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That was fairly tame by ol' Silverback's standards. You should read his political stuff! And Burbs was only saying it how he reads it, just like HiEquity did. You really haven't beaten them in debate, Thatbum, and by not doing that but claiming offence as the reason for pulling out of...

What I meant Bob was what are your typical rental yeilds over there in Mooseland (to make up for the lousy deal you get in institutional respects - as in here we get say 4% on houses and 6% on apartments)?

Jesus! What are your average yeilds?

Ah, don't let Dazz bother you, Thatbum. He's just our resident Silverback. His basic position from what I can muster is that everything went to crap with the overthrow of King Charles I. Quite mad actually; but there you have it. If you just stay out of reach of his vicious personal...

Hi Burbs, No, that was a really good post of yours. I suspect you've actually stumbled onto a deeper truth in the above sentence too: The RTAs are perhaps meant to be an investment disincentive. All part of a slow heating of the frog's water sort of strategy?

So you've met my mother-in-law then . . . .

Never had any mal-dam myself, touch wood. I'm just getting armed up for the eventuality. Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst, you know?

No argument there, and Tbum made that same argument a number of posts ago. It's a sad fact but true: PMs on the whole are paid peanuts, so for the most part LLs get monkeys looking after their properties. And being a PM can be a seriously stressful job too. I don't envy them one little...

How about malicious damage, and the stresses both financial and emotional for LLs it incurs? And how on earth do you think demand for rentals falls from today's levels: emi-freakin'-gration?

Ah, I see. What you are saying, Tbum, is that there is nothing wrong with RTAs and associated tribunal procedures in general as they now stand (i.e. with State by State variances). The problem - for both landlords and tenants - is not being familiar enough with how to use them properly...

Well, that almost had the chance of becoming a fruitful discussion of how the RTA could in principle be improved. But instead it descended into (1) LLs are only interested in themselves so not capable of fruitful discussion, (2) the RTA is set in stone so there's no point in a fruitful...

I think you might have garnered from some of the posts here that 4 weeks is not enough by any stetch. Try 13 weeks as a minimum, I'd suggest (and that's with no change to anything else in the RTA or Tribunal rules.) This of course mean tenants will have to - 1. Save very hard to come up...

Please forgive the belligerant tone of my fellow LL posters, Thatbum. I very strongly welcome your insight and perspective, and am convinced that many here including myself can learn a great deal from your input. I did suggest at the outset though that you'd just luv this place. Welcome to...

Interesting thread! Thatbum, you appear to be saying RTAs basically work pretty well. You're argument is they do a good job of stipulating the rules for everybody, in particular per your threefold list of 'common breaches' (1. LLs unfairly claiming wear & tear, 2. LLs not maintaining...