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Premises liability accidents are accidents caused by dangerous or defective property, whether outside or inside a building. Premises liability accidents can take place at a residence, a commercial property or a public property such as a park or a street. The law allows for many different interpretations of “dangerous” and “defective.” This ranges from something as simple as clutter or

To all tenants: Our Perth property management team would like to give you some tips and some reminders about keeping your house clean for our routine inspections. We take care of numerous investment properties in Perth. The owners trust us to keep their homes in great shape and put everything on “autopilot” for them, leaving them time to live their

Pest control can be a touchy subject for both tenants and landlords. Whenever an infestation breaks out, it is human nature for each to blame the other and hold them responsible. But who is responsible legally? The answer is complex and contains some “grey area,” but here is what the WA Department of Commerce has to say: “As a general

The one thing you can’t afford as a property investor.

Summer is gone, but it’s always good to save water. Here are some tips to keep your water payments on your investment properties down. Remember: even though WA has watering restrictions, you can’t depend on them to keep tenants from using too much water. Professional Property Management and Maintenance The most important factor for a property investor is to make

For most renters, a rent increase ranks right next to a root canal on the desirability chart. However, it is crucial for landlords to maximise returns on their investment properties and part of that is raising the rent when it is appropriate to do so. Ultimately, no renter likes to hear that rent is being raised, so there is always

One of the most important things you can do with your investment property in Perth is to make it safe and secure for your tenants. It is to your advantage to do so for two main reasons. First of all, tenants want to feel safe and are more likely to rent a property that is safe and secure than one

Our Perth property management team handles a lot of investment properties in over 125 Perth suburbs. One of the things any professional property management team does extremely well is avoiding problem tenants. The “wrong” tenants can really impact your headspace if they get behind in rent payments, meanwhile you still have to make your loan payments to keep the bank

Due to a spate of reasonably-priced, investor-friendly planned communities, many investors are buying new homes as investment properties in the Perth area. While this may seem like a turnkey solution to many and it is natural to assume that a new home will be tenant-ready at the handover of the key from the builder, there are some steps that you

From our most recent round of landlord surveys we have identified and implemented some exciting improvements. Check them out here.

While many decry the “end of the mining boom” and predict gloom and doom for the WA economy due to the recent contraction of the resource industry, it isn’t being reflected in the Perth housing market. According to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA), the median home price in Perth is $535,000, which is $10,000 more than the

In a development that is important for buying and selling investment property in Perth and across Australia, Aussie Home Loans recently released the results of a survey in which home buyers were asked what factors were the most important in their decision. The most astounding development was that schools ranked only 12th in factors that go into the decision making