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Hi Redwing, I've seen that thread. Out of Somersoft's 21,113 registered users, less than 10 people on that thread have made (mildly) negative comments about API. That's about 0.04% of Somersoft users! Obviously no magazine can please all the people all the time. Personally I suspect that...

Given that API's readership is up 30% year on year - http://www.apimagazine.com.au/api-online/news/2012/08/api-readership-increasing-by-thousands … I don't get the impression that they're desperate for sales. They still seem to be miles ahead of the other two property magazines in terms of...

Hmmm… last post on this thread (post #17) was back in February, and API was way ahead. All of a sudden there's a flurry of votes for YIP, and three consecutive comments (#18, 19 and 20) gushing about how great YIP is and how terrible its competitors are - all posted within the space of four...

Thanks for the quick reply. I've done a bit of research since my original post. Looks like Suncorp can do it. They don't have a separate landlord policy for holiday letting situations - it's basically a standard landlord policy except that, for short-term letting, they won't offer loss of...

Hi, I'm converting a residence into a holiday rental property, to be listed with sites like Stayz, Takeabreak, etc. I'm currently insured with CGU. They've said they don't offer a landlord's policy that covers short-term holiday accommodation - their landlord policy only covers...

True - some people feel this way... but unfortunately not all. Most people would be furious if they arrived at a place expecting to have net access, only to find it was not available. People often need net access to make bookings, check/change/confirm flights, etc. All the holiday homes in...

I wouldn't bother either in an standard rental situation - tenants can organise it themselves. However, my particular property is a holiday-let house in an area with poor mobile coverage, so guests expecting to be able to use their own mobile devices with their own data providers would often...

Interesting divergence of opinions on this, with some considering the legal risk as a serious problem to deal with: … and others dismissing it as a "you worry too much!" non-issue: Typically when you access a public wi-fi hotspot, you're presented with some type of logon/splash screen...

To reduce the legal risk from guests/tenants misusing the internet connection you provide them, one possibility might be to try to content-filter the internet connection, so sites in various categories (porn, illegal file-sharing, etc) are blocked at the router level. (In my particular...

Thanks Geoff - what do you mean by different profiles? They both seem to have a wide range of accommodation in various price ranges. Are the two companies targeting different types of guests?

I agree - the legal implications of giving complete strangers access to my internet account is one of my main concerns. As the legal issues are a bit of a different topic to the technical aspects of providing a wireless hotspot (modems, routers, hardware etc) I've created another thread in the...

In another thread I was asking about the technical aspects (routers, hardware etc) of offering a wireless hotspot to your guests/tenants if you own a holiday-let property. Most of the holiday homes listed on sites like Stayz, Takebreak etc. seem to offer free internet to guests. Technical...

I'm about to rent out my home. It has an internal hardwood timber staircase which looks great, but is quite slippery. To reduce the legal risks of a tenant slipping on it, e.g. situations like: http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15602 … I need to do something to the stairs...

This is true in some areas with good mobile coverage. However our property is in a rural area with poor mobile reception. Guests who are depending on their own iPhones/iPads for internet would often find they had no reception (depending on what carrier they're with), so we'll still need to...

I'm planning to holiday-let my home soon, possibly through sites like Stayz or Takeabreak. In looking at comparable homes that are listed on the sites, most holiday home owners seem to offer free internet to guests, presumably using a similar sort of wireless hotspot arrangement to those used...

That must have been an unpleasant phone call to get. I don't really understand why the original agent (from a year ago) would have called you - the buyer - and threatened you with a commission claim, as you haven't done anything wrong and aren't a party to any commission/listing agreements on...

I'm not sure. It could be a bit problematic to have to deal with the original agent again if, say, a long time period has passed or your parting of the ways with him was not amicable (for example, he's annoyed that you re-listed with another agent rather than extending his listing.) Again...

Actually the situations are quite different, with the only similarity being they involve potential commission conflicts. In the first situation, a property is open-listed with multiple agents, and a buyer makes a nuisance of herself by using all the agents to take her through the property at...

Here's another commission-related question... We have a house listed for sale with Agent A. We've had a few inspections, but no offers although a few people are "still thinking about it." Agent A's (exclusive) listing period is about to expire. For a few different reasons we weren't...

Yes, that's correct... the agent was only unavailable briefly. It's possible he was just on another call at the time. The lady couldn't be bothered even leaving a message, so she just called another agent. If the agent had been away for an extended period of time - say, a holiday - then I...