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As a rental property owner, you might find yourself wondering whether you should hire a property manager. At first, it might seem like outsourcing your residential property management will just eat into profits, as you’ll need to start paying a property manager salary. But when a property manager is equipped with the right tools, you’ll not only save yourself tons of time, you might actually be able to increase your rental income.

When you get a lot of poor quality tenant leads, you’re not just giving yourself more work in having to sift through them all to find a good one. You’re also opening the door of opportunity for your competitors to get to the high quality tenant leads before you can. That’s a risk that a property manager can’t afford to take in today’s tight rental market.

When you add up your tenant vacancy costs, you’re likely thinking of lost rental income, which is easy to quantify -- you know exactly how much potential revenue you’re missing. You probably also automatically count in any mortgage payments or HOA fees that you’ll need to continue to pay even though the property isn’t earning any income. Those are hard costs that are easy to see.