EPM: News
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Rent.com.au partners with AirBnB, announces new CEO
It has been a big week for rent.com.au with three major announcements including a new CEO, a partnership with AirBnB and its annual results. Renters could be set to benefit from a new partnership between rent.com.au and one of the world’s largest accommodation providers Airbnb. The partnership is designed to encourage renters to ‘try before they buy’; allowing them to test…
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Grow Your Rent Roll and Attract Landlord Appraisals with RentQuotes
If securing new managements is key to delivering growth in your department this year, ensure RentQuotes is part of your online strategy. As Australia’s leading website dedicated to rental property, Rent.com.au offers a number of tools and services to help property managers build their managements. RentQuotes invites landlords looking for a property manager to send details about their new or…
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Renter needs overlooked in pursuit of great Australian dream, reveals election survey
While housing affordability continues as a key issue in the final days of the Federal Election campaign, Renters are calling for more support, improved services, financial incentives and the recognition of renting as an accepted lifestyle choice in Australia. According to a recent 2016 Federal Election survey (1,541 respondents) conducted by Australia’s leading website dedicated to rental property, Rent.com.au, more…
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Continuous Improvement
Tina Case started out as a weekend receptionist. Working her way up she now has a dual role in her own agency, Professionals Lithgow, as both Principal and Property Manager. Tina discusses how it all started, how she deals with the demands of the job and what keeps her motivated. Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at…
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First Ever Online Training Portal for Console Customers
The better your staff know the software they use, the more efficient they can be. But sometimes it is impractical to send them out of the office for training. Console are rolling out their first ever Online Training Portal which will eventually host courses for all Console software. The initial courses, to be rolled out in February 2016, will focus…
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Rent.com.au Offers Listing Upgrade Options
In a competitive market, it can be difficult to pick up the required visibility to capture renter and landlord enquiry. As a dedicated rental website, rent.com.au offers a unique opportunity to secure high visibility in core areas and additionally capture landlord enquiry, ensuring the continual growth of your rent roll. It’s time to find your point of difference. If bolstering…
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How to Secure Property Managements from Online Enquiries
If securing additional managements is a key objective for your department this year, make sure Rent.com.au is part of your ongoing online strategy. As Australia’s leading rental property website, Rent. com.au offers a number of tools and services to assist property managers in building their managements. Rent.com.au continues to grow the business through increased listings content and improved user experiences…
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Rent.com.au Partners With PPMs ‘Best Of the Best’ Awards to Recognise Excellence
Rent.com.au has partnered with PPM Group for the prestigious 2016 PPM National Property Management Awards, to be held on the Gold Coast on 19 June. Entries are now open for the awards, with nominations sought from the best property managers and property management departments across the nation. Now in its second year, the group’s ‘Best of the Best’ awards recognise…
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Console Announces Strategic Partnership with PropertySafe
Console, Australia’s leading supplier of software to the real estate industry, announces a strategic partnership with risk mitigation specialists PropertySafe. The new integration between Console’s GatewayLive property management and trust accounting software and PropertySafe’s Maintenance Manager, enables agencies to achieve a paperless solution, inclusive of full audit trails of maintenance tasks within their office. After signing up for Maintenance Manager,…
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Grab Your Tickets to LPMA 2016
The Leading Property Managers of Australia conference will be held at Jupiters on the Gold Coast on 7–8 April 2016. For the past 10 years LPMA has built a strong reputation for presenting conferences with maximum ‘take home’ value for delegates: content designed and delivered by the cream of the industry’s practitioners. At LPMA 2016, the bar is being lifted…
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Annual rental growth lowest on record, Core Logic
2015 was a lacklustre year for rental growth in Australia with rents increasing by just 0.3% in 2015; not exactly the news investors are looking to read about but good news for those looking to rent according to CoreLogic RP Data research analyst Cameron Kusher. “We’ve never seen rental growth as sluggish as it is at the moment. Furthermore, we’re expecting to see more of…
