With the holiday season fast approaching, it is important to be as vigilant as ever when it comes to keeping our homes and family safe and secure. There is so much going on at this time year and it’s easy to become complacent with our home safety and security. In Australia, the hot weather, makes […]
“The question I get asked all the time when I offer my Buyers Agent services, is “What is a Buyers Agent and why do I need one?” In Australia, Queensland even more so, Buyers Agents aren’t all that common yet. In America they are huge. Nearly every sale would be via an agent working to […]
Building a home used to be a complex, drawn out process, but now developers are taking the hard work out of the things, and selling house and land packages that are fixed price, with all the inclusions you’d expect for very reasonable prices and terms. Depending on the area you are looking at, you can […]
In Queensland, the RTA (Rental Tenancies Authority) outline strict legislation that we have to adhere to as property Managers, Property Owners and Tenants. These laws are there so everybody is treated fairly, properties are kept up to certain condition and everybody should be able to live happily ever after. In October last year we had […]
I’ve almost completed the routine inspections for all of my rental properties. This is something I do twice a year as part of my management of a property. Legally we can’t do this more than every three months, and I wouldn’t do it more than twice a year unless a tenant had given me reason […]
Interest rates, insurance premiums, council rates and water rates are all on the rise, so it’s understandable that owners may start to look to cut costs associated with their rental property, but cutting out your property manager is not the answer and here’s 10 reasons why: 1. We build up a relationship with your tenant, which […]
There’s something comforting and relaxing about having a house that feels like home. But what about when you rent? How do you make a place feel like your own when it’s owned by someone else? As a property manager, I do a lot of house inspections and am always pleasantly surprised when I walk […]
There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there at the moment, about how hard it is to find or afford your own home, but getting an investment property may not be as hard as you think. With the increase in house prices over the past couple of years, you may be surprised by how […]
I think we’d all agree that it’s common knowledge that Real Estate Agents don’t stack up well in any list of the most trusted professions in Australia, and probably even more so on the Gold Coast! Whether this is right or wrong idea, I do believe the industry hasn’t helped itself change people’s view of […]
