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Clarkdale Historic District · Mountain Gate · the Verde River · Tuzigoot · Jerome

Clarkdale Property Management,
Treated Like Our Own.

Broker-led · 20+ years in real estate · Three generations · 37 Arizona markets

Full-service residential and commercial management, leasing and sales across Clarkdale and the Verde Valley, for owners who live here, down in the Valley or out of state. One all-inclusive rate quoted in writing before you sign, routine maintenance at the vendor’s price with the invoice attached, and one experienced broker who personally oversees your property.

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4,424
Residents, 2020 Census
1912
Year the company town was founded
1957
Year the town incorporated
None
Markup on routine maintenance
Olivier “Ollie” Lessing Barré, designated broker, Barré Properties
Designated Broker · AZ BR721911000
Your Broker in Clarkdale

Managed Like It’s Our Own.

I’m Olivier “Ollie” Lessing Barré, designated broker of Barré Properties, and I personally oversee every property we manage in Clarkdale. I’ve spent more than twenty years in real estate. In 2007 I founded a property management company on the Westside of Los Angeles, serving owners in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Calabasas and the neighborhoods around them, and grew it into a large family-run business before moving my family to Arizona in 2020.

We manage throughout Yavapai County and the Verde Valley, and Clarkdale is a market we know and specialize in: the century-old town-site homes, the newer subdivisions, the Town’s vacation rental permit and what each part of town actually rents for. When you call, you reach the broker who signed your agreement, not a call center or a rotating account manager.

Our relationships are built on handshakes, trust and accountability. We keep every owner’s information private, put every term in writing before anything is signed, and send monthly statements with every invoice attached.

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Why Clarkdale

A Company Town, Built to Last.

Clarkdale was founded in 1912 by William A. Clark as the company town for the United Verde Copper Company’s smelter, which processed ore from the mine up the hill in Jerome. The smelter closed in the early 1950s, the town incorporated in 1957, and the original town site is now the Clarkdale Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The 2020 Census counted 4,424 residents.

The town has its own draws. The Verde Canyon Railroad has run excursions from its Clarkdale depot since 1990, about 20 miles each way to Perkinsville, and carries roughly 100,000 passengers a year. Tuzigoot National Monument sits between Clarkdale and Cottonwood, Yavapai College’s Verde Valley campus and its Southwest Wine Center are here, and Jerome is about four miles up the hill.

For an owner, Clarkdale is a small market with a specific appeal. The American Community Survey puts the median owner-occupied home value at $373,600 for 2020 to 2024, with about three homes in four owner-occupied, so rentals are limited. Original town-site cottages, newer subdivisions such as Mountain Gate and river-adjacent property rent and sell as different products, and we price each one on its own comparables.

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What We Do

Four Ways We Work in Clarkdale.

Management first — then leasing, sales, and the live MLS. One team, one point of contact, start to finish.

Property Management

Full-service management under one all-inclusive rate — placement, rent, maintenance, reporting.

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Leasing

Aggressive marketing, rigorous screening, and quality residents placed fast.

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Real Estate

Buying, selling, and investment guidance from the team that manages here daily.

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Property Search

Live MLS listings, saved searches, and new-listing alerts for this market.

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Also a Primary Focus

Commercial Property Management.

Retail and shopping centers, single-tenant net-leased pads, office, flex, small industrial, medical office and mixed-use in Clarkdale — run as its own practice, because Arizona regulates nonresidential brokerage differently and commercial accounting has nothing in common with collecting a single rent check.

Lease abstraction and critical dates, CAM budgeting and annual reconciliation, transaction privilege tax, and the designated broker’s signature on every file — as A.R.S. § 32-2175 requires.

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What You Get

Everything, For One Fee.

One rate covers the whole job. The things other companies bill separately are simply included.

Tenant Placement

Marketing, showings, and full screening — credit, background, income, and rental history. We place the tenant and we stand behind the placement.

Rent & Accounting

Collection, owner disbursements, monthly statements with full reconciliation, and year-end reporting your accountant will not complain about.

Older Homes, Properly Watched

Vetted Verde Valley trades who know century-old construction. Vendors bill at their real rate and the invoice passes straight through with no markup on routine work. Major renovations and capital projects are quoted separately, with the supervision scope agreed in writing first.

Inspections

Move-in, move-out, and periodic condition inspections with photos, included in the fee rather than billed per visit.

Compliance & Trust Accounting

Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act compliance, proper trust accounting, and ADRE oversight. Licensed brokerage, general liability and E&O insured.

The Difficult Parts

Late rent, lease violations, notices, and the occasional eviction. This is the part owners hire out, and it is the part we take off your plate entirely.

Where We Work

Clarkdale and Around It.

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What Clarkdale Owners Should Know

Know the Local Rules.

The details that catch owners out in Clarkdale, and how we handle each one.

Short-term rentals need a Town permit

Town Code 8-9-3 requires an annual Town vacation rental permit before a home is offered, and an owner who does not apply within 30 days of written notice can be fined up to $1,000 a month. The application covers the owner and emergency contact, the state tax license, at least $500,000 in liability coverage and proof of rental registration with the Yavapai County Assessor. We file it and renew it for the owners we manage.

Neighbors on every side

Before the first stay, Town Code 8-9-6 requires written notice to the owners of single-family homes next door, across the street, diagonally across, directly behind and diagonally behind, with the permit number and the emergency contact’s 24-hour phone. Contact information must also be posted within three feet of the primary entrance under 8-9-8.

The emergency contact is on a clock

Under Town Code 8-9-4 the owner or emergency contact must be on site or reachable within 60 minutes when police ask, and must respond within 24 hours to other complaints. A new contact must be reported to the Town at least 10 days ahead, or penalties of up to $1,000 every 30 days can follow.

