs, scenario based practice, and guidance from people who've actually done the work. Property management is where our team has the deepest hands-on history. Newer markets we support are trained the same way: documented processes, supervised practice, and senior guidance, not a generic course. Maintenance and coordination work especially throw curveballs no training covers in advance, a vendor no-show, a diagnosis that doesn't match the work order. That's exactly what the senior lead layer is for, so a team member is never guessing alone on something outside the playbook. Dispatch and scheduling work the same way, judgment calls on a messy job get escalated, not improvised.

03

Plain, professional English — full stop

Every person on our team communicates clearly and professionally. No scripts being read out loud, no awkward pauses, no "let me check with my supervisor" for things we already know.

04

You're not our only client — but you'll feel like it

We keep our client count small on purpose. Every new team member goes through structured internal training and supervised practical work before being trusted with independent account responsibility. We also check in with current clients every 2 to 3 months on whether they'll need more support soon, so growth is planned for, not scrambled together.

Trained on the platforms
you already use.

Onboarding focuses on your specific setup, accounts, and workflows, not on teaching software fundamentals from scratch.

AppFolio
Buildium
Yardi
work-orders / open
WO-2291 · Leak, Unit 4B
Vendor confirmed
On track
WO-2292 · HVAC no-heat
Tech dispatched
On track
WO-2293 · Lease renewal
Awaiting signature
Pending
Property Management & Community Association
AppFolio
Yardi
Buildium
Propertyware
Rentvine
Rent Manager
LeadSimple
Tenant Turner
PropertyMeld
DoorLoop
Zillow
DocuSign
ShowMojo
Field Service, Facilities & Vendor Coordination
HouseCall Pro
Jobber
ServiceTitan
QuickBooks
ClickUp
Connecteam
Communication and Productivity
Dialpad
OpenPhone
Google Workspace
Microsoft Office
Slack
Zoom

The names are hidden.
The results aren't.

First names only, by request. We keep the people we work with private, the same discretion we'd extend to you. It's part of why so much of our work comes from their referrals.

Client Reviews
Matt · Property Manager
★★★★★

"I don't think twice about what's getting done, it just gets done."

Average rating 5.0 / 5

"Deryck and his team have been outstanding. They handle everything on the backend so I can focus on growing the portfolio. I don't think twice about what's getting done — it just gets done."

Matt
Property Manager

"Best decision I made for my PM company. They actually know the work. No training period, no hand-holding. Just plugged in and handled it."

Shane
Property Manager

"I was skeptical at first but they proved me wrong fast. Tenant communication alone freed up hours every week. The response time is genuinely impressive."

Joe
Owner

"Clear communication, reliable follow-through, and they understand property management at a level most remote support just doesn't. Would not change anything."

Aqeeb
Property Management Owner

"Working with Deryck's team has been a game changer. The accounting support alone is worth it. Everything is organized, accurate, and done without me having to chase anyone."

Michael
Trades Business Owner
Deryck Angeles
DERYCK ANGELES
Founder & CEO · Nine to Five Pros
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2019
Started in US property operations
One client
became five
Workload outgrew one person
Built the
first team
Trained trusted people instead of hiring strangers
One office
Created the shared team model
Today
Nine to Five Pros

I started doing property management operations remotely in 2019. One client became five. Five became too many for one person. So instead of hiring strangers off a job board, I trained the people I already trusted — people I knew personally — put everyone under one roof, and built the system that became Nine to Five Pros.

Before property management, I spent years on the phones handling 80 to 100 calls a day for companies like T-Mobile, Verizon, and Humana, across sales, tech, insurance, healthcare, and support. That's where this team learned to stay calm through a hard conversation, think on their feet, and never let a caller feel like a ticket number. Those aren't skills you pick up in a week of onboarding.

Seven years handling maintenance coordination, leasing, tenant and owner relations, evictions, collections, accounting support, and vendor management across US-based portfolios. At peak I was running operations for 400+ properties and supporting companies with over 4,000 doors. I've seen what breaks when a business grows faster than its back office, and I built this to be the thing that doesn't break.

