Cardinal Management Group

Fantastic experience: Danny from Cardinal Management is very helpful and always responds to emails and any requests in a prompt manner. He is professional and reliable whenever you need for any issues or questions. Thank you Danny

Negative experience: Here's a firm, factual one-star review that focuses on your experience without making claims you can't support: ⭐☆☆☆☆ I would not recommend Cardinal Rental to other property owners. Our biggest issue has been communication—or rather, the complete lack of it. As property owners, we've repeatedly tried to reach them by email, phone, and voicemail. The office voicemail is consistently full, so you can't even leave a message. We've also called the after-hours emergency line and received no response. What's even more concerning is that our tenants have experienced the same lack of communication. A property management company should be accessible to both owners and renters, especially when issues arise. The situation has become so frustrating that we've decided to terminate our management agreement. Unfortunately, we can't even do that because no one responds to our attempts to contact the company. A property management company is supposed to provide peace of mind. Instead, we've been left wondering if anyone is actually monitoring communications at all. Until Cardinal Rental addresses its responsiveness and customer service, I cannot recommend them.

Negative experience: I would not recommend this company if you value communication, responsiveness, and accountability. Previously had my condo property managed by Cardinal management. Josh was great in the beginning, but after about six months, the service and communication declined. Looking back, I should have paid more attention to the negative Yelp reviews about this management team's lack of responsiveness, specifically Josh. I eventually severed ties with the company last fall after waiting 2–3 weeks for a response regarding a lease renewal that was late and then failing to collect proper rent twice after the new lease was signed. I also tried reaching another person, the owner Peter, but never received a response. The biggest issue is the lack of accountability from anyone on this team. Based on the company's responses to other negative reviews on Yelp and Google, they seem more focused on blaming customers than addressing legitimate concerns.

Negative experience: Avoid Cardinal at all costs. We rented through them and have had an absolute nightmare experience that is still ongoing. As tenants, they were unresponsive and failed to fix multiple problems with our unit. After we moved out and returned the unit, we were unable to get our security deposit back and were forced to pursue the matter through small claims. They are still refusing to pay us as determined by the judge and trying to charge us rent for a unit we vacated almost six months ago.

Fantastic experience: I am a paint contractor and I want to share my praise for the team here. We work with many property management groups, and we have had nothing but positive experiences working with Cardinal Management. Producing multi-family construction projects can be very stressful, but Cardinal has always gone above and beyond to make sure these projects run smoothly for both us on the vendor side, and their clients on the resident side. It’s hard to find management groups that truly care about their client and vendor experience, so I have to give credit where it’s due! I also have to highlight that we get paid for our work in a timely manner, which is much appreciated and hard to come by. A big thank you to the entire team, with a special shoutout to Danny, Peter, and Josh! Keep up the great work!

Negative experience: Cardina group taking care of The Degree in Las Vegas (Ashley V) to be exact is the worst. Very unprofessional. A unit takes two months to be fixed from mold and only offers one month credit. And still has the nerve to say I have children so I know it’s hard. Obviously not. Herself she would not pay rent until the unit was fix. That’s bad for the health. Maybe you should take another management class to know everything about apartments. Key number one… communication with tenants would have helped in all this situation for two months!!!!!!!

Fantastic experience: Our HOA management was sold to LBPM which is the worst property management company in LA. Especially being a small community, they gave us no attention or service (but they loved taking our money). Luckily Danny and his team at Cardinal Management came in and saved the day. They really care about the little guys and made transitioning to their company quick and easy. We're finally getting the attention we deserve. If you're looking for new management, I highly recommend considering Cardinal. I wish we did it sooner!

Negative experience: Absolutely TERRIBLE management, wish I could give zero stars. Manager Danny Padilla is extremely unprofessional, and slow to fix building issues. My condo's entire laundry room is broken, management said it would be closed for a week originally - it's been broken for a full month, with no update on repairs. Additionally, there have been numerous leaks in many apartment units that take months to get fixed. Absolutely awful.

Negative experience: Peter Ryan was rude and unhelpful in addressing an issue we reported.

Fantastic experience: Danny has been great to work with. Responsive, friendly, transparent. Property management is not an easy job… managing lots of personalities through various issues. Big thanks to Danny for always staying so positive and helpful!

