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For property managers and agencies

Managing property in more than one jurisdiction means the rules change under you: trust accounting differs at every Australian state line, the UK has moved on from Section 21, and a US agency runs screening under a federal statute that has nothing to do with either. These are the guides we have written for people doing that work, alongside a straight comparison against the software you are probably using now.

Guides for agencies

Operations· AU/NZ

Body corporate and strata management, explained

How strata and body corporate schemes work for apartments and townhouses: levies, the capital-works/sinking fund, by-laws, AGMs and common property, and how the rules differ by Australian state and in New Zealand.

6 min read

Compliance· AU

Trust accounting for Australian agents: what every state has in common, and where they differ

Rent and bond money sits in a statutory trust account that must be reconciled monthly and audited annually. The shared rules across Australian states, and the per-state legislation behind them.

6 min read

Accounting· Multi

Owner statements that actually reconcile

The owner statement is the one document owners read closely. What a good monthly statement contains, why it has to tie back to the trust account, and how to stop it costing you a weekend each month.

5 min read

Leasing· AU/NZ

Tenant screening without an SSN: how it works in Australia and New Zealand

US-style screening breaks the moment you cross the Pacific. How identity, history and affordability checks actually work for tenants in Australia and New Zealand, and the privacy rules that govern them.

6 min read

Compliance· AU

Rental bonds and the TPAR: an Australian property manager's guide

How residential rental bonds are lodged with state authorities, the usual limits, and when a property management business has to lodge a Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR) with the ATO.

6 min read

Compliance· DE

The German operating-cost statement (Betriebskostenabrechnung), explained

What the Betriebskostenabrechnung is, which costs are apportionable under the BetrKV, the §556 BGB twelve-month deadline, and what property managers operating in Germany need to get right.

7 min read

Accounting· US

Bank reconciliation for property managers: what actually has to match

A plain guide to three-way reconciliation for property managers: matching the bank feed to the ledger to the owner, where it breaks, and how to make month-end stop eating your evenings.

6 min read

Compared with what you use now

Feature-by-feature against the systems agencies most often move from. Every claim is drawn from the same source the comparison table uses, so nothing here is written freehand.

See how migration works

Managers arriving here are usually comparing against incumbent software, so the migration path is the honest next step rather than a trial signup.

See how migration works