The West End is Henrico County's premium corridor — the established neighborhoods along Patterson and Three Chopt, the master-planned communities toward Short Pump and Glen Allen, and some of the highest-rated schools in the region. If you own a single-family home here and you're deciding whether to rent it out, or your current manager isn't earning their cut, this page lays out the local market and exactly how RVA Group Realty handles homes in the West End. No quote form, no "call us to learn more." The numbers are below, and our full fee schedule is published.
What makes the West End a strong place to own a rental — and the kind of owner we built RVA Group Realty for.
Most of the West End rentals we manage didn't start as investments. They started as homes.
The story repeats: a family bought in Tuckahoe, Gayton, or one of the newer West End communities for the schools and the location, then a job moved them out of the area. Selling means giving up a mortgage rate they locked years ago and could never get again today. Renting keeps that rate intact and keeps a strong asset in the family. So they become landlords, not by plan, but because the math made the call.
If that's you, your priorities aren't a career investor's. You're not chasing maximum yield. You want the house protected, the rate protected, and the whole arrangement to run without becoming a second job you manage from another state. That's the owner we built RVA Group Realty for.
The West End is served by some of the strongest public schools in the region. Deep Run High School is Niche's number-one public high school in the Richmond area and number five in Virginia for 2026, with a 4-to-5-star SchoolDigger rating; Glen Allen High School ranks second among Henrico high schools. The West End also has a deep bench of top-rated elementary schools — Gayton, Tuckahoe, Rivers Edge, Twin Hickory, and others.
Rent runs well above the metro average. The Richmond metro median house rent is around $1,595/mo (Zillow, late 2025). There's no West-End-specific published median, so the honest proxy is Henrico County as a whole, where house rents run roughly $2,150 to $2,372 a month (Zumper, May 2026). The West End sits firmly at the top of that range — Henrico's premium tier — with larger four-bedroom homes renting well above the county average.
Well-priced homes lease fast — about 10 to 25 days across the metro, versus 30+ for overpriced ones. Henrico house rents cooled about 2.5% month-over-month into May 2026 even as the broader median rose roughly 5.3% year-over-year. Demand peaks May through August.
For an owner who used to live in the house, the real worry isn't the spreadsheet. It's a stranger treating your home carelessly while you're far away. Two things answer that directly.
We screen every applicant on credit, income, rental history, and background before anyone gets a key. The aim is a resident who can comfortably afford the home and has a record of caring for one.
In a school-driven market like the West End, that applicant pool is genuinely strong — families looking for a multi-year home in a specific school zone, not a short stay.
A full whole-home inspection is included in the activation fee — no separate charge, no markup. We document the home's condition before a resident moves in and inspect again on a schedule through the lease. You get a clear, photographed record of how your house is being treated, so small problems get caught while they're still small.
For owners who want an added layer, the Owner Benefit Package adds protections like rent protection if a resident defaults and real-time alerts on Virginia landlord-tenant law changes. Both tiers, with exact coverage, are on the pricing page.
Most Richmond property managers make you ask what they charge. We don't. Every West End owner sees the same numbers before any conversation starts.
A percentage of collected rent — and that's the whole story. No separate add-ons hiding behind it. The rate drops as your portfolio grows:
100% of resident late fees pass through to you, the owner. RVA Group keeps none — we didn't want any part of our income to depend on your resident paying late. One-time fees and the Owner Benefit Package tiers are laid out in full on our pricing page.
These are line items other managers quietly add. Each one is a place a manager can profit at your expense. We took them off the table:
Live listings filtered to the West End of Henrico from our management system. Pulls every West End home we currently have on the market.
Fetching live data from our management system.
Everything that matters for an owner decision is already on the table — the market, our fees, our policies. See the numbers and decide for yourself.