With cyclonic winds buffeting the east coast, record rainfall and weather unlike anything witnessed in decades, it brings ...
By Priya Murthy • 23 Apr 2015
What’s your point of difference?
Many property investors choose an agency based on price alone – focusing their preference on the percentage of rent ch...
By Priya Murthy • 04 Aug 2014
When does good business become bad business?
There are a lot of real estate agencies across the country that take on new business at discounted fees without carefull...
By Priya Murthy • 02 Feb 2016
When good tenants go bad
Every property manager and landlord dreams of the ideal tenant – the person who pays on time, keeps the place clean an...
By Priya Murthy • 23 Feb 2016
When supply versus demand becomes a PM predicament
As interest rates hit a record low the number of investors in the market increases, resulting in a considerable oversupp...
By Priya Murthy • 26 May 2015
When will the physical real estate office be just a memory from the past?
John Goddard, general manager marketing and sales at Rockend weighs in on the office shopfront debate ...
By Riaz Hasan • 12 Nov 2012
When you first walk into a real estate office, what do you expect?
Customer service is an integral part of running and operating a successful real estate agency, and this service starts i...
By Priya Murthy • 03 May 2016
When you lose a landlord, don’t lose the lesson…
None of us want to receive that email or pick up the phone to hear the message that the landlord wants to leave. ...
By Priya Murthy • 10 Mar 2016
Where are the suburbs with the highest and lowest turnover?
CoreLogic, after analysing every suburb across Australia, has determined those with the highest and the lowest turnover...
By Sasha Karen • 15 Mar 2018
Where do your lost clients go?
When an owner decides to leave, whether through selling, reoccupying, self-managing or transferring the management to an...
By Priya Murthy • 06 Nov 2014
Where is your next meal coming from?
Communication: the final property management frontier. It’s just you, your landlord and the “scumbag” tenant. ...
By Priya Murthy • 15 Sep 2014
Which Aussie city is the next property winner?
A confluence of positive factors is helping Australian city markets strengthen, with savvy buyers beginning to seriously...
By Hafizah Osman • 21 Jul 2019
Which rental markets will be most affected by the fallout of COVID-19?
With many tenants struggling to pay rent amid the fallout of COVID-19 and some renters being locked out of the market al...
By Emma Ryan • 13 May 2020
Who is the average rentvestor?
Westpac has announced the initial findings of a research that delved into who the average rentvestors are and the dif...
By Tim Neary • 07 Aug 2017
Who is wearing your t-shirt?
Who out there is raving about you? Who is singing your praises? Who is recommending you to people when you’re not ther...
By Priya Murthy • 07 Aug 2014
Why a boutique business is best
Having worked in both large corporate real estate offices and smaller boutique ones for over 20 years, in my opinion, it...
By Priya Murthy • 28 Jun 2016
Why buyer’s agents are becoming central to the battle for rent rolls
Australia’s property management sector is entering a more brutal phase of competition, as agencies scramble to secure ...
By Liam Garman • 13 Jan 2026
Why do relationships fall apart at the vacate?
One area where relationships fall apart time and time again is at the end of the tenancy. Blogger: Hermione Gardine...
By Priya Murthy • 10 Jul 2014
Why do we all avoid prospecting?
Prospecting is a dreaded word for some new business managers. However, it is unavoidable for those who want to proactive...
By Priya Murthy • 13 Oct 2016
Why doing good is good
Whether it’s spending some time at your local nursing home, running a collection for a charity or helping your local p...
By Priya Murthy • 02 Nov 2015