04 Mar A landlord’s right to choose
You own the property, you should have the right to choose who lives there. This proposition sounds simple enough but it is not quite...
Author: Diane Bukowski
11 Feb Are your windows compliant?
Let's start with two facts: In Australia, incidents of children falling out of windows number nearly 1 per week. Landords are responsible for...
28 Jan Dealing with asbestos in a rental property
If your investment property was fully or partially build prior to 1990, there is a chance that materials containing asbestos were used. Its...
14 Jan Rent receipts and ledgers
Do you issue rent receipts to your tenants? Do you maintain a dedicated rental ledger that is provided to the tenant? Do you retain the...
10 Dec Changes to travel deduction claims
The Federal Government’s budgeted changes to claiming deductions for rental properties came into effect on 1 July 2017. This means that travel expenses relating to...
27 Nov Why you must act on maintenance requests
Honest Broker has previously written about the value of having a maintenance schedule in place for your investment as a way to keep...
12 Nov A cautionary tale for landlords
Honest Broker's affiliate, eezirent, provides services for self-managing landlords. One of those services is advice from a qualified property manager. Recently they gave...
29 Oct Capital gains tax – the basics
What is it? Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a tax on the profit made on the sale of any capital item, typically real estate or...
15 Oct Get it in writing
Renting a property is essentially a business transaction. As such all important communication should be in writing. In fact, several key communications must...
01 Oct Time to check the air con
As the weather starts to heat up - dramatically it seems for parts of Eastern Australia, it is time to talk air conditioning. In...