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How
do Overseas Landlords Manage Properties?
Foreign Property Management PART 2
How
do successful overseas landlords tackle foreign property management for
rental properties that are
scattered all over the world without even leaving home? Find out how to
manage tenants and rental properties abroad with our overseas property
management guide.
Have You Read
Choice 1 Yet? If No, Click for Part 1 of this
Overseas Landlord Guide.
Choice
2: Hire a Property Manager to Handle Your Rental Property Overseas
There
are
solid reasons why handing over foreign property management tasks to a
trusted property manager is the most popular choice of landlords by far
- It's hands-free and worry-free as long as you pick the right property
manager to do the job for you.
Most
property management companies will charge about 5 to 10% of your
monthly rent depending of the range and quality of their services. Make
sure that you include your property management fees as part of your
rental expenses to see if it makes sense for you to hire a property
manager.
The
most effective way to slash your property management fees is
to hire them for tasks that are absolutely necessary. That is
why
it's highly recommended that you have a cheap and solid landlord
program such as Buildium
which allows you to collect rent from tenants online,
mail letters
to them and it update your accounting automatically.
If
you are a first time landlord and don't have any overseas friends to
help you watch over your overseas rental properties, then
going for the services of an overseas property management firm is a
no-brainer.
If
you want your rental properties abroad to be both profitable
and
hassle-free, it's crucial to take your time and pick a property manager
who is both competent and reliable. Click here to
learn how to choose and hire a property manager.
A
property
manager can take care of the all ins-and-outs of your foreign property
management - finding tenants, screening tenants, collecting rent,
maintaining the property and evicting any problem tenants if needed.
Choice
3: Get Your Friend or Family to Manage Your Overseas Rental
Property
If
you happen to know anyone who lives in same area as your foreign rental
properties, then you have a third choice of asking
them to help out with your overseas property management.
While it's often assuring to have
someone familiar to keep an eye on your investment rental properties
abroad, we
don't recommend that you simply toss the entire foreign property
management
chore to
them and take off.
Whether you
choose to pay your friends and
family a regular fee or have them do it for free is entirely up to you.
Personally we will recommend giving them a token sum of money to
show your appreciation. More importantly, this also fosters their sense
of
responsibility towards managing your tenants and rental
properties.
However
there is a major flaw with letting your friends handle your overseas
property management. As you will know first hand, managing a rental
property is
never a piece of cake.
You cannot and should not expect your
friends and family to be completely up to task. Without years of
experience, they will be at a total loss if a fire consumes your rental
property or a tenant simply walks out owing months of rent.
That's why you should only rely on them for simple
routine tasks like collecting rent or making basic repairs. When a
serious problem crops up, an overseas landlord should always be ready
to take charge and
clean up the mess.
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