30 Sep Minimum Housing Standards
Changes to Residential Tenancy legislation are now before the NSW parliament. By including 'prescribed minimum housing standards' in the legislation, this state is...
Emergency repairs Tag
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...
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...
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...
16 Jul Look after your investment with a maintenance schedule
Property investment is not a set and forget option. You must protect and enhance the capital gain of the investment by regularly attending...
23 Apr What is an emergency repair?
A recent Honest Broker post looked at the concept of ‘fair wear and tear’. Today we’re going to tackle the opposite end of the...