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Self-Manage vs. Property Manager

Equity Growth Partners

A management fee is easy to see. The hours, the longer vacancies, and the turnovers you eat while self-managing are not. Put both on one page, price your time honestly, and see which side actually nets more.

Portfolio

What your time earns elsewhere, or what you would pay someone to do this.

Self-Managed

Share of rent due that is actually collected after delinquencies and write-offs.

Listings, screening, showings you pay for out of pocket.

With a Manager

Vacancy is counted separately. This is make-ready and admin.

Headline

Net Difference per Year
$0
Manager Fees per Year
0
management, leasing, markup
Your Time, Self-Managed
0
hours x hourly value, per year
Hours Back per Year
0
self-managed hours less managed hours
Hourly Value Where It Flips
0
above this, hiring wins

Full Comparison Pro

Open the line-by-line comparison (rent collected, vacancy, turnover, leasing, maintenance, fees, and your time) for both paths, the net operating result of each, and a printable page for your own decision file or a client pitch.

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Per YearSelf-ManagedWith ManagerDifference

Chicago rentals, managed by operators

Breakthrough Realty manages Chicago rentals for landlords and investors, and Equity Growth Partners owns and rehabs its own units through GMPI and Breakthrough Design & Construction. These are the numbers we run on our own portfolio.

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