Were there any recurring objections with Councils to changing the title to strata titling ?
What were the main challenges ?
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thecrest

Don’t you just hate the smell of snake oil ?
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thecrest

Hi Michael.
The fact that you had to post this question means you don’t have the necessary experience to self manage at the moment.
If you would like to gain that knowledge first hand, then self managing is the way to go, but be prepared for hell tenants and heavenly ones and everything in between because that’s what you risk until you have enough experience in vetting tenants and later handling tenancy issues as they arise.
If your intention is to save on agent fees, better to let a professional PM do the job for you otherwise the risk and possible costs from hell tenants are higher than agent fees.

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Certainly more to it than meets the eye, included with your ads, bookings and key handovers are :
key returns, email and phone enquiries,deposit payments, balance payments, extending for extra nights queries and payments, refunds, complaints, cleaning, maintenance like blown lights leaking taps noisy leaky cisterns missing bath plugs, .
If someone else does these for you they will take the cream.
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Agree with Richard except with me it’s a case of my comments on our personal experiences with the dragon’s behaviour are unprintable.
If i looked at a contract with them i’d be reading it with a microscope for a month so time periods wouldn’t bother me.
CBA came through for us with flying colours by the way.
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As you know, there are 2 ways of paying for a roof over your head, rent or mortgage.
Neither should be viewed as subservient or superior in title, especially where a fixed lease is concerned.
In an occupancy battle, the fixed lease during it’s term is actually a superior document to your newly purchased title.
My suggestion is to actually go and talk to the tenants who are most likely actually really humans and see what plans they have for their future and who knows what mutually agreeable arrangements might be possible. The vendor or agent can approve such a visit. Or if you don’t mind treading on toes, you can can go anyway coz it’s a free country. Provided the tenants will agree to see you.
good luck.

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thecrest

3 areas require correct structure :
family business ventures,
legal,
accounting / tax.

In all areas you need the protection and order of the correct structure administered by qualified and competent professionals .
This applies, as you already know in normal business practice, but where close and trusting family members work together, they tend to fall into the trap of becoming too relaxed and complacent at the expense of correct business practices.

Been in that trap, sadly it cost me dearly in family relationship, capital, time and heartache.

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