About Us

Four Decades of Growth Guided by Purpose

Since 1984, Action Property Management has grown from a small office with a single client and a typewriter into the largest privately owned HOA management company in the West, with proprietary software and a team of more than 1,000 people serving over 350 communities across California and Texas.

Our Mission

Our mission Isn’t a statement, it’s a promise

Our mission is help people love where they live. This mission propels everything we do as a company. We want to improve lives for our team members and for people who live in communities we manage. We also want to positively impact people around the world through local and global outreach efforts. That’s why Action is engaged in both local charities and humanitarian outreach. Action Cares is more than a motto – it’s a genuine value.

CEO Intro to Action

1984

One Client, One Purpose

Today

Over 350 Clients, Still One Purpose

Our Story

1984

A Company Begins

Jan Lhotka founds what will become Action Property Management from a small office, with a typewriter and a single client. Its first large community, East Lake Village in Yorba Linda, is on the books before the year is out.

1987

Growing the Portfolio

Marianne Simek joins as a community manager, bringing six associations into the portfolio. Within the decade, a second office opens in the Inland Empire (1991) and a third in Palm Springs (1993).

1996

Matthew Holbrook Joins the Team

Jan and Marianne, now Vice President of a nearly 35-person team, hire a 21-year-old candidate, Matthew Holbrook, as an entry-level manager trainee. By 1997, the growing company manages 15,000 units.

2000

New Leadership

In 1998, Matthew and Jan launch Community Property Repairs Inc. and move the corporate office to the Irvine Spectrum. In 2000, Jan steps back from day-to-day operations, entrusting the company to Matthew, Marianne, and Robert Diemer.

2006

Breaking Into High-Rise

After landing its first Los Angeles high-rise contract in 2002 and expanding into the Temecula Valley in 2003, the company signs a landmark deal with The South Group for the first three HOA high-rise buildings built in Los Angeles in 40 years, opening the high-rise market across LA and San Diego.

2014

A New Owner

Following new offices in San Diego, Northern California (2008), and San Francisco (2011), Matthew Holbrook acquires the company in 2014, carrying forward the partnership Jan and Marianne built three decades earlier.

2022

Expanding to Texas

Marianne Simek retires after more than three decades of building the company from the ground up. That same year, Action Property Management opens its first office outside California, in Dallas, Texas.

2026

1,000 Strong

Action Property Management opens an office in Austin, Texas, its eighth, and now employs more than 1,000 people across more than 350 HOA communities and 84,000 units.

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1,000+Employees

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