Property Management - Investment Strategies

• 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

• 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