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Repair & Maintenance for Multifamily

One vendor for every work order across your Bay Area portfolio.

Back9 Trades is a full-service repair and maintenance company built for multifamily owners and property managers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by SF multifamily veterans, we run day-to-day work orders, 24/7 emergencies, unit turns, and recurring services with our own crews.

18+
Field technicians & supervisors
14
Trade categories in-house
24/7
Live emergency dispatch
Bilingual
English / Spanish dispatch & field
The Problem

Vendor sprawl costs your managers time and money

Property managers without an in-house maintenance team run every work order through a patchwork of single-trade vendors. Every added vendor means another COI to chase, another invoice format, and another dispatcher who may or may not pick up at 2am. Nobody owns the job end to end, so documentation is thin, callbacks go unmanaged, and your managers spend their day chasing vendors instead of managing properties.

A patchwork of vendors With Back9
Point of contact A different dispatcher for every trade One point of contact for all 14 trades
Vendor file A COI and W-9 for every vendor One vendor file, COI issued to your entity
After hours Answering services and voicemail Live 24/7 emergency dispatch, target response under 60 minutes for life-safety
Documentation Varies by vendor Photo closeout on every work order
Billing Many formats, hard to audit One clean invoice tied to each work order
Unit turns You sequence the trades yourself One crew, one checklist, QC walk at the end

Doing R&M yourself puts you on call

If you self-manage your buildings, or your property manager handles management while R&M stays with you, the maintenance burden lands on your desk. A handyman for the small stuff, a list of licensed trades for the rest, and after-hours emergencies that ring your cell. There is no documentation trail when insurance or a dispute needs one, no volume pricing, and every unit turn means sequencing the trades yourself.

Doing it yourself With Back9
After hours Emergency calls ring your cell at 2am Live 24/7 dispatch, target response under 60 minutes for life-safety
Trade coverage A handyman plus a list of licensed trades to call 14 trades in-house, licensed CA contractors for permitted scopes
Documentation Little or no photo record for insurance or disputes Before-and-after photos and closeout records on every job
Pricing Retail rates on every one-off call Tiered volume pricing, typical savings of 5 to 15% off published rates
Residents You coordinate access and scheduling Resident scheduling and access handled by us
Unit turns You sequence the trades yourself One crew, one checklist, QC walk at the end
Who We Serve

Built for the people who run buildings

For Property Managers

For management companies without an in-house maintenance team. Route work orders to us the same way you do today; our intake works with Yardi, AppFolio, and Buildium workflows.

  • Scheduled window confirmed on every ticket
  • Resident scheduling and access handled by us
  • Photo record delivered at closeout
  • One dispatch line for all fourteen trades
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For Property Owners

For owners who self-manage or keep R&M separate from their property manager. Portfolio programs with tiered volume pricing and a single vendor file across every building you own.

  • Typical savings of 5 to 15% off published rates
  • Flat-rate unit turn pricing for steady turn flow
  • Recurring services on predictable monthly billing
  • Send a sample month of work orders, we quote it in 5 business days
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Services

Full-service R&M, all under one roof

Work orders, after-hours coverage, unit turns, and recurring services from one vendor with one point of contact. Every job is photo-documented and closed out properly.

Plumbing repair in progressPlumbing
Electrical work inside a unitElectrical
Interior painting during a unit turnUnit Turns

24/7 After-Hours & Emergency

Live dispatch nights, weekends, and holidays. Floods, lockouts, no-heat, no-power, and security issues are covered.

  • Emergency on-call retainer available
  • Target response under 60 minutes for life-safety
  • After-hours lockout dispatch
  • Direct line to a person, not a voicemail

Unit Turnover Program

Move-out to make-ready in days, not weeks. Flat-rate or scoped pricing with no surprises.

  • Trash-out, paint, clean, punch, key
  • Standardized turn checklist and QC walk
  • Photo report delivered before relisting
  • Volume turn pricing for portfolios

Recurring & Packaged Services

Predictable monthly billing for the work that has to happen anyway.

  • Janitorial and common area cleaning
  • Preventive pest control
  • Landscaping and exterior upkeep
  • Planned-maintenance and PM membership programs

Our field team is built from technicians and supervisors with years of multifamily experience across San Francisco buildings. Crews are uniformed, badged, background-screened, and OSHA-trained. Dispatch and field staff operate in English and Spanish.