Negative experience: Our property manager is Leslie Hernandez from this company. She is the most incompetent manager I've encountered. She doesn't return calls or emaiils for weeks. She also seems to have different rules for different apartments in our complex. Don't hire this company if you have choice.

Negative experience: Owners run away before it's too late

Negative experience: 07/24/2025 Worse scenario, they are now in breach of contract, refusing to fix or replace non working stove; sent Eagle Rock Appliance Repair, Nick, for a fraudulent repair visit, came with no tools to measure heat out-put. Sad to see this well respected repair company in cahoots with Josh Underwood, Cardinal Management thugs. Now investigating whether this was Nick's first or second visit to this non-working oven. For the record, Cardinal Management has refused for four years - four years - has refused to fix or replace oven and FRIDGE. Horrific, stressful services provided by this company GUARANTEED! Review fro 06/21/2023 We expected poor service due to poor ratings 2.6. I made sure to document everything. this caused a serious problem between J.Underwood and I. (Everything is documented). On June 21, 2023 after writing a negative review on Yelp, on J. Underwoods lack of service, someone (J. Underwood has master key) accessed our mailbox. With charcoal they burnt/mostly melted the windows on the envelopes. They they put it back and left charcoal. Always a coward, he won't see me face to face. But he or someone else violated my rights. PCM, L. Nicoletti, in charge of HOA, refuses to release the security tape. Cardinal Mgmt and PCM cover each others back. They are cyber bullies. Hey J. Underwood, you don't intimidate me. But you know, you have affected my health. Not today, perhaps tomorrow, I will get justice! And you will lose your Property Management License. People please take the time to read reviews. You will notice many recent 5 stars on Yelp, all recent, due to their continued poor ratings they have been asking for reviews. Even my landlord lied about them. Do your homework, read 2 year old reviews.

Fantastic experience: I write about Mac Padilla, a property manager with Cardinal Group because I believe he should be recognized as a truly excellent manager. I'm persuaded of this after several years experience with him in a condominium association managed by him as a representative of Cardinal. Mac is responsive. I and others in the condo building have reached out to him numerous times about some issue large or small. He always responds quickly and gets things done. This is something of a joy in a world where reaching out to companies and bureaucracies can be frustrating. But that's not Mac! Mac is knowledgeable. He knows about real estate law, condo CC&R's, and city codes, and is able to provide expert guidance on a range of issues, particularly management of financials. Mac is also a leader. I have observed him in meetings with our homeowners and board members where he guides thinking and decisions by presenting reasoned alternatives and spelling out consequences. This is invaluable because boards and homeowners often need to be educated about what's required to maintain the association's health. Overall, Mac and Cardinal have been a blessing to our condo dwelling.

Fantastic experience: Our brokerage represented the seller and Peter Ryan was extremely helpful throughout the entire process. He was consistently responsive and took the time to answer all of our questions. Truly appreciated! Thank you so much. The buyers are very happy with their new home.

Fantastic experience: Getting connected with Danny and Cardinal Management has been a blessing for our HOA. The management fee is more than fair and what we get in return has been a day/night difference compared to the old management company (if you can even call them that).. Since switching over, we have immediately noticed a difference in professionalism, communication, and overall operations. We have also been connected with competent vendors that know what they are doing and our HOA is slowly on the road to rebounding. Danny, thank you for all that you do.

Fantastic experience: I've had the pleasure of being a part of the Cardinal Management Group for a little over a year now, and I must say that I am beyond pleased with the exceptional service they provide. Whenever I have requested a service, it has been promptly addressed within hours. Recently, I experienced a flooding issue in my garage, and to my amazement, Mr. Danny Padilla swiftly arranged for a plumber to fix the problem within an hour. What truly impressed me was that I received a follow-up call from a gentleman who scheduled a drywall repair within a couple of days. Mr. Padilla, your dedication to providing outstanding service is truly commendable, and I am thoroughly impressed. Cardinal Management Group should take great pride in having a CEO as exceptional as you on their team. Keep up the fantastic work!

Fantastic experience: I've been the President of my HOA for 7 years, and on the Board for 11 and Cardinal is our 4th Management Company. We fired the others and tried Cardinal and it was the best decision our Board has ever made. Danny and his team are SO much better than the others. They are totally on top of everything, easy to reach, responsive, have amazing follow-through, and give us great advice. They are extremely communicative about everything, and have incredible relationships with vendors that they tap into for us. Termites - they know the best company. Insurance rates are too high - they have a broker that will do it for a little less. Online banking and portal - works great and is super efficient etc...I can't say enough about how happy we are now with Danny and Cardinal.