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Why You Can’t Afford To Miss PMC2016
It’s that time of year again! Time to get your tickets to the biggest property management conference in this part of the world, PMC2016 (formerly the Wealth Conference). As well as 30 sessions with key industry figures, you can take part in profit benchmarking workshops, a tribunal moot court, a BDM competition and a study tour. Apmasphere’s Property Management conference…
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PMs and Owners stand to Win with Digital Solar Partnership
Property management business solutions company, ireviloution, has partnered with a game changing digital solar technology company, Matter, to help positively disrupt the property management industry. Matter has launched Digital Solar, a world-first technology bundle that converts solar systems into micro-utilities, with benefits for every player in the property market. The Australian start-up is set to shake up the way property…
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Think outside the box for recruitment, says leading PM coach
With more than 50 people present at a breakfast specifically for property management (PM) professionals and business owners, leading business coach Fiona Blayney this week had some important messages to deliver to help attendees think outside the box to address the current talent shortage. Blayney opened the breakfast by saying “I may be slightly direct in my delivery, but I am here…
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Fridge Calendars – Promote Your Profile All Year Round
In an increasingly competitive and fluctuating market, the need for agents to build their profiles within their community is more prevalent than ever. Whilst technology and social media have changed the way consumers shop, it is often a faceless medium and most agents would agree that printed media is still the most effective way of building your profile. Fridge calendars…
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Direct Connect Extends Partnership Reach to Insurance, Smoke Alarms And Conveyancing
YOU MAY ALREADY BE USING THE SERVICES OF DIRECT CONNECT; as one of the biggest connection companies in Australia they have been helping people move house for the past ten years. What you may not be aware of are some of the fantastic new services on offer from Direct Connect, making life even easier for your clients when it comes…
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ALPPPS Summit Offers Game Changing Leadership Strategies
Jam-packed with gamechangers, ALPPPS™ is a two-day property management leadership summit exclusively for principals, PM team leaders and career property managers who want to raise the bar in their business or career. Taking place on 3-4 March 2016 on the Gold Coast, day one is headlined by the winner of season one’s The Apprentice Australia and Head of Business Development…
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Gain a competitive advantage in your office with Absolutely Brilliant
Updated: 10 October Absolutely Brilliant is a new service that allows agencies to have a team of real estate professionals answering their callers 24 hours a day; even looking after the agencies’ staff mobiles and dealing with their calls when they can’t. It’s like the agency and their staff having personal assistants. And for an agency and their staff to…
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Rockend wins Employer of Choice at the Regional NSW Business Chamber Awards
Rockend has been awarded the winner of the Employer of Choice award at the North Eastern NSW Business Chamber Awards. The honour was delivered on 26 June 2015, in front of 300 guests in a ceremony which was hosted Luna Park. As stated on the official NSW Business Chamber Awards website, the Employer of Choice award “recognises excellence in HR…
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A Bigger Home for Renters in Australia
THE RECENT ASX listing for rent.com.au Ltd (RENT) has propelled the company into a dynamic phase of growth as it moves a step closer to its goal of becoming the ‘Home for Renters in Australia’. CEO and Founder Mark Woschnak shares some insights into the company’s seven-year journey and future vision. Rent.com.au has just listed on the Australian Securities Exchange…
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Property IQ acquires leading real estate forms business
Property industry software provider PropertyIQ today announced it has acquired ADL Software, which is one of Australia’s leading suppliers of legal contracts, agreements and forms for the real estate industry. ADL Software provides ADLForms, an electronic contracts and forms solution for real estate professionals, as well as ADLInspect, which allows agents to easily complete condition reports on site using their mobile device. PropertyIQ Chief…
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Rockend releases update with new Inspection Workflow features
REST Professional Version 12.5 released today delivers users further automate manual tasks, build your business, grow profits, and deliver the best service experience to your customers. Watch the video above to see the new inspections workflow. Some of the latest features include: New Inspections Workflow – Allowing you to seamlessly move through the workflow to plan your inspections. Agency…
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