Yeah I'm sydneysider as well. forums are a great tool also the hundreds of free books at your library. Its interesting to find books on investing in the 80's and see what past generations were doing to become successful investors etc.

Hey Harry i have an internal brick wall in one of my places if you want to practice but in all seriousness I'm all for trying to get as much done by yourself but with such an important and large aspect of the property I'd consider a professional unless you do a short course or practice on something not so large and important…I have a friend who taught himself how to do carpeting by ringing up a carpenter and asking him if he could come and watch him do it at a clients house. The guy was nice enough and he spent the whole day( for free obviously) helping the guy and learning how to do it with all the tricks and tips you cant pick up on a webpage or from youtube videos. just a thought, hope it helps. 

I try and look at it from both sides but the landlords do bare the brunt of most of these issues. Tenants trash our places and are allowed to continue renting. You have to spend about 100hrs searching for a decent property manager who will put a decent person in our asset. Insurance companies know we need this for our properties and are practically holding everyone to ransom. I like the idea of a uprising off landlords fighting the banks/tenants who trash our assets and any other thieving company.

That's a pretty standard fee. I use a Property Management team in St Mary's, J & B Realty. They are really good i think from memory they normally charge 6.6% but they are quite a distance from Cranebrook(15mins). Good luck.

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Good work im currently doing a reno and u really can see a big difference just by a few simple things.

Tony