Fantastic experience: From the day we've moved in, Danny and his team have been responsive to every HOA- related question or concern we've had, no matter how significant or insignificant. I've dealt with some lackluster HOAs before, so having a team this responsive has been a pleasure.

Fantastic experience: Very supportive and quick management team. They all attend to our needs with great efforts and we’ve seen improvements in any issues we’ve brought up. They respond to emails quickly and brings any issue with the HOA board right away!

Positive experience: I would have liked to have given this management company 3 and a half stars if it was possible. Danny and I had a few issues during the time his company was managing our condo complex, but for the most part he did a pretty good job. He maintained our building much better than our current property management company and the place was in much better condition. He was able to manage the property without any special assessment fees which our current management company does not do. All in all I would have much preferred for Danny's company to have continued managing our complex but was not my decision to be made. Overall, even though we had our disagreements, he was for the most part professional and very transparent with the end of year expense reports (something our current company does not do well).

Fantastic experience: My HOA has used Cardinal Management Group for years. I've personally worked with Angee the past 3 years and she's both responsive and thorough. I would recommend their services.

Negative experience: Failed to pay bills, lost track of money, was unresponsive, failed to keep adequate records. I can't imagine a worse HOA management experience. I'd recommend any prospective customers think carefully before hiring Danny and Mac, and perhaps interview some prior clients to learn about their experiences. Correcting my review as requested: The HOA manager failed to offer regular financial reports per contract. The HOA manager failed to notify the board of its (claimed) inability to pay bills. The HOA manager failed to notify the HOA board about upcoming insurance renewals. The HOA manager collected thousands in dues for a period of 3 months and paid no bills, and when asked to provide documentation of where the money went turned it around on the Board claiming that we previously refused to raise dues. The board in my time never refused a recommended dues increase (it was proposed and accepted once during my time with the HOA, nearly 5 years). Most importantly, when the HOA wrote to the management company to request clarification on why bills weren't paid without any notice to us (keep in mind, the bills go directly to the manager, the only way we can know about them is from reports from the manager, which were inconsistent/undelivered), rather than engage in a dialog with us to help us understand what may perhaps have been an innocent mix-up for one of their smaller clients, were told we're irresponsible and didn't raise dues. They completely dodged our request for good faith clarification and instead jumped to excuses.

Fantastic experience: worked with Danny for many years at Dogtown, and he was very efficient, professional and quick to respond to any issue I had (and there were several). I would highly recommend him for any real estate management needs.

Fantastic experience: As one of the Board members for my HOA, I have frequent interaction with Cardinal. Angee Parayno has been wonderful as our primary contact. She provides excellent guidance with her deep knowledge of the industry and works quickly to resolve any financial/maintenance issues that might occur. Great support from this property manager.

Fantastic experience: We've been working with Danny and his Cardinal Management team for several years providing services. They have always been pleasant to work with and they make an effort to keep their properties well maintained. Highly recommend Cardinal Management!

Fantastic experience: I have been working with Angee Parayno for 3 years now and she is fantastic. She is very responsive and is always willing to help. Definitely recommend working with her!

Negative experience: I'm posting this review with my mother. Danny Padilla was rude in his interactions with my mother who voiced concerns, as a homeowner, with the way Cardinal was managing the property and enforcing HOA rules. I recall reading his email responses and thinking how reactive, arrogant, and unprofessional he was, and I was doubly surprised after finding out he's the owner. Angee, on the other hand, was pleasant to work with and wasn't condescending like Danny. I'm legitimately surprised there are reviews praising him.

Fantastic experience: The communication and follow-up is the best. Always keeps the Board updated of all repairs regarding our townhome community. Great management company.

Negative experience: Management is unresponsive to obligations under law (no hot water). I had to bring my own plumbers to figure out the issue as I was waiting for 3 months from them. I paid out of pocket and never got anything back. Broken boiler, leaks take 6 months at least to get resolved, trash doesn’t get picked up, we can’t even change the code of our building as people park illegally all the time. We even had break ins but Danny is always very rude and makes people feel bad if they ask questions and request something to get fixed. Nothing gets fixed and the only way to get something done is by threatening them with lawsuits. I’d stay away from them!

