The Appeal of Rent Rolls There’s no doubt rent rolls are hot property in Sydney at the moment. The Inner West and North Shore areas are leading the charge as favourites where we have heard reports of agents paying in excess of $4.50. Rent rolls are a stable source of income if managed correctly. They are highly sought after by ... read more >>
Woah is it the end of the year already?! 2018 went very quickly and what a year it was. No doubt the highlight of this year was Jerome and I welcoming our son Marley into the world in April. He has been a constant source of joy for us and he’s settled into our life very quickly. Although Tracy officially ... read more >>
The mere mention of the word ‘strata’ is enough to have some agents running for the hills. But with the increase of apartment living in Australia, agents may wish to start looking at strata as another area to expand their business. So what is different between strata trust accounting vs normal real estate trust accounting? When it boils down to ... read more >>
With the ups and downs naturally associated with the real estate sales market, it is important to take care of your rental roll clients. Your rental roll clients are the ones that will (hopefully) be there through the thick and thin of the sales cycles. When sales times are low, the rental roll keeps clicking along. Just the same, when ... read more >>
Getting to the Bottom of Batch File Payments An aba file is an Australian Bankers Association electronic payment file format. These batch files are generated from your Real Estate trust accounting software when disbursing funds from your rental trust and can be read by your bank. Batch files are typically used in Property Management for paying Landlords and Suppliers and offer great ... read more >>
Earlier this month we spoke about the importance of setting up a tenant payment system and the key things to avoid to ensure the system runs smoothly. When it comes to tenant payment systems, apart from ensuring you have a system in place, the next key thing is to limit the payment options available. We have previously discussed why agencies ... read more >>
Weak passwords are a hacker's dream and everyone else's nightmare. The reality is that the online world is far from safe. Hackers are on the constant look out for weak passwords and systems they can breach quickly and easily. Unfortunately, people are still failing to secure their online information and despite the warnings, online accounts are protected by common and ... read more >>
Choosing the Right Trust Account Auditor Strap yourselves in for what is going to be an epic blog of epic proportions. Yet as we may joke about the dry nature of our audit topic this month, it is one to actually be taken quite seriously. Yes we are talking about the importance of using a qualified real estate trust account ... read more >>
Trust account fraud is possible even without direct access to your trust account. Think not? Think again! As we have painstakingly come to discover, Property Managers are able to steal trust money even without access to the trust account. Here’s how we came to discover this un-delightful piece of information about trust account fraud. Unfortunately this highlights how easily it ... read more >>
The day our Director transferred $100,000 instead of $1,000…and how you can avoid the same mistake. Before you think, no - that can’t be right! Think again. Yes these mistakes can, and do happen (even to the best of us). Major mistakes can happen in the blink of an eye – whether from a momentary lapse in concentration or simple ... read more >>
