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About Hearth & Ledger

Founded by an owner who got burned.

In 2009 Everett Boone bought a Garner rental and hired a manager. The statements arrived with rounded-up repairs, a 'misc admin' line, and a vacancy fee — a fee for nothing happening. Hearth & Ledger, founded in 2014, is the company he couldn't find: one published fee schedule, repairs at cost, and a statement built to be audited.

doors under management
642
owners, many out of state
388
of rent on time in 2025
98.2%
of tenants renewed
74%

The team

Four people own your outcome. By name.

No call centers, no ticket queues into the void. Every owner knows who runs their leasing, their maintenance, and their money — plus a bench of 40+ vetted, insured trade vendors across the Triangle.

Everett Boone, founder and broker-in-charge, in a navy suit against a dark studio background

Everett Boone

Founder & Broker-in-Charge

Everett bought his first Garner rental in 2009, got burned by a manager's surprise fees, and started Hearth & Ledger in 2014 to be the company he couldn't find. He still reads every owner statement format change personally.

Dana Whitfield, director of owner accounting, smiling with arms crossed in a dark blazer

Dana Whitfield

Director of Owner Accounting

Fifteen years in trust accounting. Dana owns the ledger: statements out by the 10th, invoices attached, deposits reconciled monthly. Her favorite sentence is 'check the attachment.'

Priya Raman, leasing director, smiling in a white blazer against a light background

Priya Raman

Leasing Director

Priya runs pricing, photography, and showings across the Triangle. Median 16 days to lease isn't luck — it's comps done properly and a phone that gets answered.

Mei-Lin Cho, maintenance and tenant experience manager, smiling with arms folded in a sky-blue shirt

Mei-Lin Cho

Maintenance & Tenant Experience Manager

Mei-Lin dispatches the 24/7 line and manages the vendor bench — 40+ vetted trades, zero markup. Tenants renew because maintenance actually happens; owners stay because it happens at cost.

House rules

Four principles, twelve years old.

  1. 01

    The fee page is the whole fee page

    If a charge isn't published, our agreement doesn't allow it. This sentence has been in every contract since 2014.

  2. 02

    Repairs are costs, not revenue

    We don't own a maintenance company and never take vendor kickbacks. The invoice you see is the invoice we paid.

  3. 03

    Bad news travels fastest

    A tenant giving notice, a roof quote, a missed rent — you hear it from us first, with the plan attached.

  4. 04

    We'd rather lose the pitch than the trust

    If self-managing or selling is your better answer, we say so in the proposal. Owners remember honesty longer than brochures.

No surprises, in writing

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