Property Management Companies are a great way to own your investment properties, pocket the rent and keep your sanity, all at the same time. Many landlords love the passive income that rentals can provide, but hate actually being a landlord. The best solution is to hire a property management company to take the burden off of your shoulders. We’ve already discussed how a property management company comes in handy by renting your property quickly, and to qualified tenants, but where they really shine is with managing the occupied property. Here are just a few reasons you’ll love hiring a property manager:

Rent – This is the entire reason you own an investment property—for the passive, monthly income it produces. The problem with some landlords is that they end up chasing their rent for days or even weeks, and that’s hoping that they’ve qualified their tenant and know that they have a steady job and enough income to make monthly, on-time payments. For this reason, plenty of landlords dread the first of the month. It’s a new month filled with excuses, promises of partial payment or making multiple unreturned phone calls and voicemails for tenants. Collecting rent from your tenants can become an even bigger problem if you’ve befriended your tenants, since they no longer consider you their landlord with your own expenses. This is sadly common, especially if the owner has a duplex or multi-unit building and lives just next door. It’s even more important that you hire a property manager in these cases, since you would probably benefit from befriending your neighbors and enjoying their company. […]