PropertyInvesting.com | Vik | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/vik4/activity/ Activity feed for Vik. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:48:45 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 cdd03a8aa70dd36f29f8ce2ec707daf8 Vik replied to the topic QLD vs NSW Management Agent Rates in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5009192-qld-vs-nsw-management-agent-rates/#post-5009287 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:20:06 +0000 I’ll be certain to shop around Dean. Two agents I spoke to so far in the Narellan area were asking 6.5%. As I said, I do know others with 5% arrangements that were put in place a couple of years ago so perhaps the agents all met at the pub and decided its time for a price hike. Given there has been some turn over in properties lately is probably…[Read more]

]]> 257d145a6707837616838d126b646c1f Vik replied to the topic QLD vs NSW Management Agent Rates in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5009192-qld-vs-nsw-management-agent-rates/#post-5009236 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:55:25 +0000 Thanks Benny.

I am buying properties at the moment so I haven’t got to the stage of actually haggling on the management rate yet.
One property in the deep southwest of Sydney in an area where median rents are about $450pw and there the agent is asking the 6.5% I mentioned.

The other one is in Fortitude Valley and is let for $460pw. That’s where…[Read more]

]]> 61177e19d4f398835243394014470aaf Vik replied to the topic QLD vs NSW Management Agent Rates in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5009192-qld-vs-nsw-management-agent-rates/#post-5009199 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 11:46:03 +0000 I guess I’m comparing Bris v Syd.
You can see it as 2% or you can see it as 23.5% depending on your point of view. Basically it is another weeks rent you loose.
In 1999, last time I had an IP (in Syd), they were only asking 5%, and there was no GST to put on top back then. What has happened that made the management of properties that much harder for them?

]]> 5e0a35f3a84cff4bf9983072baa61573 Vik started the topic QLD vs NSW Management Agent Rates in the forum Creative Investing https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5009192-qld-vs-nsw-management-agent-rates/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:51:54 +0000 Why is it that Agents in QLD ask 8.5% management fees whereas in NSW they are asking 6.5%. What is so hard about managing QLD property?

That said, what are people actually paying? Do you find agents are prepared to negotiate on the rate?

]]> b099c7a79fda152ebd5197bb13b642b7 Vik started the topic QLD vs NSW Management Agent Rates in the forum Creative Investing https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5009192-qld-vs-nsw-management-agent-rates/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:51:54 +0000 Why is it that Agents in QLD ask 8.5% management fees whereas in NSW they are asking 6.5%. What is so hard about managing QLD property?

That said, what are people actually paying? Do you find agents are prepared to negotiate on the rate?

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