Hear Hear! I'm with you, Beth. We need to start a Landlords Revolution! We'd never sell a property through an agent that refused to work on weekends, why do we put up with Property Managers that won't? Personally, I want a Property Manager to keep my property rented to a good quality tenant, which usually means someone with a job. When my property is vacant and costing me a fortune, I want them bending over backwards to sign up a tenant, and the more work commitments that tenant has the better as far as I'm concerned! There are excellent tenants spending weeks just trying to get a look inside a house, and perfectly good houses sitting empty for weeks because people aren't loking at them.
We all need to stand up and demand the service these people are contracted to offer. You're right, Beth, it would have been cheaper for you to take a week off work and do the whole job yourself, which entirely defeats the purpose of having a property manager! If they can't or won't, we need to take our business to those who will. I found one. Beth found one. Don't put up with second rate, snail pace service!
and while I'm here, a quick plug for Harcourts at Sunnybank Hills… lease signed in 3 days! THAT'S more like it!