I thought 20% commission was steep too. And 1500 euros for "setting up etc". Thats too vague for my liking. I would definately be pushing for exact marketing details nearer the time too. Unfortunately with it being a whole new resort and therefore a new service it will be harder to gather opinions on their service before signing up with them I would imagine.
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Originally Posted by howellmr
These management fees seem severe. I did a quick calculation at with a 6% interest rate, 20 year mortgage for 70% of the purchase price, I would need to recover 9% (of purchase price) in rental income just to breakeven on mortgage and rental fees. I factored 3% of rental income to cover cleaning and maintenance, i.e. 23% total rental management fees. This is almost 1/4 of rental income. How can they justify such a high percentage?
I DID NOT include utilities.
These estimates are significantly higher than were communicated to me earlier on in the project.
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