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Expertise for owners, real estate companies and property managers in Switzerland.

Well-founded articles and guides on managing rooms, flatshares, co-living and rental properties: operator solutions, costs, law and process. From hands-on owners and property managers.

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Renting and Managing Property in Switzerland: the Complete Owner Guide

Renting and Managing Property in Switzerland: the Complete Owner Guide

The full owner guide for Switzerland: letting, management, tenancy law and returns, with checklists, calculators and templates. Written from practice.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Have rooms, flatshares or co-living managed in Switzerland

Have rooms, flatshares or co-living managed in Switzerland

Operation and management for furnished rooms, flatshares and co-living: what it costs, how the process works and what owners and real estate companies should know.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Renting rooms and co-living: Is it worth it?

Renting rooms and co-living: Is it worth it?

How much more income co-living generates, what effort is involved, what the law requires and which properties it suits.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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What does property management cost in Switzerland?

What does property management cost in Switzerland?

Fees, models and a transparent worked example: what management costs and how owners recognise a fair offer.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Utility cost statement: the owner guide

Utility cost statement: the owner guide

Which charges may be billed, advance payments vs. flat rates, distribution key and the most common errors: the guide for Swiss owners.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Rent adjustment and reference interest rate

Rent adjustment and reference interest rate

When landlords may raise or must lower rent, how the reference interest rate works, deadlines and the official form for Switzerland.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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What does a property management do?

What does a property management do?

Tasks, duties and scope of services of a property management in Switzerland: commercial, technical, administrative, clearly explained.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Switch property management

Switch property management

When a switch is worthwhile, how it works and what to watch for at termination and handover. A practical guide for owners in Switzerland.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Self-manage or hire property management?

Self-manage or hire property management?

Self-management or delegating? Tasks, hidden costs, pros and cons and an honest decision checklist for owners in Switzerland.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Avoiding vacancy: what an empty month costs

Avoiding vacancy: what an empty month costs

What an empty month really costs and how to time a tenant changeover so that not a single day is lost between two tenancies.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Finding the right tenant

Finding the right tenant

Applicant screening, creditworthiness and avoiding rent loss, cleanly and in line with data protection.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Abolition of Imputed Rental Value: what changes for property owners from 2029

Abolition of Imputed Rental Value: what changes for property owners from 2029

What the abolition of imputed rental value from 2029 means for owner-occupied, rented and secondary properties, which deductions disappear and what is worth doing before end of 2028.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Tax window until 2028: which renovation still pays off now

Tax window until 2028: which renovation still pays off now

Value-preserving maintenance is only deductible from income for owner-occupied homes up to and including 2028. Which works are worth bringing forward, what counts as value-enhancing and how the energy exception works.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Real estate gains tax on sale

Real estate gains tax on sale

How the real estate gains tax is calculated, what holding period and investment costs do, and the legal levers that reduce your taxable gain. With a fully worked example.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Staff housing in Switzerland: the guide for companies

Staff housing in Switzerland: the guide for companies

Hotel, serviced apartment or furnished room: what staff housing costs, what applies legally and for taxes, and how companies find housing fast.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Posting workers to Switzerland: notification, deadlines, accommodation

Posting workers to Switzerland: notification, deadlines, accommodation

Eight-day notification deadline, the 90-working-day rule and the accommodation duty under the Posted Workers Act: the deadlines and duties for companies, with sources.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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Renting an apartment or rooms to a company

Renting an apartment or rooms to a company

Why companies are attractive tenants, the contract models, how to check creditworthiness and what applies when rooms are assigned to employees.

Jens Herbst
Jens Herbst
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