This month’s property management newsletter has just been completed. Click here for your exclusive preview. Topics featured include tips for maximising your investment’s return, staff news and a real life story illustrating why it pays to have landlord insurance.
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Donate and feel great – Take the time to sort out your wardrobe. Create four piles: “keep,” “store”, “donate,” and “throw away”. Store items you will wear again next winter. If you can’t remember the last time you wore something, get rid of it! If it is in wearable condition consider donating it to charity. Fitpatricks Real Estate is proud to sponsor Heart for the Homeless, a not-for-profit organisation focused …
Continue readingResidential blocks have been selling fast so there is a limited supply of vacant land remaining. Get in quick to secure a block to build the home you have always dreamed of. The remaining blocks range from residential home sites and one unit site to lifestyle and rural land ranging in size from 858 square metres to 155 acres.
Continue readingWater Usage Charges can be passed onto your tenant provided all the minimum criteria have been met. Rental premises must be individually metered, charges must not exceed amount billed on rates notice and the property must meet required “water efficiency” standards. We can then invoice your tenant for water usage on your behalf, potentially saving you hundreds of dollars.
Continue readingLast week the Reserve Bank lowered the cash rate by 25 basis points. This brings the official interest rate to a record low of 2.5%. So what does this mean for home buyers and the real estate market? It is predicted lower interest rates will drive up the price of homes, which is good news for vendors. Higher pricing has the potential to motivate others …
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