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In uncertain economic times it’s never been more beneficial for a strata scheme to have a resident manager. It has been proven time and time again that resident managers save a scheme money and provide much better service than any outside source. But in an age when trades are now routinely charging $100 an hour or more – and that’s if you’re lucky enough to find one to do the work – a good on-site building manager has become the one-stop shop for all maintenance needs and repairs. Resident managers are on a fixed contract with their body corporates and on average are receiving about $45Read More →

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A TOP night of worthy winners THE MANAGEMENT AND LETTING RIGHTS INDUSTRY is built on a foundation of hospitable and well organised resident managers whose hard work creates a $55 billion yearly economic benefit for Australia. So many people right across our business deserve accolades and on July 25 at Brisbane’s fabulous Royal International Convention Centre the most outstanding achievers in the MLR field were honoured at our annual TOP awards. It was a magnificent evening as our industry celebrated great success borne from determination and diligence. The night honoured the best of the best in our business, and the work displayed by all of our winnersRead More →

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ARAMA’S Top Awards are a showcase of everything that we love about Management and Letting Rights. This year’s awards will take place at a gala function on July 25 at Brisbane’s Royal International Convention Centre and will highlight the outstanding work that resident managers are doing on behalf of owners, bodies corporate and residents. All the finalists exhibit the marvellous traits that go into building a successful MLR business – they all know that first and foremost they are working in a service industry, and they are providing benefits to their clients that go above and beyond what is expected of them. This month I’dRead More →

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ResortBrokers Chairman Ian Crooks and Director Alex Cook honoured by ARAMA on the management rights industry’s night of nights ResortBrokers’ Founder and Chairman Ian Crooks was awarded ARAMA’s highest honour of Life Member at the 2023 ARAMA TOP Awards Presentation & Dinner, the management rights industry body’s annual awards ceremony, held on 25 July. ARAMA is the peak industry membership body for management and letting rights in Australia. Induction as an ARAMA Life Member is regarded as the body’s highest level of recognition. It is awarded to individuals who have a lengthy and distinguished period of dedicated service, and outstanding overall contribution to ARAMA andRead More →

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ON-SITE building management provides more essential services for a scheme, and they are delivered faster, cheaper and with more of a personal touch than any comparable options provided by off-site service providers. Resident managers save money for unit owners and the body corporate, and they also add great value to a scheme through their work. The industry survey conducted by international accountancy group Deloitte demonstrated better returns for owners from properties managed under the Management & Letting Rights model. The survey responses indicated that a Resident Manager performs the caretaking functions in a more cost-effective manner when compared to other professional outside alternatives. Pool cleanersRead More →

It has been a huge 5 weeks for TheOnsiteManager’s Nick Buick, touring the country with Kelley Rigby from Letts Rebuild and Trevor Rawnsley and Chris Podwell from ARAMA for the 2023 ARAMA ROADSHOW. The crew presented in 6 cities including Byron Bay, Airlie Beach, Port Douglas, Cairns, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast with a golf day thrown in for good measure. Many hundreds of managers attended the sessions which focused on Protecting, Defending and Growing your letting pool – a subject that is frequently asked about in management rights. The presentations were well-received and a lot of positive feedback was given from managers. InRead More →

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AUSTRALIA IS GRIPPED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED housing crisis, and ARAMA is calling on local councils around the country to ban the use of detached homes for short-term rentals. In a staggering statistic, 1,043,776 Australian dwellings were listed as empty on census night 2021. Some of these million-plus homes were vacant because they were being sold and awaiting new owners, but the latest data tells us that there were 251,000 short-term rental properties registered across Australia in September 2022. Most of these homes are empty most of the time. Meanwhile, in Queensland alone there are more than 50,000 people waiting on the social housing register and struggling to find a roofRead More →

I’d like to remind ARAMA members again that the industry survey conducted by international accountancy group Deloitte demonstrated better returns for owners from properties managed under the Management & Letting Rights model. Overall, the survey responses indicated that a resident manager acting in the role of an on-site letting agent delivers a better weekly rental return than an outside agent. The Resident Manager also performs the caretaking functions in a more cost-effective manner when compared to other professional outside alternatives. The Deloitte Survey is available as a four page fact sheet to members from the ARAMA website library. One of the most striking outcomes fromRead More →

The greatest validation for long term agreements in the business of Management and Letting Rights (MLR) is that the vast majority of resident managers are granted top-ups – that is extensions on the term of their MLR agreements. Why? Because those resident managers make continual improvements to a scheme in a way that off-site managers could never achieve. Owners are happy to give resident managers these top-ups as a reward for their performance. There are great economic benefits to a scheme that has an on-site manager with a long-term agreement, and there are also benefits you cannot put a price on – the services thatRead More →

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QUEENSLAND is besieged by a housing crisis and in desperate need of 55,000 new rental properties. The perfect formula to help alleviate this desperate situation is the business of Management and Letting Rights. I attended the Queensland Housing Summit on October 20, where one of the key messages was that it is high time to further encourage property developers, property investors and the property management industry. Developers and investors provide the necessary homes for people to live in, while it has been shown time and time again that Resident Managers make Community Title Schemes run more efficiently and provide housing that is far more affordableRead More →

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