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Property management fees vary, reaching 10% of rent for long-term and 40% for short-term rentals. Hiring a property manager can ease tenant finding, money handling, and maintenance issues.

Before you decide to self-manage or hire a property manager, you need to understand what goes into managing rental properties. A novice investor may see a rental property as a simple equation of: ...

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