He is every principal’s dream. At the start of the year Bill Basha set himself a goal to grow his portfolio by 100 ...
By Riaz Hasan • 11 Nov 2012
Outsourcing: Game-changer or risky business?
The great debate over whether outsourcing is useful in the property management process rages on. How do principals and P...
By Priya Murthy • 12 Apr 2015
Overcharges and missed payments – why one investor manages his PMs
Should investors feel the need to manage their property managers? Property investor Mark Frew checks his rental statemen...
By Priya Murthy • 18 Jan 2017
Overcoming the odds
After years of struggling to cope with a mental illness, Bernie Mitchell, director of Focus Property Management, decided...
By Riaz Hasan • 21 Jun 2013
Oversupply in some markets, undersupply in others
A leading economist has presented contrasting forecasts for Australia’s rental markets, with rents expected to surge i...
By Priya Murthy • 13 Jul 2015
Overwhelmed? Stressed out? No time to do the things you want to do or should be doing?
Time management is an essential skill for property managers to learn. ...
By Priya Murthy • 13 Aug 2014
Owner-occupied loans up 5.7pc, investors up 17.3pc
Investors are continuing to retain their market share, but new data suggests the overall market may be slowing. ...
By Priya Murthy • 11 Dec 2014
Owners warned of unlicensed managing agents after Salim Mehajer report
Apartment owners should be wary of unqualified strata managing agents, one leading industry body has warned, in the wak...
By Tim Neary • 27 Nov 2017
Owning a property will be out of reach for most Aussies within 50 years
We could soon be faced with an entire generation of renters in Sydney. ...
By Priya Murthy • 18 Feb 2015
Part 1 of Change...
Have you ever wondered why people selling their homes go to such efforts to get the photography “just right” when it...
By Riaz Hasan • 23 Jan 2013
Part 2 of Change...
The constant turnover within the property management industry would have to be one of owners and tenants biggest gripe, ...
By Riaz Hasan • 13 Feb 2013
Part 3 of Change – Train to change and be better
Training needs to change along with our attitude to it. In an ever changing industry, there needs to be a continual bala...
By Riaz Hasan • 14 Mar 2013
Part 4 of Change – Fees v Continuality – what’s it worth?
In this day in age when the level of expectation of people and customer service is so high, why do we still see agents r...
By Riaz Hasan • 27 May 2013
Part 5 of Change – Making the decision to move on
Leah Calnan takes on the often taboo subject of resigning. How you can do it the right way. ...
By Riaz Hasan • 30 Jun 2013
Part 6 of Change - Know your value
Over the past month, I have seen a good half a dozen stories about tenants from hell. Sadly, every one was self-managed....
By Riaz Hasan • 09 Sep 2013
People & culture @ ARPM 2014
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By Priya Murthy • 03 Jul 2014
People power
People make your business, and they can break your business. Your team can set you free, and they can send you screaming...
By Riaz Hasan • 01 Apr 2014
Perfect time for landlords to ‘be greedy’
The trend of falling rental yields could be just what property managers need to encourage clients to buy more investment...
By Priya Murthy • 16 Jun 2015
Permanent ban, suspended prison sentence for trust fund theft
A property manager who stole money from an agency’s trust account has been permanently banned from the industry, fined...
By Tim Neary • 23 Jun 2019
Personality type and success in real estate
From a distance it can look like extroverted agents tend to succeed more often in the real estate industry, but as we kn...
By Riaz Hasan • 19 May 2014
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