Self-Manage vs. Professional Management: Run Your Numbers

Run your own numbers · Clinton, IA

Doing it yourself is costing you $0 a year.

Self-managing “saves” the management fee — then quietly gives it back through vacancy, turnover, under-market rent, and your weekends. Drag the sliders. It’s your math, not ours.

Your time back: 0 hrs/yr 10-year gap: $0 Benchmarks: top-quartile PM

Your property

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Monthly market rent

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Hours managing, per unit / month

What your time is worth

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YouVB PM Vacant days per turnover Tenant turnover (%/yr) Cost per turnover ($) Rent achieved (% of market) Rent collected (% billed) Management fee (% rent) Leasing fee (% of 1 mo/turn)

Managing it yourself

net to you, per year

Your hours0Vacancy loss$0Turnover$0

ValueBuilt managing it

net to you, per year

Your hours0Vacancy loss$0Turnover$0

Net income per year

Yourself

ValueBuilt

The gap compounds: 10-year cumulative net

Cumulative net income, not invested — just what lands in your account.

Where the rent goes (annual)	Yourself	ValueBuilt

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How this works: both columns start from the same market rent. The ValueBuilt column uses top-quartile property-management benchmarks — the standard we hold our own Clinton portfolio to — for days-to-lease, tenant retention, and collections. Self-management defaults come from published industry analyses (≈5 hrs/door/month, $2,500–$4,000 per turnover, longer vacancy from limited marketing reach). Every assumption is editable — put in your own numbers. Planning estimate only; not a quote or financial advice.

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