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So if a landlord asks the PM to organise a renovation, how do you work out a fair fee? Or do you decline the job. I suppose it all depends on what you mean by "renovation"?

Thanks Peter for that. I am a bit surprised that a landlord would ask their PM to get compliance certificates, but even more surprised that they would ask them to organise renovations. How cheeky. If I was a PM I would want to charge way more than a normal management fee to take on such...

I have read a little about this in the paper last weekend. I'm curious to know about pool fence laws? Surely the landlord has to step in and get his pool certified and would not be dumping this responsibility on the PM? My understanding is that a house cannot be rented without having a...

I do know what work is involved in a relet, because I have been doing it for years too, and Lil knows my son is working the same type of job as her. I know he works his buns off. And I know Lil works her buns off too :). What I am trying to say (perhaps not very clearly), is that a re-let is a...

I think most of the replies refer to residential management, so don't get hot under the collar. If I had a CIP I would be happy to pay to have it managed, as I know diddly squat about it. I know residential very well and have self-managed for over 30 years. I cannot justify paying to have our...

I would think in most residential instances, the agent calls the tenant, asks if they want to renew the lease for a further twelve months, tenant comes to the agency, signs the new lease, which I imagine is saved somewhere on a computer. If not, then it would take five minutes to fill in the...