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i love how all landlords expect PMs to basically work for free and then in the same breath ***** about how the PM is inadequate, that there is a high turnover of staff, that the PM is nothing but a 20 year old with no experience in the same breath. It is these owners who will also expect you to...

anything can be changed within a fixed term lease agreement (including the rent) if there is mutual agreement between both parties (and obviously no duress directed towards either party) The tenant can legally refuse to allow the rent to be increased just as you can legally refuse to install...

As above, until the properties are sep metered you are not permitted to seek reimbursement from the tenant for water usage. Until that time, unfortunately you will have to pay the full amount. Residential Tenancies Act 1997 - SECT 52 Tenant's liability for various utility charges 52...

Having just set up a PM business i can tell you it isnt easy! You will not only need your agents rep license, but you will need an officer in effective control and to be an OIEC you need your full RE license (that course intensive costs circa $6K) You will need trust account programs, trust...

you can get them to serve the landlord with a 14 day repair notice

i dont know how the tribunal works in WA but i am sure it is as others have said above... the tribunal is generally slated towards the tenants rather than the landlord. If your account of the situation is true and correct then i highly doubt the tribunal will award the owner ANY $$. I would...

the reality is that even though you have 4 properties with them it is still 4 properties to manage regardless of the fact that they are all under the one landlord, there is no less work involved. 5% is already bloody cheap is is generally about the break even point.... now you say that your PM...

this is entirely the solictoris fault as they are supposed to check rent paid to date before settling the property. Not the RE's fault if what they say is true, they recieved the money way in advance before they knew the porperty was sold. It should have been adjusted at settlement. Your beef...

It may not necessarily be the PMs fault, i wish i had a dollar for every time a tenant got a pet after the tenancy commenced and after their application form where they ticked "no pets" unable to serve a breach notice under Victorian Legislation, as in my earlier post, the RTA does not...

Unfortuantely that is not the case with Victorian legislation. You will be able to claim any damage to the property against the bond, damage is damage regardless of who causes it....

There is nothing in the RTA that dictates anything about animals as the Act is written for humans. You can write all the special conditons you like into the lease agreement but none of them are enforceable if they fall outside of the act. However if damage is being caused to the property a...

Well arent you desperate to get them out?! :D Nothing wrong witht he tenants knowign that, they will appreciate your situation a little more then perhaps?

is it a lease break or was the initial lease only for 5 months? If it is a lease break, then the tenants would be liable for the fees anyway. If not, then generally speaking the RG only covers the rent, if there is a vacancy period then the RG should cover that but it wouldn't cover the...

i am at a loss as to why most RE agents close down during the week of Christmas/New Year as this is always our busiest time..... maybe it is simply because most are closed lol December - Busy the few two weeks - a lot of people trying to get properties secured B 4 xmas, the two or so weeks...

Under no circumstances can he simply just enter your house, regardless of whether or not he has a room there. Did he lease you the property in full? Or is it under a rooming house type situation?? There are situations where a property is leased and one room is locked off for whatever reason...

couldn't have said it better myself!

they charge more because they put more resources into your property, hire better staff etc, as implied above pay peanuts and you will get monkeys. The good agents dont negotiate their fees because they dont have to, they want to provide a good service and that costs money. So you have a...

ok someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes in regards to it taking 6 months to resolve. A notice to vacate should have been served on the tenants as soon as a contract of sale was entered into. This gives the tenants 60 days to vacate the property. You didn't mention in your post...

True story.... obviously it would depend on the size of the property, a 1BR unit would only take 1-2 hours start to finish, 3-4 BR house would take 4-5 hours. But as i said i like to be very detailed and believe that the CR is the most important document of the tenancy and i take 100+ photos...

to be honest, it doesnt seem like you have very much knowledge in this area, especially given that you believe that managing a property is 'trivial'. Unfortunately it is the naive landlords who find themselves in trouble because they do not know the law, do not know what they are doing, do not...