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Advertising your vacant property.

Every day your property sits empty, it’s costing you money!  Learn how.....

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Conducting property viewings.

An easy-to-follow, step-by-step Property Viewing Guide to conducting ..... 

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What about pets?

Does excluding pet owners from your property mean you could be missing.....

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Taking applications?

What information should you collect from prospective tenants, and in.....

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Privacy Act

What are your obligations regarding the personal information you hold.....

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Screening Applications

How do you confirm a prospective tenant’s background.....

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Accepting a Tenant(s)

What are your obligations in terms of the timeframe for notifying successful.....

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Lease preparation

You and your tenants are about to enter into a legal relationship, so it is vital.....

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Lease signing

Signing the lease starts a legal relationship between you and your tenants..... 

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Bond collection / Lodgement

How much Bond should the tenant be paying.....

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Pet Bonds

What is a Pet Bond?

Is there a maximum amount you can collect as a.....  

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Keys and remotes

How many sets of keys should you have ready for the new tenants.....

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Property Condition Report

A comprehensive and accurate Property Condition Report (or “PCR”) forms.....

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Landlords Insurance

Why should you consider having Landlords Protection Insurance.....

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Connection of services by Tenants

What information should you be providing your tenants in relation to.....

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Feature Stories

Smoke alarm installation requirement on ALL rental properties

Landlords risk fines of up to $5,000 if they have not installed an approved mains powered smoke alarm in their rental property. WA State Government legislation (first introduced in October 2009) r....
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Electrical safety switches save lives and (from 8 August) save big fines !

New RCD regulations in effect since August 2011 have placed added obligations on landlords. Non-compliance will see individuals face fines of $15,000 or $100,000 fines for a body corporate if they fa....
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$40,000 clean up bill from a drug lab?? No thanks !

Some Perth landlords are having to pay up to $40,000 to clean up toxic chemical residue. In the first 8 months of last year, police discovered 137 drug labs. The drug lab epidemic highlights the impo....
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