30 Mar What to do when your tenant is a victim of family violence
There has been a growing awareness of the presence and impact of family violence in our community. In keeping with this, several states...
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25 Nov Victorian Court ruling will impact all landlords
A recent Supreme Court decision in Victoria has already impacted on residential tenancies in that state and is very likely to do the...
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...
30 Jun Getting tenants to pay for services
Important information for Queensland landlords A long established practice in Queensland of having tenants provide proof of professional carpet cleaning and pest control...
06 May Investor lending policies treat all markets the same
There was some important news for property investors recently with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) announcing that its 2014 requirement for banks...
25 Mar A landlord’s duty of disclosure
A violent crime has recently been committed in your investment property. Would you disclose this to a prospective tenant? I hope so, because...
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...
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...