The True Cost of Self-Managing a Rental Property in New Zealand
About half of all rental properties in New Zealand are self-managed by their owners. For some landlords, it works well. For many others, it’s a slow bleed of time, money, and energy that they don’t fully account for — because the costs don’t arrive in a single invoice.
We talk to self-managing landlords in Kerikeri every week. Some are doing a great job. Most are tired. And almost all of them, when they sit down and add up the real numbers, are surprised by what self-management is actually costing them.
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