Self-managing your rental means no property manager hands you a tidy tax summary at year-end — it’s on you. Here’s the plain-English EOFY checklist: what to do before 30 June, what you can claim, and what you can’t.
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Do you need a conveyancer to sell your house privately? (2026 guide)
Worried about the legal side of selling your own home? You’ll still want a conveyancer — but it’s more straightforward than you’d think. Here’s what they handle, who can do it in your state, and what it costs in 2026.
Real Estate Agent Commission by State (2026)
What you’ll pay an agent to sell your home depends less on the agency than on your postcode. Here’s commission state by state in 2026, what it means in real dollars, and how it compares to a flat fee.
Rental document management made easy
Leases in email, certificates in a drawer, the bond receipt somewhere. Here’s how to keep every tenancy document in one place, filed against the right property.
How to screen tenants: a landlord’s guide to choosing well (2026)
One property, a stack of applications, and no agent to lean on. Here’s how to screen tenants the thorough, fair way — the checks that matter, what you can and can’t legally ask, and the 2026 privacy rules.
5 Inspiring Success Stories of Selling a House Privately and Saving Big
Five recent sellers on doing it themselves: the hesitation, the favourite moments, the hard parts, and the advice they’d give you. In their own words.
Success Stories: How One Couple Saved $75,000 with PropertyNow
Debbie and her partner sold their own home and kept more than $75,000 in commission and marketing costs. On buyers mistaking them for agents, and the offer they turned down.
Success Stories – Amanda from Braddon
Amanda and Heidi sold their Braddon home themselves for $1.5 million, under offer after eight days, and saved around $45,000 to $50,000 in ACT agent fees.
Success Stories – Cameron
Cameron’s second private sale with us. On dealing with buyers direct at home opens, and a lower cost of sale that took a serious chunk off the mortgage.
Success Stories – Melissa from Rosewood
Melissa was hesitant about selling while working full time, and had her Rosewood property sold in thirteen days. On going live earlier in the week, and leaning on family.
Success Stories – Jeff and Kerri from Walcha
Jeff and Kerri sold their Walcha property without a computer, on a phone they were still learning, to a buyer from Sydney. On lowball offers, and holding their nerve on price.
Success Stories – Blair from Rosebery, NT
Blair sold in Rosebery, NT for $30,000 above the agents’ appraisal and saved around $15,000 in fees. On showing your own home, and why buyers preferred it.
Success Stories – Robyn from Rye Park
Agents told Robyn her Rye Park place would fetch $600,000 to $650,000. She sold it herself for $720,000 and calculates the whole exercise left her family $90,000 ahead.
Success Stories – Craig from Riverton
Craig sold his Riverton property for $30,000 over asking and $40,000 above what an agent said they would list it for. His second sale with us, with six more to come.
Success Stories – Gabby and Lloyd from WA
Gabby and Lloyd’s buyers were renting across the road and only started looking once the sign went up. Fifteen minutes through the house, and an offer above asking.
Fees for selling a property are changing this November
Our October 2022 announcement: why we raised the ‘for sale’ listing fee from 2 November, what it meant for existing listings, and what we had spent the previous years building.
Selling Investment Property: Everything You Need to Know
When to sell, what happens with tenants in place, and what selling actually costs. A plain guide for anyone weighing up cashing in an investment property.
What Not to Fix When Selling a House (and What Actually Pays Off)
Not every repair pays for itself. Which fixes to skip before you sell, which ones are actually worth doing, and how to spend where it lifts your sale price.
How Much Value Does a Renovated Bathroom Add?
A dated bathroom costs you more than a new one earns back. The honest maths on bathroom renovations before a sale: when to refresh, when to renovate, and when to leave it alone.
How to Lease Commercial Retail Space
Retail leases carry obligations that ordinary commercial leases don’t, starting with the disclosure statement. Here’s what differs, and the four steps to letting the space.
Top 5 Tips for Selling Your Home
Presentation, pricing, method of sale, marketing and who does the selling. Five things that move the final number, in the order you need to think about them.
Selling a rental property with tenants: your options (2026)
Selling an investment property with someone living in it? The lease carries across to the buyer — which shapes your options rather than blocking them. Here’s how to choose between selling tenanted, vacant, or to the tenants themselves.
How soon can you sell a house after buying it?
You can sell the day after settlement. Whether you should is a sum: buying costs in, selling costs out, and what the home is worth today. Here’s how to run it.
How to Build a House While Selling Yours
Sell first, build first, or both at once? The real trade-offs of each sequence, the finance options in plain English, and the settlement levers that make it all fit.