Seriously? Yes and No.

Aaron Duggan • April 28, 2025

Serious About Property Management (Not So Much About Ourselves)

If you’ve ever scrolled through our social media or stopped by the office, you may have noticed something:

  • We laugh a lot.
  • There are inside jokes.
  • There are impressions (mostly of mourning doves).
  • You may even ask yourself, “Are these people COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH CATS?”
    (
    Answer: Yes.)


And yet, things get done.

  • ✅ On time.
  • ✅ Thoroughly.
  • ✅ Thoughtfully.


Because while we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we take property management very seriously.


How It All Started


I built this company by hiring people I enjoy being around—people with good instincts, good hearts, and a good sense of humor.


None of them came from this industry, and that’s exactly the point:


  • We can teach you how to calculate prorated rent.
  • We can’t teach you how to care about people, communicate with clarity and compassion, or stay calm when a pipe bursts in the middle of the weekend.
  • Or when a tenant calls about raccoons in the attic at 4:00 a.m.


(Note to self: Add MORE RACCOON CONTENT to the TPM Insta feed.)


What We’ve Learned


When you make space for joy, silliness, and strong personalities in the workplace, people show up. Literally—they come to work and they bring their A-Game.


  • But also, they show up as themselves.
  • They’re more relaxed when talking to a frustrated tenant.
  • They’re more patient with an anxious new owner.
  • They’re more willing to go the extra mile—because they know they are valued here.


And that makes a difference you can feel—whether you’re renting from us, working with us, or just reading our blog hoping for another photo of my cat, Bacon, the Tranquility CFO (Chief Feline Officer — see obligatory photo below).



Why It Matters


We didn’t set out to build a “funny” property management company—we set out to build a good one.

Turns out, the two go hand in hand.


We believe you can do serious work and still have fun while you’re doing it.


In fact, we think that might be the only way to do it well.



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