Meet Your Team
An entrepreneurial team of real estate investors.
The Ridgeback Team
We met in Ann Arbor, Michigan with similar passions in real estate, digital marketing, and investing.
Our business was formed after several conversations around entrepreneurship. The question we kept coming back to was "What industry best aligns with our passions and expertise?"
The answer was real estate management. Providing flexible-term, furnished, corporate rentals gives us the opportunity to bring our branding and digital marketing expertise into the real estate industry. We elevate our listings above cookie-cutter corporate housing while implementing robust marketing workflows to keep them booked year-round. Being real estate investors ourselves, we saw that our business model has the ability to reduce property owners' biggest expenses and maximize cash flow, while keeping their involvement with management of properties largely passive.
Ridgeback Property Management was created to fulfill our vision of providing more exciting housing options for corporate clients, while improving property owners' bottom line and experience of owning rental properties.
Navanas Chetsandtikhun
Listing Optimization
Navanas has a background in Search Engine Optimization. He applies that same skillset to optimizing Ridgeback's listings on Airbnb and other online travel platforms for maximum visibility.
Charley Vlietstra
Business Development
Charley develops and manages all partnerships. He is the point of contact for landlords and property owners and keeps partners informed on everything related to their investment property.
Our Experience
Real Estate
We have our own investment properties and understand the value of maximizing returns and building generational wealth.
Digital Marketing
Nearly 20 years of combined experience in digital marketing from SEO, data analytics, branding, and user experience.
Investing
While passions are great, we understand that ROI is the north star metric for both ourselves & our partners.