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Putting aside finding tenants, what surprises me is how so many investors out there are intimidated by self-managing once the tenants are in. When you ask them why they don't self-manage, it's the same two answers: "It's tax deductible" and "I don't have time". Yes, it's tax deductible. But...

Response to RedWing's post The quote feature doesn't seem to like requoting requoted quotes (!) 1. In Victoria, PMs charge about 2 weeks' rent as the letting/finding fee but I've negotiated 10 days or 1 week due to multiple properties or when I provide the photos and internet advertising text...

I also self-manage, except when it comes to finding a new tenants. The agents have access to the tenancy black list databases and they have time to make lots of business hours phone calls at once (I work so don't have much time during lunch to make heaps of calls). Otherwise I use ******** -...