Louisiana Property Management Fees: What Managers Charge in 2026
What property management costs in Louisiana
Property managers in Louisiana quote 8%–12% of collected rent. On Louisiana’s average apartment rent of $1,260, 10% works out to $126 a month, or $1,512 a year before a single lease is signed.
The arithmetic on a Louisiana rental
| Percentage manager at 10% | Ziprent flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly management | $126/mo | $199/mo |
| Twelve months of management | $1,512 | $2,388 |
| Tenant placement, one lease | $945 | $1,500 |
| Year one, one lease signed | $2,457 | $3,888 |
The honest read: at Louisiana’s average apartment rent of $1,260, a 10% manager bills about $2,457 in year one against Ziprent’s $3,888. The percentage model is cheaper here on headline price. What the flat fee buys instead is a number that does not climb with rent, no markup on maintenance invoices, and a placement fee that is fixed rather than a share of a month’s rent. A Louisiana rental only has to reach $1,990 a month for the flat fee to win on management alone.
The break-even point is $1,990 a month: above that rent, 10% of rent costs more than $199.
That break-even assumes one property. Additional properties are $100 a month each rather than $199, so the comparison shifts with portfolio size: from 4 properties onward the flat fee is cheaper in Louisiana even at today’s rents — $499 a month against $504 at 10%.
Three years, one tenancy, no rent increase
Fee comparisons usually stop at year one, which flatters whichever model front-loads least. Held flat at $1,260 a month for three years with one lease signed at the start, the three models in Louisiana come out like this.
| Model | Three-year total | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| 10% of rent + placement | $5,481 | Excludes the two lease renewals a local firm would also bill on top. |
| Ziprent $199 flat + $1,500 placement + 2 renewals | $9,164 | Fixed. Includes both $250 renewals. |
| ZipGuarantee $250 flat | $9,000 | Fixed. Placement and renewals already included. |
Those totals assume the headline fees only. In Louisiana the charges that most often land on top are vacancy fee ($50-$200 per month), annual inspection fee ($100-$150) and eviction fee ($200-$500 plus court costs). None of them appears on a Ziprent invoice.
The fees underneath the headline percentage
The monthly percentage is the number quoted on the phone. It is rarely the whole bill. In Louisiana the rest of the stack usually looks like this.
| Fee | What it costs here |
|---|---|
| Monthly management | 8%–12% of collected rent |
| Tenant placement | 50%-100% of one month’s rent (roughly $630-$1,260 at Louisiana’s average) |
| Lease renewal | 25%-75% of one month’s rent |
| Maintenance markup | 10%-20% markup on the vendor invoice |
| Also commonly charged | vacancy fee ($50-$200 per month); annual inspection fee ($100-$150); eviction fee ($200-$500 plus court costs) |
On the standard plan Ziprent bills three things: $199 a month for management, $1,500 for placement when a lease is signed, and $250 if that tenant renews. No setup fee, no vacancy fee, and vendor invoices are passed through without a markup. ZipGuarantee at $250 a month removes the placement and renewal charges entirely.
What Louisiana requires of landlords
Louisiana Real Estate License Law defines ‘property management’ at La. R.S. 37:1431(20) as the marketing, leasing or overall management of real property for others for a fee, and 37:1431(24)(a) sweeps managing, renting and leasing for others into licensed real estate activity — so managing a rental for an owner in Louisiana requires a state real estate license. Louisiana sets no cap on security deposits, but R.S. 9:3251-9:3252 require return within one month, and failure to remit within 30 days of written demand is deemed willful, exposing the landlord to $300 or twice the amount wrongfully retained, whichever is greater.
What to ask a Louisiana manager before signing
- Is the quoted 10% charged on rent collected or rent due, and do you bill in a vacant month?
- Managers here commonly charge for vacancy fee ($50-$200 per month), annual inspection fee ($100-$150) and eviction fee ($200-$500 plus court costs) — which of those do you charge, when do they trigger, and are any capped?
- What is the markup on a contractor invoice, and do I see the original?
Ziprent’s pricing in Louisiana
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Management | $199 / month | Rent collection, maintenance coordination, inspections, day-to-day handling of the tenancy. |
| Tenant placement | $1,500 per lease | Marketing, showings, screening, lease preparation. Charged only when a lease is signed. |
| Lease renewal | $250 per renewal | Re-screening and paperwork when a sitting tenant renews. Not charged on ZipGuarantee. |
| ZipGuarantee | $250 / month | Management plus unlimited tenant placement and lease renewals folded into the monthly fee. |
All four lines are flat, and that is the trade. On a single Louisiana property at today’s average rent a percentage manager bills less in year one; what a flat fee buys is a number that cannot follow the rent up, no markup on repairs, and a second property at $100 rather than another full fee.
Louisiana property management fee questions
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More on Louisiana
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Fee breakdowns for other markets
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Sources
Rents: RentCafe, August 2026. Local and state requirements: Justia (statute text). Fee percentages and add-on charges are drawn from published fee schedules and industry survey data for this market, and are given as ranges because practice varies between firms.