Property Management - Investment Strategies

• Make your portfolio bulletproof

  From getting retrenched to landing a tenant with an appetite for destruction, fate deals property portfolios some nasty surprises. The question is: could there be a way for investors to plan for them? Read on to find out how. read more

• ‘How a nightmare tenant left me broke’

  Queenslander Tonya McGinley explains how a tenant of hers punched and defecated his way to ruining her finances read more

• Dealing with regional property managers

  Property managers run a different operation in regional centres and many investors living in capital cities have only learnt this the hard way read more

• Furnishing an investment property

  A tight rental market is keeping landlords happy, but even the good times can get better with some good strategy. Should yours involve a trip to Ikea? read more

• Queensland’s rental winners

  As vacancy rates tighten in many of Queensland's key property markets, tenants are becoming increasingly desperate to secure a rental property. Read on to discover which Queensland markets are playing into the hands of landlords. read more

• Cities where it’s good to be a landlord

  The latest vacancy rate figures suggest that some of our cities are facing extreme shortages of rental properties. In other cities, however, it looks as if renters may be starting to get an upper hand. read more

• How to Get Rid of Bad Tenants

  Bad tenants can turn your property investment dream into a nightmare. Your Investment Property investigates how to evict them legally and quickly to get your portfolio back on track. read more

• Tenants go to heaven, landlords go to jail?

  A landlord who sneaks into tenants' beers, a landlady who sings outside her tenant’s window – we surveyed Aussies who broke their leases early and found out what bothered them most about their landlords read more

• How new landlords fail

  If you’re considering treating your tenants like best mates, you might be in for a surprise: you’re setting yourself up to be taken advantage of. This is just one of many blunders that new landlords make. read more