For any landlord with an investment property, your property manager should be your greatest asset. While it’s always possible to manage your own property, it can be so much smoother to have a professional do it for you. They can help you find the best tenants, manage (and chase) rent collection, keep up-to date on…
Articles by Leanne Jopson
Leanne is National Director of Property Management at Metropole and a Property Professional in every sense of the word. With 20 years' experience in real estate, Leanne brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to maximise returns and minimise stress for their clients. Visit: www.metropolepropertymanagement.com.au
“I can just collect the rent myself and save a ton of money.” It’s the catch-cry of many investors who are hoping to maximise their property’s overall profit – but there’s one thing I’ve learnt about property manager’s in my time in real estate. They do a lot more than collect rent They do that…
While many investors spend a large amount of time and effort carefully researching the property markets and then finding the top investment, they ignore the role that a professional property manager can play in preserving their property’s capital value and maximising its income. With our property markets growing strongly and no shortage of tenants, many…
There’s finally some signs of rental markets improving. Normally at this stage of the property cycle, when house and apartment prices are languishing or falling, rental markets tend to thrive and rents increase. However this time round, in part due to an oversupply apartments in many locations, rents have been holding steady and falling in the…
A report published recently aired many tenant grievances and seemed to indicate that most landlords are doing “the wrong thing”. The report received a lot of press coverage, but unfortunately that’s not surprisingly given there does seem to be a bias when it comes to the tenant/landlord relationship in the media. In fact, the media’s…
Buying your first investment property can be both exciting and daunting. You’ve poured your hard earned savings and/or equity into a expensive asset, and now you take on the responsibility of being a landlord and the challenges of property management to ensure you maximise the return on your investment property. Over the years I’ve see numerous mistakes…
The rental markets usually perform strongly at times when capital growth is flat or falling, but that’s not really the case at present. So let’s take a detailed look at the rental markets around Australia to see how they are faring, using data from SQM Research and Rent.com.au And as usual, the markets re very…
Too many landlords think that property management is easy, when it isn’t. And too many landlords never receive anything more than a “one-size-fits-all” property management service. But there is a better way to manage and grow your portfolio – and all you need to do is read on. A common problem One of the most…
You’ve finally bought your first investment property, and now you need to find someone who’s willing to move in, pay their rent on time, and take good care of the place. Or perhaps you’ve been a landlord for some time, but you much-loved perfect tenant has decided to move on, and you’ve no idea how…
Which Aussie capital saw the most significant rises and falls in median rents month-on-month? Rent.com.au has released its latest report for October 2018 based on property leasing data. The report illustrates the shift in Australian median rental property prices (both metro and regional) rental affordability and days on market. Monthly Highlights: 3 of the biggest…
