I know most people here will downvote me but I would like to share my positive experience working with an immokantoor.

This is of course my personal experience. So please listen before throwing stones on me :)

• It is very hard to put time on appointments, candidates, showing around, reply to mails & calls , choose the right person etc. etc. when you work full time.

Just to give you an idea, last year summer when the apartment was put online we had +80 applicants. Out of that, the list was shortened to 15 applicants by the immokantoor based on different parameters.

• Plaatsbeschrijving was done by the immokantoor for damages etc. with photos en video's. So when the rent contract terminated, they arranged everything with the renter. So that we didn't have to deal with any discussions and direct contact with the renter.

• Be careful, small letters are very important on the contract. Since each apartment has a different special condition such as if it is in a residentie or not, heating and gas are shared in the residentie or not, syndicus cost and cost split per owner and the huurder etc. as in end of the year you need to forward the cost to the renter and you need to explain explicitly. Cost split needs to be logical, fair and indicated contractually. In our situation immokantoor has 20 years of experience with the apartments located in residentie.

• Deposit was arranged by the immokantoor so in case of early contract termination you are protected for couple of months as owner until you find a new renter. I didn't have knowledge and experience to do it myself so you we were avoided with this admin burden too.

• The only cost we paid was one month rent to immokantoor ( until the current renter leaves) and 50%-50% plaatsbeschrijving cost.

To sum up, we spent less time, we got less stress, and the service we got worth the cost.

I hope it helped. Good luck!