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What Is a Reserve Requirement in Property Management?

1 Jul 2026 · 0 min

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Mendell Gosnell of Centurion Real Estate Management explains that a reserve is cash set aside for operating expenses and management fees, typically $500 to $800 per property, or up to $1,000 for a single-family home.

Hi, my name's Mendell Gosnell with Centurion Real Estate Management. One of the frequent questions we get from our clients is, what is the reserve amount? What's called a reserve requirement for each one of our properties that we manage? So for a single-family home, it might be something like $500 to $800, or maybe $1,000, uh, and then it goes up from there. That allows us to pay any ongoing operating expenses, to be able to take our management fee