Property Management - Investment Strategies

• Dodgy property managers - 11 shonky practices that are costing you money

  Like it or not, your property manager could be the single reason you’re not making as much money from your investment property as you could. So how do you spot the dodgy tricks played by shonky property managers? read more

• DIY marketing: How to make your rental property sizzle in the marketplace

  Attracting the best tenants starts with getting their attention in the first place. Diane Bukowski explains how you can do this with minimum fuss and cost. read more

• How to find and keep good tenants

  Your success as an investor depends significantly on your tenants. You want people who pay rent on time and keep your property in top shape. So how can you find and, more importantly, keep such tenants? Tony Winterbottom explains read more

• Most common maintenance issues on investment properties

  Which issues and property features most often require the attention of landlords? read more

• Pets in your Investment Property

  A house isn’t a home without a pet, or so many think, but is this a good enough reason to let your tenants keep one? Your Investment Property turned ‘Pet Detective’ to find out. read more

• 7 common cures to negative cash flow

  Forget renovations or granny flats, switching your property from negative cash flow to positive or cash flow neutral status can be easier than you think, if you’re willing to get creative read more

• Secrets to saving money as a DIY landlord

  Many landlords are looking for opportunities to claw back profits any way they can. One way to minimise their real estate overheads is to self-manage investment properties – but do the pros genuinely outweigh the cons? read more

• ‘Self-managing his property cost him $10,000’

  Xenia Ioannou has worked with plenty of self-managed landlords who have turned to her for help after landing in sticky situations. This one was having a particularly tough time read more

• 8 questions to qualify your property manager

  Do you have a policy to never, ever hand out keys to prospective tenants? read more