S2 / E4 - Short stay vs Long stay rental. Which is best?
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While short stay rental may sound like a great way to make some extra money there are lots of extra costs. In this chat we work through the pros and cons of short vs long stay rentals including what property is best suited. Also what are the extra costs of short stay rentals inluding the booking site cost, cleaning, furniture etc etc.
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S2 / E2 - Does Vic have a view tax & keep or move a tenant when selling.
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The Gold Coast Council are changing their rating system for apartments so now higher apartments with a better view pay more rates. Does Victoria have a similar view tax? Also we chat about when investors sell should they ask a tenant to move out or is it OK for them to stay.
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S2 / E3 - Rent reviews - How much, how often and what to do.
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With the rental market growing rapidly many owners and renters are dealing with the issue of rent increases. Owners want to look after their renters but need to cover increased costs. Renters are battling cost of living presures so it is a tricky balance.
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S2 / E1 - Will apartment rents keep rising? Live on 3AW
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Apartment rents have been volitile over the last few years. Lately they have risen sharply and everyone wants to know if they will keep rising.
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TA:39 We met at an 80's party...
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It was some time ago that Josh and Emma Wilson met at an 80's party on the South Coast of NSW. Since then they have moved homes and travelled through France before falling in love with Melbourne and each other somewhere along the way. Josh grew up in the Barossa Valley in SA and was a self confessed computer nerd in his early days before building a very successful IT Project management business Melbourne. Emma's journey takes in retail, visual merchandising, cupcake baker, interior designer and now has found her passion as a ceramicist. So how does a IT consultant and a ceramicist manage to...
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TA:38 All dogs are good...they teach us a lot.
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When Harriet Alexander was living in London she took in a three legged rescue dog. "Pedro" had a number of behavioral issues due do past trauma and neglect. Little did she know at the time Pedro was about to completely change her life. Harriet was so determined to understand him and how to help him that she ended up making a career of it. With the help of inspirational mentors and a lot of study in canine behaviour management, Harriet operates a professional dog training business in Melbourne called with methods that are ethical and kind and are a long way from the old training technics based...
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TA:37 Say Bonjour to Vincent and Canelé magnifique.
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If you have never tried a Canelé you are in for a treat. If you are already a fan then I have some very exciting news. With its origins in the Annociades convent of Bordeaux where nuns cared for disadvantaged children, Melbourne has its very own decedent of the French boulangerie Vincent Uso moved to Australia from France about 6 years ago. With a dream in his heart and the secrete recipe from his Uncle Alain in his pocket he has just started baking the most magnificent Canelés here in Melbourne. Buy day he is an architect but by night he transform to produce French pastries that can be...
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TA:36 Getting a grip on Covid
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Don't you just adore a good love story. Jelmer Stellingwerf was happily going about his life working in Switzerland when he was swept off his feet by an Aussie girl studying music at Zurich. Somehow he convinced his boss Australia would be a fantastic place to set up a new office and he and Karina moved here in 2019 leaving his family behind in his home land of the Netherlands. Karina is a professional musician (which the neighbors love) and Jelmer is the Managing Director of Swiss Grip Australia which as the name suggests is a non slip safety coating and he has very quickly grown the...
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TA:35 Treat others while you treat yourself.
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Have you every wondered how some people are able to do so much for others without any hint of personal recognition or financial gain. Growing up in Melbourne as the youngest 4 boys Nic Bolto had his outlook on life re set when his oldest brother Rob died of Leukemia. As if that want enough he lost another brother to suicide sending him and his family into deep shock for many years. What he discovered through this experience is the awful lack of responsiveness and care in our community to help us manage life's traumatic events. Nic is the Chair of which is Bed & Breakfast set is 53 Acres...
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TA:34 Lock down lessons in business
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Most Victorians have endured some form of restrictions since late March 2020 and it will continue until late November 2020 and beyond. For Daniel Wolff the early days of lockdown were tough and it took him a couple of months to settle into a pattern that helped him deal with the personal and commercial challenges most of us are facing every day. Daniel is the Director of Capstone Education who are business consultants to Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Both Capstone Education and their clients being large and small training organisations across Australia have had to refocus on their...
info_outlineFor literally decades property commentators and the media have debated the development of apartments in Australia’s capital cities. Usually the commentary ran along the lines of “there are too many being built”, or “they are too small”, or “they are creating an urban jungle”.
One thing we do know for certain is that this development has created a very valuable supply of housing and with out it we would have a serious housing crises.
What’s done is done but the future apartment developments have changed mainly to meet the changing demand or purchaser profile. In the last 1 or 2 years the buyers have moved from mostly foreign and domestic investors to mostly owner occupiers. The world of lending to develop and buy apartments has shifted dramatically as has the tax regime which may change further if there is a change of government in 2019.
John Meagher has been immersed in the apartment market for over 20 years and is founder and managing director of three sixty property groupwho specialise in the sale of off the plan apartments on Australia’s Easter sea board. Chatting to John he explains what the current purchaser is looking for in an apartment and how the type of apartment projects currently being planned and built has changed.
In essence the foreign investment buyer has been replaced by the local owner occupier buyer. This means the way apartments are designed, services they provide, finishes and appliances, options to reconfigure have all been stepped up as the buyer is going to be living in it and not renting it out. This means the next generation of apartments will be bigger and better but they will also be more expensive.
Like everything, the housing market needs to provide choice and diversity to enable the population to have the ability to change their accommodation needs in line with their life needs. Regardless if they wish to rent or own the diversity of housing choices is a very good thing and ensures people to change the cost and style of their accommodation as their life changes.
As John explains the last 20 years of apartment development has supplied exactly that and will continue to evolve with the market demands to provide people what they want.