Go with letting agent or self let?

Be mindful the above is for the UK where rights as a landlord differ as does rental culture. That said it all seemed reasonable.

A good agent with full service does everything.

But they are never on the hook for unpaid rent.

My agent charges me a flat % of rent actually collected for full service. That means that they are incentivised to get long-term tenants because that means a lot less work for them, as I'm paying them the same for 5 x 1-year leases or 1 x 5-year lease. The tenants don't have my name or number, and I have satisfied myself that the agent treats the tenants well on by behalf (gets back quickly if there are issues, etc). I've agreed a cost-threshold of 200 euro for repairs or replacements that the agent doesn't even have to check with me about, anything above that he shoots me a quick text or call first, anything below that he goes ahead with.

Some agents will charge a % of rent for each new lease. This means they don't care about the quality of the tenant. I'd never use one with that business model (I did once, it worked out fine, but really makes no sense).