Plumbing Electrical HVAC Appliance Repair Carpentry Painting Flooring Locks & Access Systems Fire & Safety Pest Control Janitorial Low-Voltage / IT Common-Area Repairs Unit Turn / Make-Ready
Coverage & Compliance

Ready for your vendor file

Based in San Francisco and serving multifamily portfolios throughout the Bay Area. Risk and compliance documentation is ready before your first work order.

Painted Lady Victorians with the San Francisco skyline behind them
Licensed CA ContractorLicensed contractors handle all permitted scopes.
InsuredWorkers compensation and general liability on file. COI issued to your entity on request.
Screened & Trained CrewsOSHA-trained, background-screened, uniformed, and badged technicians.
Photo-Documented WorkBefore-and-after photos and closeout records on every work order.
PM Software FriendlyIntake compatible with Yardi, AppFolio, and Buildium workflows.
Volume PricingTiered portfolio pricing with typical savings of 5 to 15% off published rates, plus bundling discounts on packaged services.
How We Work

From intake to closeout

A simple, documented process on every job so your team always knows where a work order stands.

1

Intake

Submit through the client portal, your PM software, email, or phone. We confirm scope and access.

2

Dispatch

The right trade is assigned and scheduled with the resident. Emergencies go to live 24/7 dispatch.

3

Work & Document

Uniformed, badged technicians complete the work with photo documentation before and after.

4

Closeout

You receive the photo record and a clean invoice tied to the work order. Turns include a QC walk.

Our Name

Making the turn

In golf, the back nine is where you make the turn for home. That's the work we do. Back9 Trades was founded by San Francisco multifamily veterans with decades in this business, and we've learned that a building is never just a building. It's someone's home. When a repair is weighing on yours, we handle it the right way, so home feels like home again.

A golf green with a red flag overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge

Owner-operator DNA

Founded by SF multifamily veterans. We treat every work order the way we treat our own buildings.

Independent and conflict-free

No institutional ownership ties. Your properties get the same priority as ours.

Built for occupied buildings

Resident scheduling, access coordination, and clean job sites come standard. Your tenants hear from us professionally and on time.

Get Started

Request a proposal or submit a work order

Prospective clients can request a proposal or a bid on a defined scope. Existing clients can submit work orders here. Submissions route directly to our dispatch and estimating inbox.

Send us a sample month of work orders and we will come back with a custom quote sheet within 5 business days.

What to expect

  • Work orders are confirmed by dispatch with a scheduled window.
  • Emergencies go straight to live 24/7 dispatch with a target response under 60 minutes for life-safety issues.
  • Proposal requests get a custom quote sheet within 5 business days of receiving your sample work-order data.
  • Every completed job comes back to you with photo documentation.
FAQ

Questions property managers ask us

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. Licensed CA contractors handle all permitted scopes, and we carry workers compensation and general liability coverage. A certificate of insurance is issued to your entity on request for your vendor file.

Can you work inside our property management software?

Yes. Our intake is built to work with Yardi, AppFolio, and Buildium workflows, so your team can route work orders to us the same way they do today.

How do after-hours emergencies work?

Dispatch is live 24/7 for nights, weekends, and holidays. Floods, lockouts, no-heat, no-power, and security issues are covered, with a target response under 60 minutes for life-safety calls. An emergency on-call retainer is available for portfolios that want guaranteed coverage.

How is pricing structured?

General maintenance is billed at mid-market hourly rates, licensed trades are priced competitively against local providers, emergencies carry a premium with a minimum charge, and unit turns are flat-rate per unit. Volume discounts scale with portfolio size and committed work-order volume, with typical savings of 5 to 15% off published rates. A detailed quote sheet is provided on request.

How do you handle residents and occupied units?

Technicians are uniformed, badged, and background-screened. We coordinate scheduling and access directly with residents when you want us to, and every job is photo-documented from start to closeout.

What does a unit turn include?

Trash-out, paint, cleaning, punch list, and keying, run against a standardized turn checklist with a QC walk at the end. You receive a photo report before the unit is relisted. Volume pricing is available for portfolios with steady turn flow.