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Old 07-23-2024, 09:24 AM
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Default I’d like to talk to you about being my own landlord

We are debating about going with a company or save the money and doing it ourselves but not sure about how to go about it. Since I’m not down there who do I get to clean the house, who can I trust to fix things, who do I get to look in on things? These are just some of the questions I have. What kind of contract do you use? Please reply as soon as possible. Thank you





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Originally Posted by MrChip72 View Post
Landlord here. Almost everyone that I've talked to that used a property management company here has had a negative experience. This is on top of the company taking 30-50% off the top of the rental income that you would keep 100% of otherwise. I highly recommend just managing it yourself. There's almost no reason not to. My northern home is over 1200 miles from here. You can do everything over the phone nowadays, and there's several homewatch companies in the Villages that can handle unexpected things.

Personally, we just have our home posted on "Rent From a Villager". Take some good pictures and do a decent writeup and that's all you need to get started.