Register the rental with the county

Arizona requires owners of residential rental property to register it with the county assessor (A.R.S. § 33-1902), and an owner who lives outside Arizona must also name an in-state statutory agent. Clarkdale asks for proof of that registration with the permit, and every short-term rental also needs a state transaction privilege tax license under A.R.S. § 42-5005. Long-term leases of 30 days or more no longer carry city rental tax in Arizona.

More than a century old

The original town-site homes went up from 1912 onward for the smelter workforce. Galvanized supply lines, older electrical panels, original windows and decades of additions are common, so we inspect on a shorter cycle and document what we find so capital work can be planned. The work itself is done by licensed contractors and vendors, and we coordinate and supervise it.

Associations set their own rules

Newer subdivisions are often governed by an HOA. Arizona law (A.R.S. § 33-1806.01) lets an association require tenant information from the owner, and the CC&Rs can set minimum lease terms. We read them before we list.

For Owners Who Live Elsewhere

Your Eyes and Ears in Clarkdale.

Many Clarkdale owners live in the Valley, in California or out of state. We act as your eyes and ears on the property without you having to be there, coordinated and supervised by us and performed by vetted, insured providers at their real cost.

Home Watch

Scheduled interior and exterior checks between tenants or while you are away: systems run, irrigation verified, and the home made ready before you arrive.

Vendor & Project Oversight

Renovation, landscape and repair work watched on your behalf, with access controlled and progress documented in photos.

Arrival & Departure

For second-home owners: heat or cooling set, systems checked, grounds at standard and deliveries received before you land.

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Barré City Sites Nearby

Next Door, Same Standard.

The same broker and the same terms in every market we serve. If you own in more than one, you deal with one office.

Cottonwood

Old Town, Verde Valley Medical Center and Dead Horse Ranch State Park, next door.

Visit the Cottonwood site →

Sedona

Red rock country, where vacation rentals and long-term leases run by very different rules.

Visit the Sedona site →

Cornville

Acreage, horse property and vineyards along Oak Creek.

Visit the Cornville site →

Camp Verde

Fort Verde, Montezuma Castle and the I-17 side of the Verde Valley.

Visit the Camp Verde site →

Verde Valley

Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Cornville and Camp Verde under one practice.

Visit the Verde Valley site →

Prescott Valley

Over Mingus Mountain on SR 89A, the youngest of the Quad Cities.

Visit the Prescott Valley site →

Barré Properties, Statewide

Thirty-seven Arizona markets under one brokerage, one phone number and one standard.

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Free Downloads

Read Before You Decide.

Four guides, no form to fill in. The first is about Clarkdale specifically; the other three cover Arizona as a whole.

Clarkdale Market & Lifestyle Guide

What it is like to own, rent and invest in Clarkdale — with every figure carrying the area it actually describes.

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Arizona Property Owner’s Guide

What professional management should deliver, what it costs, and the Arizona rules that catch out-of-state owners.

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The Arizona Investor’s Guide

Short-term against long-term, the markets, and the arithmetic most pro-formas get wrong.

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California to Arizona Relocation Guide

Coordinating a California sale with an Arizona purchase as one move rather than two.

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Owner Questions

Straight Answers.

What is different about renting in Clarkdale?
The housing stock. Clarkdale was built from 1912 as the company town for the United Verde smelter, laid out on a grid with mature trees and modest homes on small lots, and the original town site is now a National Register historic district. It rents to people who want that, quiet, walkable and full of character, rather than to anyone hunting maximum square footage, and residents who find it tend to stay.
What does management cost?
One all-inclusive rate, quoted per property once we have seen it. No setup fee, no inspection fee and no marketing charge; those are simply part of the service. Routine maintenance reaches you at the vendor’s price with the invoice attached.
Does the Verde Canyon Railroad matter to an owner?
More than people expect. The railroad has run excursions from its Clarkdale depot since 1990 and carries roughly 100,000 passengers a year into a town that would otherwise be quiet, which supports short-term rental demand that has nothing to do with Sedona traffic. For a well-presented property near the depot it is a genuine advantage.
Are the older homes a problem to manage?
Not if someone knows them. The original town-site houses are now more than a century old, which means original plumbing runs, older electrical and foundations that behave differently than new construction. They are sturdy and rent well, but they need a manager who inspects properly rather than waiting for a tenant to report a failure.
Do you manage in Jerome and Cottonwood too?
Yes — Clarkdale, Cottonwood, Jerome, Cornville, and Camp Verde. Many owners here hold more than one property in the valley, and managing them under one company means one statement and one phone number.
How do I get started?
Send the address. Within one business day you get a rental analysis: what the property should rent for, what management costs, and anything we would repair or change before it goes to market. No cost and no obligation.
Do short-term rentals need a Town permit in Clarkdale?
Yes. Town Code Article 8-9 requires an annual Town vacation rental permit before the first booking, a 24-hour emergency contact who answers a police request within 60 minutes, written notice to neighboring single-family owners on every side, contact information posted within three feet of the main entrance and at least $500,000 in liability coverage. The application also asks for the state tax license and proof of rental registration with the Yavapai County Assessor. We set it up and keep it current.
I live in California or out of state. Can you manage my Clarkdale home remotely?
That is most of what we do. You get one broker as your point of contact, an online owner portal, monthly statements with every invoice attached, and photo inspections, so you can see the property without driving up I-17.
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What It Costs.

Long-term managementAll-inclusive · quoted per property
Short-term / vacation rentalQuoted by service level
PortfoliosPortfolio rates
Setup feeNone
Inspection feeNone
Marketing feeNone
Routine maintenance markupNone — vendor invoices pass through at cost

Most owners find the maintenance markup is where the money actually goes with other companies. We take no markup on routine maintenance.

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