Property management fees in Brisbane: what you actually pay for

How Brisbane fees are structured

Most Brisbane agencies charge a percentage of rent collected as the ongoing management fee, plus a letting fee when a new tenancy starts. Some add charges for routine inspections, lease renewals, statements or advertising. The headline percentage tells you little on its own: two agencies quoting the same rate can differ by hundreds of dollars a year once the extras are counted.

What the fee should buy you

A management fee is paying for outcomes: shorter vacancies, tenants who are screened properly, rent reviewed at every renewal, maintenance handled before it compounds, and compliance with Queensland tenancy law handled without you thinking about it. If your property sits vacant an extra fortnight each year, the saving from a cheaper fee is gone several times over.

• →Pricing and marketing that lease the property fast
• →Genuine tenant screening, not just a database check
• →Routine inspections with reports you actually receive
• →Rent reviews at every renewal, backed by suburb data
• →Maintenance coordinated with trusted, fairly priced trades
• →Compliance: smoke alarms, minimum housing standards, bond and entry rules

The questions to ask any agency

Ask what the all-in annual cost looks like for your property, not just the percentage. Ask how many properties each manager personally handles, what their average vacancy is, and how rent reviews happen. The answers separate agencies that manage properties from agencies that collect rent.

Where LINK Living sits

We keep the structure simple and put the effort where it pays you: pricing accuracy, presentation and fast leasing. Our managed properties have achieved rents ahead of the market average, and our owners deal with a person who knows their property, not a call centre.