The owner is the operator
Ellis Ventures owns the homes it rents. There is no management company between you and the decision-maker, so a question about a repair, a renewal, or a lease term is answered by someone who can actually answer it.
About
A small ownership group, not a management company
We own the homes we rent. That single fact decides most of how this operation runs, from who answers the phone to why a repair gets done rather than deferred.
Who we are
Ellis Ventures is a private ownership group holding residential rental property in central Virginia. We buy homes to keep them, we manage them ourselves, and we deal with residents directly rather than through a layer of intermediaries.
That structure is the whole point. An owner-operator has no incentive to defer a repair into someone else’s budget year, no leasing agent paid per application, and nobody to hand a hard conversation to. When something needs deciding on one of our properties, the person who decides it is reachable on the number at the top of this page.
We are deliberately small. We would rather hold a modest number of homes well than a large number badly, and we would rather have a resident renew for the fifth time than fill a vacancy quickly.
Placeholder: portfolio size, the year the group was formed, and the principals’ names are not published on this site yet. They will replace this notice once the owner confirms them.
What that means in practice
The screening standard is published before you pay
One written criteria set, applied to every applicant in the same order. You can read it and decide whether to apply, rather than finding out what it was after the application fee has cleared.
Repairs go in writing and stay tracked
Requests are timestamped, assigned, and closed out with a record. Emergencies — no heat, no water, an active leak — get a phone line that a person answers.
We hold, we do not flip
These are long-hold properties. A resident who renews is worth more to us than a turnover, which is why maintenance gets done rather than deferred to the next owner.
How to reach us
One office line, answered by a person during business hours. Maintenance emergencies go to a separate line that is answered outside them.
| Monday to Friday | 9am to 5pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Office line (804) 555-0142, email hello@ellisventures.net, or use the details on the contact page.
Renting from us, or thinking about it?
Current vacancies, the process, and the screening standard we apply are all on one page.