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Alex Filipe
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PM vs Turnkey Companies

Alex Filipe
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I'd like to start off by saying sorry if this in question is in the wrong category. My question involves PM vs Turnkey. I understand they both have there pros and cons but what about money? In theory wouldn't it be cheaper to hire a PM and find companies your personally to do the work needed to your properties? This seems also safer since PM companies tend to provide better service overall than Turnkey companies when it comes to managing the  property. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I feel as if I might be missing something here.

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Chris Clothier
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Originally posted by @Alex Filipe:

I'd like to start off by saying sorry if this in question is in the wrong category. My question involves PM vs Turnkey. I understand they both have there pros and cons but what about money? In theory wouldn't it be cheaper to hire a PM and find companies your personally to do the work needed to your properties? This seems also safer since PM companies tend to provide better service overall than Turnkey companies when it comes to managing the  property. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I feel as if I might be missing something here.

If you are new to real estate and planning to either use property management to manage what you are buying or a Turnkey company, then the answer is no.  You will not save money by going a DIY route and hiring a PM company.  You will pay more in price for service and product as well as the time you spend.  If your time is not worth much, then you might be able to go this route and come close to the pricing a quality TK company can provide.  It has to been my experience over the last 13 years to say that nay PM company offers better service than a TK company.  Even the bad turnkey companies tend to give their clients more attention than many PM companies I have experience with for the exact reason @Curt Davis mentioned.

The real problem with your question is that Turnkey is a marketing term.  It does not really describe anything as referenced even by what @Ryan D had to say on here.  He referenced that Turnkey companies get inflated rents and guarantee first year rent.  That may be true where he is located in MO., but I have not met a TK company that has been in business for any length of time and with any level of success that still uses guarantees to attract buyers or inflates rents.  Both are popular cuts to take at TK companies, but don't actually exist with most TK companies.  

Then again, like I said, Turnkey is a marketing term and there are literally hundreds of companies out there who us the word and yet have their own twist to how they operate.  Turnkey does not really describe an exact way a company does business or offers service.  

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