Owning property in Dubai and managing it well are different skills, and the gap between them shows up in your net yield. This section covers the operational side: tenant screening and retention, how service charges are calculated and when to challenge them, maintenance scheduling that prevents rather than reacts, and what the Ejari and RERA processes require of you as a landlord.

We write from the position of managing these portfolios daily, so the advice reflects what goes wrong in practice rather than what should happen in theory. Our property management team handles residential and commercial portfolios across Dubai.