"A few saw this coming 6-8 years ago and went around buying up all the rent rolls in Melb, most are run by 2-3 companies now FWIW Very smart move!"
smart move for sure, it makes me laugh when landlords harp on about how they can raise their rents to offset lack of capital growth
well if you are using an agent because you are hard at work trying to make as much NG offset as you can, then you are only doing it(raising rent) to pay someone else
