The team

Who you will be working with.

An experienced team of previous owners, contractors, property managers, lawyers, and accountants.

Zihao Wang

CEO

Sets strategy and owner relationships, and holds the standard the rest of the company manages to. Reviews portfolio performance with owners directly.

Mandy Wang

COO

Runs day-to-day operations: maintenance coordination, vendor management, and the inspection program that keeps small issues from becoming large ones.

Joyce Goldstein

Chief Compliance Officer

Oversees leasing compliance, trust accounting, and every agreement we put in front of an owner or resident.

Michael Zhang

Property Manager

Named account manager for owners across the portfolio. Handles leasing, renewals, resident communication, and the monthly owner reporting.

Lorenzo Garcia

Assistant Property Manager

First response on maintenance requests and showings. Coordinates turns, schedules vendors, and keeps unit files and inspections current.

Frank Zhang

Accountant

Handles trust accounting, owner distributions, and month-end close. Reconciles every account before statements go out.

Our story

Started by owners, for owners.

The founders of Motiva originally employed 3rd-party property management. However, after struggling to find trustworthy, transparent, and reliable managers, they brought their portfolio in-house to manage.

Today, we manage all our clients' investments with the same standard, staff, and rigor we were looking for when we first started.

2007
First apartment building in Pasadena, CA.
2008
Started self-managing our own properties after disappointing third-party PM performance.
2021
Scaled to 1,700 units nationwide.
2024
Started third-party property management in SoCal.
Today
Growing team of experienced professionals providing the service we wish we had when we started.

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