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Updates to Inspection Manager – July Release

September 12, 2024
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Updates to Inspection Manager – August Release

Introducing Our New App Features!
September 12, 2024
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Check Out Our Latest Updates For January

This release sees new updates that will help you with even Faster Report Editing via the CMS, with the new Area Level Thumbs Up for marking conditions and an improved reporting functionality to Load Reports Faster. Let us know what you think of these new features!
September 12, 2024
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Check Out Our Latest Updates For March

September 12, 2024
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Edit Layout via Report Editing

September 12, 2024
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Follow-ups for Tenant Assisted Inspections

September 16, 2024
3 minutes

How To Edit Inspection Report in CMS

September 16, 2024
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5 Ways Technology Can Help You Streamline Invoice Processing

September 11, 2024
5 min

Learn How To Get The Best Price For Your Property

You want to achieve your asking price when selling your house. But how do you get the best price for your property? Follow these six tips to find out
September 3, 2024
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How To Deliver Excellent Experiences To Your Renters

For tenants, property managers who promise one thing and deliver nothing is unacceptable. As rental prices increase, so too do tenants' expectations on what exceptional customer service looks like. If you want to avoid these start using some of the tips above, and keep your tenants happy.
September 3, 2024
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How To Future-Proof Your Property Management Business

Ideas and trends that are shaping your business are likely to be disrupted by new and advancing trends in technology and old strategies may not work as well anymore. If you want to stop your business from becoming another statistic, try using these hacks for future-proofing your business.
September 3, 2024
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How To Choose The Perfect Maintenance Team?

While you will be busy as a middleman between the landlord and the tenant, you will hire trade professional to solve issues at the ground level. Here are some of the things that you need to consider while hiring your property maintenance team.
September 3, 2024
5 min

How To Choose The Best Property Management Software

The business of property management does not need to be bogged down by the bureaucratic paperwork. Property managers need to consider these factors while choosing a property management software.
September 3, 2024
5 min

How Smart Technology Can Grow Your Tradie Business

There’s 250,000 service providers with a registered trade business, but the rate of service providers adopting smart technology to run their business continues to lag.
September 3, 2024
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How Often Should A Property Manager Inspect A Rental Property?

As a property manager, you should be conducting regular inspections of your properties. You place trust in tenants to maintain a property and follow lease rules, however you need to run routine inspections to ensure there’s nothing wrong with any property you find yourself managing
September 3, 2024
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How Property Inspection Software Increases Client Retention

Even though we don’t like having someone look over our shoulder when we work, the truth is that this is how we learn to do a better job.
September 3, 2024
5 min

How To Value Your Property

When selling its important to know how much is my house worth. Find out how to value your property and get accurate information from experts and tools available.
September 3, 2024
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What is a Maintenance Manager? What do they do?

Maintenance Manager - What is a Maintenance Manager ? What do they do day by day?
September 3, 2024
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4 Water Saving Ideas For The Garden

No need to spend hundreds of dollars using mains water your garden healthy all summer long. There are plenty of ways to save water and keep your water bill down
September 3, 2024
5 min

What is a Maintenance Manager and what do they do?

Maintenance Manager - What is a Maintenance Manager ? What do they do day by day?
September 3, 2024
5 min

Waikato Real Estate Customer Story

Cherie Osbaldiston from Waikato Real Estate shares her experience with Bricks + Agent's maintenance solution and approach to onboarding her trades.
September 3, 2024
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Cybersecurity Best Practices for Property Managers

In the digitally driven world of property management, the safeguarding of data has never been more critical.
August 21, 2024
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Integrated Suite Solutions are Redefining Property Management

With features like automation and insightful analytics, let’s delve into how they are reducing manual workload.
March 30, 2024
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Digital Revolution in Property Management

The traditional realms of property management are being reshaped with the infusion of digital technologies.
March 29, 2024
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Inspection Apps are Game Changing Property Management

From paper to screen, digital inspection applications are redefining how property inspections are conducted.
March 29, 2024
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Tips For Property Managers To Communicate Better

If you're a property manager then its likely you're managing more than one property for your clients. Both the tenant and the owner are extremely important and communication is a key factor for success. Here are tips that can help property managers communicate better with the tenant and the owner.
September 3, 2024
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Tips for Finding a Great Landlord

Finding a great landlord is not an easy task as you need to consider plenty of things while looking for a new landlord. The experts at Bricks+Agent have put together their top 5 tips for a landlord search that’ll help you discover honest and nice landlords that you can depend on.
September 3, 2024
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Top 8 Tips for Preventive Property Maintenance

Preventive maintenance is essential for property managers who want to avoid spending a lot of money on repairs and creating discomfort for their tenants.
September 3, 2024
5 min

The Ultimate Home Maintenance Checklist

People tend to only consider home maintenance only when something goes really wrong, rather than preventing it. To keep everyone safe and minimise the amount of service days, here’s the home maintenance checklist to keep you on top of things:
September 3, 2024
5 min

