What Is Property Management Fee?
A property management fee is what a landlord pays a property manager to handle leasing, rent collection, maintenance coordination, and tenant issues, typically 8-12% of monthly collected rent.
Why it matters
This ongoing operating expense should be built into any rental cash flow analysis, even for a self-managing investor, to keep return comparisons realistic if management is ever outsourced.
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