Member since Nov 25, 2014 Posts 3 Votes 6 3 Posts 6 Votes Member since Nov 25, 2014 Posts 3 Votes 6 I know this is an old thread but this may help some. The benefit of paying property management fee to yourself as earned income is the possibility of more expense deductions which could result to a smaller tax payment. If you have passive income only, you cannot deduct health care insurance premium, or dependent care cost. With management fee as earned income, you would be able to.