Fantastic experience: Very positive experience with Cardinal Management Group, esp Danny. We went through several HOA companies and finally found a team that was thorough, communicative and extremely effective!

Fantastic experience: Great experience, very responsive and professional. Felt supported the entire time and enjoyed every interaction.

Fantastic experience: So far so good! I've owned my condo for almost 24 years and been through many management companies. I've reached out to Danny several times and he is always quick to respond. I appreciate that....many of the management companies in the past would never respond.

Fantastic experience: Danny was always helpful and responsive. He completely organized our financial records, recommended vendors when we needed repairs, and followed up on everything. A great value-add for an HOA.

Fantastic experience: I am a board member of a small condominium complex. We switched to Cardinal Management Group in late 2022 and Danny Padilla has been directly managing our condo since then. Danny is responsive, professional, knowledgeable, and levelheaded. He offers guidance on inspections, projects, insurance, overall HOA rules, etc. I also heard compliments about Danny from vendors. Given his very busy schedule and heavy workload, he does his best to help our community. It has been a pleasure to work with Danny.

Fantastic experience: It was a pleasure working with Danny. He was incredibly kind to our crew! Thank you Danny!

Fantastic experience: Angee at Cardinal management is the absolute best! She’s always quick to reply to any concerns and she takes initiative in helping our HOA board save money! Angee is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to property management it’s been such a pleasure working with her. I’d definitely recommend her if you’re looking for a property manager who is not only affordable but one of the best in the industry!

Fantastic experience: Angee Parayno is the glue for us at Cardinal Management. She excels at every task our condo community has asked of her. The diligence and care she has shown exemplifies the mission of Cardinal Managemnet. I am grateful always for her help in navigating our HOA through our needs and keeping our monthly on point. Grateful for Cardinal and especially Angee. Anthony Kantor

Fantastic experience: Angee @Cardinal has been fantastic! She’s always on top of it, fast yo communicate and has to put up with more than she should from our very new and inexperienced board members! I highly recommend her and Cardinal Management if your HOA is looking for new representation.

Fantastic experience: Danny is very easy to communicate with. He is passionate about managing and it definitely shows. Always providing any information I request in a timely manner. Also providing detailed descriptions of the ongoing issues, as well as the solutions available. For example, he’s been able to quickly resolve garage door malfunctions, elevator maintenance, and any pipe issues we’ve had. I would highly recommend Danny for any property management needs.

Fantastic experience: Cardinal Management has managed the HOA I have lived at for many years. In the 9 years I have lived here, Josh and Danny have always done their best to respond asap and coordinate vendors to assist with any issues. They have seen our building through some tough times and still made sure things were taken care of. Kudos to you both!

Fantastic experience: I’ve used Cardinal for a number of years and Danny has been great in coordinating a major plumbing issue as well as more minor repair work.

Fantastic experience: I've been in the real estate Property Improvement (PI) world for past 18 years and I consider Cardinal Management an indispensable partner in the HOA real estate industry. Danny and his team take the stress of managing HOA real estate and turn it into a positive experience. I would say CMG is Essential part of a HOA community. Cardinal Management Group is very qualified to handle any and all HOA issues. They pay attention to details and are very knowledgeable.

Fantastic experience: We have been working on a communications project with Danny for some time now and are very impressed with how professional and responsive they are both when communicating with us and responding to their client's needs. I would recommend doing business with Cardinal Management Group to anyone.

Negative experience: The system they used to run their criminal record (Buildium) showed someone else’s crimes under my name and they didn’t believe that it wasn’t my criminal record even after calling the court to confirm it was in fact someone else’s crimes. Didn’t appreciate tone and understanding of agents while working with them.

Fantastic experience: Danny Padilla is a star. He is responsive, knowledgable and has completely changed how our Board operates, for the better. Not to mention, Cardinal has modern, online portals for our building to use for payments and admin requests. Thank you guys!

Fantastic experience: Danny Padilla is the best HOA manager I have worked with! Very attentive to details and has so much knowledge on so many things. Danny you are the best! Thank you!

Negative experience: Cardinal Management South Pasadena DESPICABLE EXPERIENCE IN EVERY WAY

Fantastic experience: Padilla has years of experience, is very knowledgeable in the field, has strong problem solving skills, and is able to execute solutions in a time of crisis. When I hired Danny in early 2020, my team was in crisis mode. The pandemic created hugh uncertainty among my HOA vendors and we needed to revamp quickly. Danny brought in able vendors and tackled issues important to the HOA Board and community. Overall, Cardinal Management is solid!

