Kirk Stafford

AI in Property Management is a hot topic at the moment – its implementation, when done properly, can leverage both the artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to streamline and enhance a number of areas of our functions.   And in a candidate-poor marketplace where revenue is also under immense pressure which is our current […]

They say that the devil is in the detail, and in the case of the latest “reforms” to rental laws in Victoria, they’re correct – plenty of rhetoric about making it fairer for renters but little real meat on the bones as to how they’re actually going to execute these changes or when.   The

On 20th September, the Victorian state government released a raft of measures designed (in their view) to ease the pressure on the rental sector, among other things.   Typical of these sorts of announcements it is loaded with emotive language but missing key details, such as when these changes will be implemented. In my view,

What do PwC, Latitude Financial, PayPal, Medicare and Optus all have in common?   These are names we all know aren’t they, but do they sound familiar to you for any other reason?   Of course they do, they’re major (mostly Australian) companies, and they’ve all been hacked in the last 12 months, so if

If you’re in the property space, you’ll know that there’s been a constant stream of conferences and events this year, and I don’t know about you, but from a consultant’s point of view, it’s getting exhausting keeping up with them all let alone trying to attend them. Now, you might argue that this is to

You could hear the collective drawing in and holding of breath in the property sector before yesterday’s National Cabinet meeting and fortunately common sense prevailed. Rent freezes or caps are off the table and look to be permanently in spite of the campaign run by one of the minor parties strongly advocating for it. My

And if you’re an agency owner in other states, you should be very, very watchful – because your state government is watching the Vics on this. There is little doubt that we’re in a crisis of affordability within the rental market, the causes of the problem are widespread and entrenched so bold moves are required

The collapse of a disruptor There were only a few raised eyebrows when the news broke at the end of last week that the online property management platform “:Different” had been placed in voluntary administration because of their inability to raise further funds to keep the business going. This follows on the heels of Yabonza,

Or – An object lesson in how to stuff the rental housing market One thing I encourage my consulting clients to do when we hit an obstacle is to not repeat the same thinking on the problem, but to find a different way of looking at the issue to resolve it – advice I think

From my reading of the Federal Budget from earlier this week, I’m a bit disappointed; the can of the housing crisis has – yet again – been kicked down the road. While the increases in rent assistance for low income earners and Centrelink recipients is welcome, as are the other measures to try to ease