December 2017

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Contributed By: Holmans Accounting on

One of the most hotly debated and often misunderstood concepts when determining the profitability of an accommodation business is the concept of ‘maintainable income’. The concept of ‘future maintainable earnings’ is a longstanding valuation principle, and possibly the most commonly used method of valuing an accommodation business is the capitalisation of the maintainable earnings of the business. In a management rights context, the capitalisation rate is referred to as the ‘multiple’, whereas in other accommodation businesses it is generally expressed as the return on investment percentage or ‘capitalisation rate’. Determining the multiple or capitalisation rate is very much the domain of the valuers and agentsRead More →

Contributed By: The Onsite Manager on

Last week RealEstate.com.au committed some resources to our managers to pull together a webinar that explained how to maximise rental marketing services with their portal. The feedback our managers gave us was that they found it really informative and useful. A lot of managers wanted to attend the webinar but, as you’d know if you are an onsite manager, they were otherwise engaged at the time. In light of this, REA have put the webinar into a video format so our managers can recap. You can watch the video here: https://rea-group.app.box.com/s/lztw0qvhwoh5jcco286vzjal0ja8jjpq Don’t hesitate to post any feedback or questions in the comments below.Read More →

Contributed By: Mike Phipps Finance on

Thank god for the Australian press and in this case The Australian newspaper specifically. Here I am sitting at my desk after a nice Saturday morning bike ride with a chronic case of writer’s block. I have some vague idea that I want to talk about how badly the general public and even our industry professionals misunderstand banks, but I can’t seem to find the right introduction. And then, like a sign from heaven there it is…………a banking industry article with the following comment “Interest only loans also allow a borrower to access larger loans, which has helped drive property prices higher”. In what universeRead More →

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