“Apartment Andy” is a multi-family and net leased investment expert. He specializes in client’s interests focusing on properties in the cities throughout Monterey Bay from Carmel to Santa Cruz. Since 1986 when he started his Real estate career in Santa Cruz, he has focused on building relationships and an exclusive, unparalleled database with local property owners. Knowing the properties, the owners, their timing, and their needs has proven invaluable to his clients.
831-239-9002 | andy@apartmentandy.com
What You Need to Know“Andy has helped me and my family numerous times in our purchases and sale of multifamily and residential properties in and out of the Santa Cruz area. He started working with my father by bringing him both on and off-market investment property opportunities to help us build our portfolio. Recently due to circumstances we called Andy again to help us maximize the value of these assets and is currently working with me to sell 4 of our properties. Through Andy’s skill and connections with other multi-family Broker’s he was able to find a suitable large off-market property in Sacramento we are in the process of Buying.
Andy has the right connections with professional Brokers, lenders, vendors to make this complicated process work. Andy is always available to handle the inevitable issues which arise and always provides us a clear explanation of our various options which have helped us make the right decisions. I plan on working with Andy in the future as a trusted advisor as I continue to build my investment portfolio.”
“Mr Kay has helped me and my family with several multi residential transactions both Buying and Selling investment properties. We value our relationship with Andy and trust him 100%. His expertise, dedication to obtaining our desired outcome and excellent communication skill make us confident we are getting the very best in real estate representation.”
“We could not have asked for a better Real Estate Agent than Andy Kay! As a young couple and first time home buyers having someone who we could really trust was important to us – Andy was exactly the trusted advisor we needed. He is amazing at what he does with a wealth of knowledge and local connections which he used to help us at every step of the process. Plus, we genuinely enjoy spending time with him. He is professional, kind, and fun. Andy went above and beyond to help us find the right fit which we are so appreciative of. We have been in our new home for a year now and absolutely love it. Purchasing our home was a 10/10 decision and working with Andy to help us do so was a 10/10 decision!!”
“He is friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, informative, with high integrity, and gets everything done in an efficient and timely manner. I’ve had some Real Estate agents in the past that unfortunately were not very good. We decided we needed to find an excellent agent because we were going to sell our multi-unit property and buy another via a 1031 tax exchange. We had meetings with a couple of RE agents and picked Andy based on his knowledge, openness, thoroughness, integrity, expertise in multi-unit housing and we are so happy that we picked Andy. Andy sold our multi-unit property at an excellent price and we bought two additional multi-unit properties at excellent prices all during the uncharted COVID-19 waters. Andy made 3 very complex transactions seem very easy. He was always available to discuss details and very proactive in giving us all the information and the steps ahead that needed to be completed to close the transactions. We asked a lot of Andy and he delivered every time. We were truly impressed with Andy’s work ethic, integrity, communication, professionalism, knowledge, contacts, can-do attitude, and over-coming any road blocks during the transactions with a pleasant and positive attitude. Andy consistently went above and beyond for all 3 transactions and never missed a beat. In addition, you can tell Andy loves his job and really enjoys building relationships rather than only representing the buyer/seller for the money. We will definitely 100% use Andy for all our future Real Estate transactions and of course have already recommended him to our family and friends.
NOTE: We sent this to Andy in case he wanted to use us as a referral. He didn’t ask us to do this. We did this on our own because when some consistently goes above and beyond you should acknowledge it and reward them with an open and honest assessment on how impressed you were with them. “
“I met Andy 22 years ago when he assisted me in the purchase of our first home in Santa Cruz on Oceanview Ave. Since that time I have bought or sold 7 additional properties with Andy. He is my trusted advisor/partner in Real Estate. I know I am getting the best advice available in the marketplace and have enjoyed working with Andy through each of my transactions.”
“As an acquisition manager for my company Reliant Group Management LLC we are constantly looking to acquire suitable multi-family projects that fit our business model. As a company we have acquired over $2.25 Billion worth of real estate assets, approximately 21000+ units, throughout CA and the US. Having family roots in Santa Cruz County I have a special affinity to the area and wanted to find the right properties which would enable Reliant to have a presence in the Santa Cruz market. I contacted Andy Kay. Through my research Andy Kay appeared to be a very active multi-family Broker in the Central Coast of CA market. 1 worked closely with Andy and his client as we worked through the acquisition of two adjacent properties totalling 103 units in Santa Cruz.
The Seller had received from numerous other qualified groups, offers to purchase these properties. It was largely because of Andy’s persistence and long term relationship with the Seller that our group was selected as the Buyer. The negotiations,timing, and satisfying the Sellers exchange needs were challenging but Andy assisted every step of the way and we collectively got the job done right on time. The Seller had both reverse exchange and forward exchange needs to be met and the fact that one of the properties was an affordable housing property overseen by HUD added another level of complexity to these transactions.
Andy is a true professional and calmly assisted throughout to make sure these deals closed. We are thankful as a group that Andy brought these properties to us initially and look forward to working with Andy Kay again; a true professional Realtor who can make things happen.”
“Andy is a true professional. He has valuable local knowledge and an extensive database of Buyers that benefited me in my sale of a 103 unit apartment property in Santa Cruz. Unlike the numerous other Brokers that have approached me over the years, Andy listened to my needs and then worked diligently with me to help formulate and then execute on my desired exit strategy. Andy not only brought me the right Buyer for my property himself, but also assisted me with locating suitable out of state replacement properties. Working closely with Andy I was able to step away from the active management responsibilities of operating an apartment complex which has improved my lifestyle. Andy assisted me in navigating a complex series of 1031 and reverse exchanges and delivered by doing everything he said he would do.”
“Andy Kay recently assisted me with the sale of my 16 unit apartment property in Santa Cruz. I was involved in a challenging partnership however Andy did a masterful job of working through those issues. He not only represented us as Sellers and got us the price and terms we wanted but also brought us the Buyer who was an apartment investor that closed right on time.
Andy is a pro who gets things done no matter what the challenges.”
“Andy assisted us in the off-market purchase of a 168 unit property in Santa Cruz. With competing offers ,Andy’s solid relationship with the Seller and negotiating advise was able to counsel us through negotiations to become the eventual purchasers of the property. Once in contract, a large amount of deferred maintenance was discovered during our due diligence . Andy also helped us negotiate and secure a large multi-million $ Seller credit for repairs. His professionalism and result driven approach to the transaction proved invaluable. We won’t hesitate to work with Andy in the future.”