The team handles the day to day. Senior leads handle the first layer of support and escalation, and I stay close enough to the operation to step in where my experience is actually needed. That's the whole story, and it's the reason clients stay.

7+
Years in PM
operations
400+
Properties managed
at peak
4,000+
Doors supported
across portfolios
Top
Rated on Upwork
100% JSS

Reclaiming your time,
on repeat.

Onboarding gets you started. What keeps you supported is that it doesn't stop there, we check back in as your business grows.

01
Tell us where it's breaking
A quick call, or the quiz on this page. We find out what's eating your time, and whether your process needs building or just someone reliable to run it.
02
Get matched with a trained team member
Not someone learning your industry from zero on your dime. Onboarding focuses on your systems, accounts, policies, and SOPs, because the operating fundamentals are already there.
03
Real coordination, not a black box
Your team member works from our office with a senior lead behind them. As you grow, your support grows with you, no scattered freelancers.
04
We check back in, on repeat
Every 2 to 3 months, we ask whether you need more support before you have to ask us. Growth gets planned for, not scrambled together.
the loop starts over as your business grows
Once the backend isn't eating your day, we can help with the front end too.

Your operations,
and your visibility.

Most owners are too buried in the day-to-day to stay visible online, so the phone stays quiet and the pipeline dries up. The Growth Office puts a content production team behind your operations support, so your expertise gets in front of owners without you filming, editing, or figuring out social media.

This isn't AI slop churned out by the dozen. Real research, real editing, and your actual voice, packaged by a team that already understands property operations.

@yourcompany
Content Engine

We run the whole process

Research, topic development, scripts, production, captions, thumbnails, platform formatting, and publishing across TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. You approve, we handle the rest. You never have to sit down and wonder what to post.

Founder Authority

One call becomes a month of content

Once a month we sit down with you for 30 to 45 minutes and ask the questions your future clients are actually asking. Your real answers, stories, and expertise become the month's videos, posts, and educational content. The knowledge is yours, we just scale it.

Just want the content? You don't have to hire a VA.

Two ways to work with us on content alone, whether you already film your own material or want the whole thing handled.

Content Assist

You supply the raw material

You record or send us the footage and ideas. We handle the editing, short-form cuts, captions, repurposing across platforms, and publishing. Perfect if you're already talking on camera but drowning in the post-production.

Get a Quote
The Growth Office Bundle

One relationship. One team.
Operations and content, working together.

Everything a dedicated Core Team Member already covers, plus the Content Engine and your monthly Founder Authority session. One relationship, one invoice, one team that knows your business inside and out.

Limited Early Access · Locked Rate
$2,495/mo
for your first 3 months,
then $2,795/mo
Start the Conversation

Prefer just the operations side for now? Our Core Team Member support starts at $1,850/mo, and the Growth Office is there whenever you're ready to add visibility to the mix.

Straightforward rates,
no surprises

Simple, transparent billing. No per-task billing, no surprise invoices, just a dedicated person who shows up every day and already knows what to do. All rates in USD.

Sample Invoice
Core Team Member support$1,850.00
Hours this month160 / 160
Per-task fees$0.00
Surprise charges$0.00
Total due$1,850.00
Core Team Member
$1,850/mo
Full-time dedicated support · 160 hrs

  • Day-to-day execution inside your operation, configured around what you actually need
  • Maintenance coordination, dispatch, leasing, vendor follow-up, admin, or work order tracking
  • Backed by a senior lead and a shared office, not working alone
  • The role is built around your business, not a fixed job title off a menu
Get Started
🧩
Need more than one?
We build complete teams too. Mix Core Team Members and Lead/Specialists around the roles your operation actually needs. Larger builds are scoped around headcount, responsibilities, training, shifts, and management requirements, and may qualify for custom pricing.
How a team is structured
YOU
Lead / Specialist
Core Team Member
Core Team Member
Core Team Member
A single-seat engagement is just the top two rows: you, and one Core Team Member with a senior lead behind them.

