Recent content by happy landlord

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I have heard that there is 400 applications in Toowoomba Regional Council for units in Toowoomba. This would mean, if they are at minimum a duplex that is at least 800 units to be built. Some real estate agents have told me that they have concerns about the number of units coming onto the...

Can anyone please tell me if your principal place of residence is included in lands tax in Qld?

Can anyone please tell me if your principal place of residence is included in lands tax in Qld?

In Qld you have to give tenants 3 options in which to pay their rent. Would like to know how these agents get around the law by making tenants pay through these systems? I have heard of other agencies who do this as well.

We have used CGU, AMP which is now Resilum. Most of the general insurance companies seem to do landlords insurance, you just need to look at the products and decide.

I have had another tenant give notice last week. Have put the ad on Gumtree and on a large website. I have had a few responses from the one website, which seem to be okay, which I am yet to met, I have had 4 responses from gumtree ad. One guy just admitted to me he is on TICA, had a few...

I have used Gumtree to advertise our rental properties as we self manage, and have found that some of the tenants coming through are very desperate, obviously you get tenants that the real estate agents don't want and they are seeking out private landlords. Make sure you check them out...

Have you looked at AMP, they offer landlord insurance? Can't comment if they are one of the companies that have an embargo in Emerald. There is a lot of insurance companies that do landlord insurance now.

Another story about an agent working for one of the big agencies without a licence. Don't these companies even ensure that these agents have licences. Seems that the commissions are more important...

You are a smart person too Tilt, self managing, I have own my own properties for well over 20 years. I would never give them to a real estate agency to look after. Over all the years I have never had much problems with tenants. It all goes back to careful tenant selection, and not taking the...

Why not sell it yourself privately. You can engage professional photographers very reasonably as well to take the photos for your property. Now with the internet and more people than ever doing research on the internet it is so easy to do a sale yourself. I self manage properties and now that...

Why not sell the property yourself and market it on www.realestate.com.au. You also don't pay commissions on the sale.

Why not try and manage the property yourself? Your travelling to Toowoomba is a tax deduction.

And do you answer the phone at 2am? :D I have been managing my properties for 30 years and have never had anyone call at such a time.