Property Management - Investment Strategies

• Can you save money as a DIY landlord?

  As rents stabilise in many markets across the country, landlords are looking for opportunities to claw back profits any way they can. One way to minimise your real estate overheads is to self-manage your investment property – but do the pros genuinely outweigh the cons? read more

• Property manager tries to clean out investor

  Think your property manager is a useless rotter? Spare a thought for WA investor Bronwyn Holmes who says she’s had to deal with levels of incompetence that go beyond belief read more

• 6 signs your property manager is doing a bad job

  Most investors would be surprised at just how bad a lot of property managers really are. But is yours one of them? read more

• Danger suburbs in largest capital cities

  Watch out! Any investor that purchases property in these urban areas is likely to see their property values tank on the back of lackluster demand and a steep oversupply of housing read more

• How to save big on maintenance costs

  Low capital growth getting you down? In the spirit of the old saying ‘a penny saved is a penny earned’, Your Investment Property takes a look at some of the often overlooked ways investors can save money on maintenance read more

• 10 cheap, easy ways to boost your rent

  RUN Property chief executive Rob Farmer shares his top 10 tips for maximising the rent you get from your investment property read more

• Investor's guide to landlord insurance

  Think your landlord insurance covers you for all eventualities? Think again. Your Investment Property delves into the fine print, explores how to cover your back and how to make a successful claim read more

• How to charge more rent and still keep your tenant

  As news reports hit home of a tight rental market in most capital cities, landlords could be forgiven for thinking it was about time they increased their rents. But how can they do it without scaring off good tenants? Your Investment Property goes in search of answers read more

• The true cost of upping the rent

  In some situations, if a rental increase will result in a long vacancy period it might work in your favour to keep the rent as it is. Don’t believe us? We show you an illustration of how it could happen read more