Not sure which fits? Just message us — we'll tell you straight what makes sense for your setup.

How much of your 9 to 5
could you get back?

Move the sliders to match your operation. This uses your own numbers and our real pricing, not industry averages.

Time Reclaimed
Hours spent on admin, before22 hrs/wk
Hours spent on admin, after3 hrs/wk
Time back, weekly19 hrs
Your Operation
Hours per week you or your team spend on coordination and admin work 20 hrs
2 hrs60 hrs
What an hour of your time is worth $60/hr
$20$250+
One assumption, stated plainly: we estimate you keep about 20% of that time either way, for approvals, owner relationships, and decisions only you should make. The other 80% is what a trained team can take off your plate.
What You Get Back
Hours reclaimed / week
16hrs
Each block is one working day. Filled = time you get back.
Value of time reclaimed
$4,157/mo
Estimated Nine to Five Pros cost
$762/mo
Net monthly value, after paying for the team that gives you the time back
$3,395
Based on 1 seat at our real hourly rate. Talk it through with us and we'll build the actual number for your operation.

This estimate uses your inputs above and Nine to Five Pros' published rates (Core Team Member support from $1,850/mo per seat, Lead/Specialist from $2,150/mo per seat). It assumes one support seat covers up to 40 hours of work per week, scaling to additional seats beyond that. Your actual setup may differ once we walk through your specific operation and workflow.

Different ways to get
the help you need.

There are excellent independent VAs out there. If you've already found one, keep them. This is for operations that want the advantages of remote talent without building the entire support structure around one person themselves.

Independent VA Nine to Five Pros US Internal Hire
Dedicated person Depends
US business hours Depends
Senior support behind them Depends
Shared office structure
Recruiting & screening handled Client handles Client handles
Equipment provided Depends
Industry-trained before onboarding Depends Depends
Payroll & employment admin Client handles Client handles

Built for operations that need real ownership.

A strong fit
  • Recurring backend work is consuming your team
  • You need a dedicated person or team, not one-off help
  • You want documented processes and accountability
  • You expect the role to grow with the operation
  • You value operational support behind the person doing the work
Probably not the right fit
  • You only need occasional, one-off tasks
  • Your only priority is finding the lowest possible hourly rate
  • You expect one person to perform several unrelated full-time roles at once
  • You need licensed or regulated decisions made on your behalf

Questions we get
before teams come onboard.

Straight answers. No fluff. If something isn't covered here, just message us — we'll tell you exactly where you stand.

