Why Tenwise
An agent does the work and takes a slice of your rent.Tenwise does the work. You keep the slice.
You're already the landlord. Tenwise just hands you the tools an agent uses. You trade a little hands-on work for full control, clear costs, and none of your rent. Below: what you gain, what it costs, and the hours it really takes.
Why landlords switch
The benefits aren’t just cheaper. They’re yours.
Self-managing with Tenwise isn’t only about the fee you save. It’s about keeping control of the things an agent quietly takes over.
You keep all of your rent
No management fee, no cut of your rent, ever. One flat per-property price, whatever you charge in rent.
Compliance keeps up for you
State-specific templates, the right notices, and the deadlines that matter, built in. When the law changes, your templates change with it, so staying compliant isn't one more thing left to you.
Your money never sits with us
Rent moves by direct bank transfer from your tenant straight to you. You're the payee; Tenwise never holds your money or your bond.
You own your data
Your ledger, lease, receipts and tenant records are yours. Export them as CSV or PDF any time. No lock-in, no holding your file hostage.
Transparent, flat pricing
No surprise increases in your first year, 60 days' notice on any change after that, and the right to cancel before it takes effect with a pro-rata refund.
You keep the relationship
Talk to your tenant directly through in-app messaging. No agency relaying messages, no game of telephone.
Your numbers
What it costs vs a traditional agent
Move the slider to your actual rent. The agent column uses mid-range NSW fees; yours may be higher or lower.
$/wk
Traditional agent
$3,900
a year
Tenwise
$189
a year
You keep
$3,711
a year · 11.0% of rent
See the breakdown
What an agent charges
- Management fee (7.5%)$2,535
- Letting fee (1.1× weekly rent)$715
- Lease renewal (1× weekly rent)$650
What Tenwise charges
- Annual subscription ($189/yr)$189
- Setup fee$0
- Letting fee$0
- Lease renewal$0
- Percentage of your rent$0
Compares one property. Agent figures assume mid-range NSW fees with one new tenancy in the year (letting + renewal both apply); some charge less, some more, and inspections, statements and marketing are usually extra. Tenwise is $19/month for your first property and $9/month for each additional, regardless of rent or turnover.
Prefer your own numbers? Open the standalone calculator (shareable link, email yourself the result).
Your side of the trade
The honest hours
The dollars above are one side of the trade. The other is your time: the real reason most landlords pay an agent. Here's what self-managing with Tenwise actually takes.
- About 1 hour
Listing a property
Photos, the property details, and the ad: the AI drafts it, you edit and approve.
- About 2 hoursspread across a week
Screening a shortlist
Reading applications, calling references, and comparing applicants side by side.
- About 30 minutes
Signing the lease
Review the agreement, fill in the specifics, and send it for signing.
- About 15 minutes a monthplus maintenance events
Ongoing, per property
Rent reminders and record-keeping run themselves. Messages and inspections are the routine; a maintenance request adds time when it happens.
Your time
4–6 hours
per new tenancy
The agent’s fee for those hours
$3,900
a year: management, letting and renewal
Call it 4–6 hours per new tenancy. On $650 a week of rent, a typical agent charges about $3,900 a year: the 7.5% management fee, plus letting and renewal in a year with a new tenancy. The management fee alone is $2,535.
Same assumptions as the comparison above. For your own rent and fees, run the calculator.
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Keep control. Keep your rent.
Add your first property, publish the listing, and screen applicants, without handing a slice of your rent to an agent.
What you can hold us to
- Australian-owned and built, with a real person on email within 4 business hours.
- Rent moves bank-to-bank, never through us.
- No setup fee, no lock-in, no percentage of your rent. Cancel any time.
No card needed. First month free on monthly · 30-day money-back on annual.