EPM: First Person

Co-Ownership of Investment Property Advantages

Stephanie ChallinorDecember 4, 2015

The Four Pillars of Personal Branding

WE OFTEN ASSOCIATE the term ‘branding’ with businesses, specifically marketing, but in the modern workplace each individual has a personal brand that should be developed. Stephanie Challinor from Rockend explains. Establishing your personal brand is an important tool for your future career success and something which should be developed along with your workplace skills and knowledge. Many of us have…

Brock FisherOctober 30, 2015

Lessons Learnt In A Really Big Business

BROCK FISHER TAKES AN HONEST LOOK back at the learning curve he experienced when he joined Rental Express after managing a much smaller rent roll. Before Rental Express, the biggest department I had worked in managed 500 properties. Now, working in a multi-layered business looking after 4,500 properties, with organic growth of 900-plus properties per year, has been quite an…

Troy HazardOctober 6, 2015

Smooth Equals Speed

Troy Hazard recalls how a car racing experience taught him a lesson about life and why it’s necessary to think more than one turn ahead. TAKE A STEP back in time with me for a moment, back to a time and place in school and a moment when you were asked that ever-important question by a guidance counsellor or a…

Michelle DelaneySeptember 25, 2015

It’s People Who Make The Difference

IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS NECESSARY for productivity, Michelle Delaney argues that what really makes the difference in property management is people. The concept of a ‘landlord’ can be traced back to the Roman Empire. Back then, peasants were bound to the land, dependent on their landlords for protection and the provision of justice. As time has passed, the…

Brock FisherSeptember 4, 2015

How Far Can a Property Manager Walk?

IS THERE A CEILING on the portfolio size for an individual property manager? Could you improve your capacity by 20 per cent while still doing a great job? Brock Fisher, COO of Rental Express, takes a look at both the myths and the possibilities. ‘HOW MANY properties can a property manager manage?’ This is one question I hear a lot…

John SweeneyAugust 23, 2015

A Guide to the Ultimate Brainstorm

OHN SWEENEY HAS BEEN changing human behaviour across the globe for 15 years. A master of improvisational insights and innovation, he shares with us his simple tips to help your team come up with some great new ideas. WE’VE ALL been there. The business is going in a new direction and you need to think of ideas to support it,…

Fiona BlayneyDecember 15, 2014

Look – Up in the Sky

Fiona Blayney spends a lot of time travelling, but her reflections lie closer to home. What does family teach us about business, and how do we make sure all our sacrifices are worthwhile? THE NEXT time you watch the planes overhead, commuting people from state to state, country to country, holiday to home and business to office, you may be…

Fiona BlayneyOctober 7, 2014

Something Old, Something New: Traditional vs. High-Technology

With an ability to mould classic concepts together with ever-evolving technology, Fiona Blayney argues that we really do have the best of both worlds. IN THIS FAST-PACED, technoaggressive world an app created by three students, which slings wingless birds towards pigs, is worth $8.8 Billion. We measure our fitness not from how far or how fast we can run but…