Fantastic experience: Our HOA has been dealing and working with Danny Padilla, of Cardinal Management Group for several years now. Danny is our go to guy. Always prompt, efficient and helpful. Danny is very knowledgeable and his expertise has made our job as a Board so much easier.

Fantastic experience: Really grateful for these guys! We've been working with Danny and Cardinal Management for several years now and we are so pleased with their service. Danny is incredibly responsive and anytime something needs to be taken care of, he is on it! I don't wish HOA management upon anyone so we feel VERY lucky that we get to work with a crew as effective and easy to work with as Cardinal. I cannot recommend hiring them enough!

Negative experience: Very unprofessional. Never takes care of its clients and is only interested in making money. This management company should be avoided at all costs and I would not recommend their service to anyone.

Negative experience: Response time to emails or phone calls is absurd. Either they are incompetent or just don’t care. When we were closing our realtor and everyone else involved couldn’t believe how difficult Danny was to deal with. When he does bother to call/email back he often doesn’t even address everything that is asked.

Fantastic experience: I have been quite pleased with the management Cardinal provides for our HOA. I've personally worked with Danny Padilla and have found him to be consistently responsive to my various emails and helpful in explaining systems processes when working with our HOA's guidelines and such. I believe he provides an unbiased third party opinion when needed when our HOA has questions. Happy to recommend working with this group.

Fantastic experience: Cardinal Management Group has been a pleasure to work with. They are responsive and make life easy for us in the HOA. I’ve been particularly impressed with the CEO Danny’s level of professionalism as he manages difficult HOA challenges and challenging homeowners.

Negative experience: I have to be real, because sometimes if you don't say something, nothing gets fixed. Cardinal had a roofing co. come to demo and replace the roofing on some of the homes in our gated communtity. However they gave us NO notice or heads up. So the roofing co. popped up on Monday morning, lock and loaded and demoed the roof without us being prepared.Then they said the Roofing Co. would take about a week but it was doubled. I mean if the roof has to be replaced, it is what it is. However at least give out a two week notice so everyone can prepare and for example set up the backyard to accommodate for debris; nails, chips of wood, roofing material falling all over your tables, tents and etc. This was in my opinion outright unprofessional, inconsiderate and faulty on Cardinal's end. My intent is not to make no one or any co. look bad, but to correct matters for the future.

Negative experience: It took them over a year to replace the lights near the stairs where someone could easily fall or trip, that’s a safety hazard. They never cut the grass in my back patio, the pools have been closed all year. Tell me again why tf I should pay you $390 each month when you literally can’t even do the bare minimum? Where is the money going?!!! The rest of these reviews indicate that a class action lawsuit needs to be opened...

Negative experience: we dismissed this company about two years ago but I agree with the people who say a minus 5.. rude, incompetent, insulting and untruthful. I think they are the most incompetent management company I've come across in my lifetime and i am OLD

Negative experience: Terrible HOA, we finally dropped them and it was long overdue. It felt like they had no clue what they were doing.

Negative experience: WORSE HOA company I've met. When I shared my experiences with other nearby area residents, everybody has better HOA management team- so, Don't go with this company! The owner is not responsive, unwilling to provide common area issue suggestion or to solve it. Clients pay expensive HOA fee but got limited service.

Negative experience: One of the worst management company. Asking for fix something? No way they will not give you answer, Danny Padilla no answer at all and you can expect to get an answer if is fast after a month with no any solution. I have too many complains that can take all day. I regretted to give you one star.

Negative experience: Bad management company. Nothing ever gets fixed.

Negative experience: If can give us the option of a “no star” rating, Cardinal management group will get a -5. Their CEO Danny Padilla is arrogant and under-handed in his management style. We had repair requests in our townhouse for a month or two and were never taken care of eventhough he was told personally what needs to be done. His correspondence is rude and often insulting. CEO do not work weekends... hello? We don’t have time weekdays evening to have meetings. We need to make a living to pay our association fee.you know! Absolutely a terrible management company.

Negative experience: Poor management company. All they do is take your money and not doing any maintenance. Takes weeks to replace light or adjust timing. 1/4 of our community light have been on 24 hours a day for weeks and lights still not fixed after over a month. Danny is the worst !