Ask Us Anything
"Can you actually replace a full-time hire?"
For most PM back-office work, yes, that's the whole model.
"What if it doesn't work out?"
We replace them, no extra cost, no awkward conversation.
Yes. Our team operates during US business hours, Monday through Friday, aligned with the clients they support. Whether it's a tenant, a homeowner, or a customer calling in, someone is already at their desk, not just coming online.
We're based in the Philippines and work from one shared office during US business hours. We're remote to our US clients, but not remote from one another, which is what keeps coordination tight without the handoff problems you get with scattered VA setups.
On the property management side: AppFolio, Yardi, Buildium, Rent Manager, Propertyware, Rentvine, LeadSimple, and more. We also work across HOA, facilities, work order, and field service platforms depending on the account, see the full breakdown in the software section above. Don't see yours? Ask us. If it's new to our team, we'll tell you.
A Core Team Member is $1,850 a month for 160 hours of dedicated support. A Lead or Specialist seat, for accounting, senior operations, or account leadership, is $2,150 a month. Larger team builds are scoped around your specific headcount and requirements and may qualify for custom pricing. All rates in USD, billed monthly.
It depends on your operation. Work order coordination, customer or resident communication, scheduling and dispatch, vendor follow-up, leasing administration, HOA administration, facilities coordination, collections support, invoicing, documentation, and other day-to-day backend work. The role gets configured around your business rather than handed to you from a fixed job description.
Engagement terms are reviewed before onboarding so you know exactly what you're committing to, including billing, notice, scope, and any account-specific requirements. Nothing is buried in fine print you find out about later.
Property management is where we started and where our deepest experience sits. Around that, we support HOA and community association management, facilities management, maintenance coordination and vendor management, and trades and field service companies. We stay inside this property operations ecosystem on purpose, it's where the team has real operating experience, not just research.
We run multiple internet connections from different providers, so if one goes down we switch to another. Everyone works from laptops, which means we can fall back to mobile hotspots if needed. On the power side, we have UPS backup, generator access, and portable power stations. It's built so one outage doesn't take the whole office offline.
We do. Every team member works on a company-provided workstation set up for business use, and we keep spare hardware on hand so a broken device doesn't stall an account. We use reliable secondhand laptops where it makes sense, we'd rather put that money into redundancy than into buying new equipment for appearances.
They work from the same shared office, in person, during US hours. That's the whole point of the model, not a slide, not a slogan. Every team member has a senior lead who can step in on something genuinely urgent, and problems get solved by someone walking over, not by waiting on a message to get answered.
We've been operating since 2023, and the large majority of our current team has been with us for more than two years. When someone has left, it's almost always been a fit issue on our side, not someone getting poached or burning out. We don't publish a formal turnover percentage, but retention is something we actively manage for, not an afterthought.
No. We manage on outcomes, accountability, and communication, not surveillance software. Senior leads are checking in on real work and real quality, not watching a screen-recording. If something's off, it shows up in the work, and that's what gets addressed.
Clients typically create role-appropriate accounts for their assigned team members and control the permissions granted. Work is performed on company-provided devices in our shared office environment. If your company requires MFA, password management, or additional access controls, those can be incorporated into onboarding.
Yes. Content is offered on its own, not just bundled with a seat. With Content Assist you send us the raw material and we handle the editing, short-form cuts, captions, repurposing across platforms, and publishing. With the Content Engine we run the whole thing: research, topics, scripting, production, publishing, and reporting. You can start with content alone and add an operations VA later, or never.
Short-form video, educational posts, before-and-after job showcases, and the kind of content that keeps you visible to the people you're trying to reach, prospects, clients, or the owners and boards you work with. It is built around your real expertise and your voice, published where your audience already spends time. We use the tools that speed production up, but the goal is visibility and inbound leads, not filler that sounds like everyone else.
Yes. Completed job photos are one of the easiest existing assets for trades and field service businesses to turn into useful marketing. Send us the photos from finished jobs and we turn them into clean before-and-after, social-ready creatives that help win the next job. Most owners have hundreds of these sitting on a phone doing nothing. We put them to work.
One relationship, one team, operations and content working together. It combines dedicated operations support with the Content Engine, plus a short monthly session where we pull your answers, stories, and expertise into a month of content. One invoice, one team handling both the backend work and your visibility, all with the same context on your business.
Yes. We can audit how your operation runs today and build the SOPs your team executes against, or train your in-house staff to the same standard we hold our own people to. This is scoped and priced around your specific operation, message us and we'll walk through what that looks like for you.
Everyone here arrives trained on real property operations accounts, not pulled from a platform. They all work in one shared office, real coordination, not a group of solo operators. Every team member has a senior lead, and the team knows they can pull Deryck in when it's genuinely needed. That structure doesn't exist on a platform.
Yes. If your team is already running on solid SOPs, we plug in and execute them. If you don't have that yet, we can build it with you, the same kind of process documentation we run our own team on, grounded in real property operations experience, not generic templates.
If a placement genuinely isn't working, we'll work with you to understand why and, where replacement is the right answer, source a better fit without making you restart the entire process alone.

Let's see if we're
the right fit.

No hard pitch. Tell us what you're dealing with and we'll be straight with you about whether we can actually help.

Inbox
Hey, do you handle 12-unit portfolios? Been doing it all myself.
You · just now
Yep, that's exactly our range. What's eating the most time right now?
Us · 4 min ago

"Give us your 9 to 5 so you can focus on expanding the business."

— Deryck Angeles, Founder & CEO