Imagine being threatened legally on an almost weekly basis, being called about ‘urgent’ matters every day, and having one person in every single unit block who just never leaves you alone. Not many people could cope with the huge demands of being a body corporate, owners’ corporate, or a strata manager, but for 55-year-old Andrew…
Articles by Lauren Day

Lauren Day is the former deputy editor of Australian Property Investor Magazine and an avid property investor.
Have you ever been through a period where everything that could go wrong does go wrong, all at the one time? You know what they say. No news is good news. So when I saw those emails start coming in from property managers I knew there had to be a problem. The first few weeks…
API goes behind the scenes and takes you through a day in the life of one of the hardest jobs in the property industry. Jayne Nancarrow is a psychologist, a plumber, an electrician and an accountant. She’s a friend, a carpenter, a receptionist, a police officer and a peacemaker. Oh, and she also happens to…
There are so many people who want to buy one property, per year, for the next 10 years. It’s a fantastic aspiration and there’s nothing wrong with having that dream at all. In fact, I’ve had the very same dream myself in the past and still love the idea of building a portfolio and holding…