How to Fire Yourself and Still Scale Your Portfolio Successfully
Summary
This article from BiggerPockets discusses the importance of automating and systemizing your STR business to avoid burnout and scale successfully. It highlights the hidden costs of DIY property management and the benefits of using property management software. Hosts should consider evaluating their current workload and implementing tools like automated rent collection and maintenance requests to free up their time for business growth.
Key Insights
- •Hiring a third-party property manager can cost 8% to 12% of your gross rent. This can be a worthwhile investment to alleviate your workload, but setting up a property management software that can organize your business and articulate rental data back to you is an essential tool for scalability and cash flow growth.
- •Every minute spent on administrative tasks is one you’re not underwriting new deals, building relationships with brokers, or thinking strategically about your business.
Action Items
- ✓Consider implementing systems like automated rent collection, streamlined maintenance, and consistent tenant screening with software.Effort: mediumImpact: high
Tools & Resources
- →RentRedi: Using a smart property management software like RentRedi gives you the power of a professional system without the overhead of outsourcing everything.
Common Mistakes
- ⚠If you’re not tracking expenses properly or logging deductions, you’re leaving money on the table every year at tax time.
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