Blogs

What does it take to be a great property manager?

Given the investment — money, time and emotion — that most investors put into their property, it is simply a given that as a property manager, y...

5 simple things agents should know about selling in spring — but probably don’t

Thanks to the combination of spring knocking on our door and coming out of a so-called “soft” winter marketplace, there are five seemingly simple ...

Allowing pets in rentals — barking mad?

Damage, odours, noise… allowing pets in rentals is a recipe for disaster. Or is it? Write comment (4 Comments) ...

Automation is a strategy to thrive, not just survive

Commercial real estate is in fine health, according to Macquarie Bank’s 2018 Commercial Real Estate Benchmarking Report, with 82 per cent of respon...

Buying with bitcoin

Emerging technology is a magnet for investor interest. We saw it happen with the internet in the ’90s. Now we’re seeing it with bitcoin. W...

The 6 major algorithm changes Google is making this year

Google implements hundreds of changes to its indexing algorithm each year to make search results for users more relevant. While most of these changes ...

You want to pick and choose?

The people who know me now know how much fitness is important to me. But just a few years ago I was skinny and unfit. Looking at photos of myself at 1...

Dispelling the myth of a changing market

After five years of growth, most have come to accept that the property market has changed in recent times, and that it is no longer purely a seller’...

4 companies disrupting property management

Property management is feeling the effects of disruption, both technical and generational, with a host of new tech businesses reimagining rental and i...