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Flat owners to pay for disabled access

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A recent court case may mean flat owners will have to pay for older buildings to become compliant with the current disability legislation.   Let me explain further… Last year saw a ruling by the Supreme Court that blocks of flats now have to comply with standards set out by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and
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4 Common Mistakes Made When Selecting a Property Manager

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Buying your first property heralds the beginning of your investment journey, but it does not end with signing that contract and getting that property title. That home or apartment is not going to make money by itself, so for savvy investors, the natural next step is to rent it out and make a killing off
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5 ways to keep your property tenanted

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One of the main things that property investment naysayers get wrong is that landlords just want to someone to pay the most rent. That is not true at all. The smartest property investors want to attract – and keep – good tenants for the long-term. That’s because they understand that having a long-time tenant will
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80% of property investors and tenants are underinsured

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No one likes to think about insurance do they? Well…at least not till they need it and then they hope they are adequately covered. The problem is an alarming 80 per cent of property owners and tenants are underinsured according to  EBM |Rentcover. Now this doesn’t mean they are not insured. Data from the Insurance
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Quarterly Rental Snapshot | What’s happening in my state/territory?

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We know that property price growth has slowed down, but what’s happened to rents? Property leasing data released by Rent.com.au for the April to June quarter (Q2 2018) illustrates the shift in Australian median rental property prices (both metro and regional), rental affordability (the median room price metric) and the price of walkability in each
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