Our mission
We empower stronger stewardship of every homestead and every worksite.
Based in San Antonio, Avodas documents homes and commercial buildings and handles independently requested property technology work.
Our vision
To accelerate the documentation of every property in Texas.
Our values
A.V.O.D.A.S.
Six commitments, spelling the name. They are the order we make decisions in when a decision is genuinely hard, and every Avodas product works to them.
Accountable
We own what we find and what we do. If we get something wrong, we say so and put it right, and we will tell you plainly when you do not need us.
Vision beyond the visible
We connect what is visible with available plans, equipment records and photographs. Where evidence is missing, we make the gap clear. Concealed systems stay unverified until plans or a field visit confirm them.
Others first — the owner’s interest, always
We never fix what we found. If one of our products documents or verifies a problem, no part of Avodas does that repair, so our findings stay honest. If the true answer is that you do not need the work, that is the answer you get.
Diligence in the details
A serial number read wrong is worse than one left blank. We photograph the nameplate, check the model against the manual, and tell you which parts of the record we measured and which we inferred.
Abundance — what we earn, we share
A portion of every project supports families in the Middle East and Africa. Not the leftovers at the end of a good year: a share of the work itself, project by project.
Stewardship
Every property we record belongs to someone who is trusting us with it. We treat it as if it were our own, and hand it back better understood than we found it.
The name
The work of. The worship of. The service of.
Avodas (ah-voh-DAHS) is a property intelligence company in San Antonio, Texas, founded by Chris Martin.
The name comes from avodah (עבוֹדָה), one Hebrew word for work, worship and service. We took it as our name because we think ordinary work, done with care and integrity, is a way of serving people. A building scanned properly. A record kept honestly. A number quoted fairly to someone who could not tell the difference if we did otherwise.
A portion of every project we take on goes to support families in the Middle East and Africa.
If you arrived here looking for something else — the word turns up in liturgy, in book titles, and in a few unrelated companies — this Avodas works on property in Texas.
The products
One company, focused products for property stewardship.
Every product is a brand of Avodas LLC, with its own site. What they share is the standard above.
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