Things To Consider Before Buying A New Home

Buying a new home can be an exciting idea. Before starting your search for homes on the market, you must consider and keep the following factors in mind.
September 3, 2024
5 min

The Top Responsibilities of a Property Manager: A Comprehensive Guide

Being a property agent isn’t an easy job. There are a multitude of tasks that you are responsible for. It is only natural for you to overlook a few things. Unfortunately, more often than not, it is trust accounting. Here are 5 common trust accounting mistakes that property agents often make.
September 3, 2024
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The Role of Property Managers in Property Maintenance: A Comprehensive Guide

Being a property agent isn’t an easy job. There are a multitude of tasks that you are responsible for. It is only natural for you to overlook a few things. Unfortunately, more often than not, it is trust accounting. Here are 5 common trust accounting mistakes that property agents often make.
September 3, 2024
5 min

The New Free Tool Property Managers Have Been Waiting For...

Remote Inspections is a feature many Property Managers and Tenants will be enjoying moving forward, as more digital interactions become the new normal in this post COVID-19 world.
September 3, 2024
5 min

The Importance of Regular Property Maintenance: A Guide for Landlords

Being a property agent isn’t an easy job. There are a multitude of tasks that you are responsible for. It is only natural for you to overlook a few things. Unfortunately, more often than not, it is trust accounting. Here are 5 common trust accounting mistakes that property agents often make.
September 3, 2024
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What Is The Cost Of Garden Clean Up Services?

A tidy garden improves the beauty of your home and keeps you safe. As much as you can keep it clean using the DIY method, it might not be possible if you are busy. You might need to hire a garden cleaner. Garden cleanup cost can be around $45/hr. It depends with the requirements of the job. Sometimes cleaning a garden can be as low as $40/hr or as high as $50/hr. If you need services of a professional garden cleaner, it can cost you on average in Australia $164.84 to complete the whole project. However, this being an average estimation, rates can vary depending on the number of tasks involved.
September 10, 2024
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4 Characteristics Of A Great Property Manager

A property manager must be a skilled juggler of numerous tasks, keeping both landlords and tenants happy. In addition to keeping properties maintained and in good shape, they are responsible for preserving a rental property's value. Although this job only requires a high school diploma, many customers will opt to work with a specialist who has a degree in real estate, finance, or business. We've put together a list of professional qualities a property manager needs hold to make the most out of a successful career.
September 10, 2024
8 min read

Who Is The Average Australian Property Investor - Do You Fit The Bill?

Do you know who the average Australian property investor really is? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the super wealthy property speculator buying up rentals left right and centre. In fact it could be your next door neighbour, the one who’s drinking XXXX and firing up the barbie. Don’t believe us? Let’s take a look at some stats to see if we can put together a clearer profile of this person….
September 10, 2024
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8 Ways To Grow Your Rent Roll That REALLY Work

Whether you’re a seasoned property manager with an impressive portfolio or a beginner, you want to grow your rent roll and increase your monthly rental income. Right? The good news! Fortunately, there are countless rent roll growth strategies scattered over the web. But the question is what actually works? Which strategies help deliver real results effectively in a hassle-free manner? This article shares several time-tested rent roll growth strategies that really work.
September 10, 2024
8 min read

4 Ways To Turn Your House Into A Smart Home

How do you feel about interacting with your home the way you would with a website? In the future your home will know who’s in what room, make your coffee and turn on your lights. It might even choose your clothes for you based on the temperature outside.
September 10, 2024
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What Are The Costs of Wallpapering?

Are you planning on remodelling or renovating your house? If you are, you might be considering wallpaper, which has re-entered the style space this year. Available in a wide range of colors, textures, and prints, replacing old wallpaper or installing it in order to improve the property’s overall appearance could add value, attract more buyers and boost your home’s appeal.
September 10, 2024
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The Art of Making Customer Connections

Does your job revolve around customer satisfaction? Working in customer-centric industries like real estate, you will come across a lot of people and making a connection with the customer is vital to the longevity of your business. Establishing healthy customer connections is a fool proof formula for generating repeat business. Customers will come to you not just because they love your products and services, but because you offered them a smooth and convenient experience. The experts at Bricks + Agent have compiled a list of tips and tricks for improving customer connections.
September 10, 2024
10 min read

Starting A Career In Property Management

If you're on the lookout for a new career path, becoming a property manager might just be the perfect job for you. Now more than ever, people of all ages are renting instead of buying, so the need for good and professional property managers is out there. A career in property management can bring a decent salary, job security, and steady employment, and if you like to work with people, then your success is almost guaranteed.
September 10, 2024
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Misconceptions about Cloud-based Property Management Software

Cloud-based property management software is considered one of the most popular and powerful tools for many real estate agencies. But while it is quite popular among many businesses, the software can still be quite overwhelming and mysterious to many, which fuels many myths about it.
September 10, 2024

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