January 2010 Community News Article

Quote of the month:
“The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.”

John Sladek

Phew…. Christmas is over for another year! By the time this Community News hits the streets we will have braved the mayhem of Christmas and Boxing Day as well as the revelry of New Years Eve. We hope everyone thoroughly enjoyed the festive season and didn’t get too caught up in the traffic jams of the main street during such a busy time.

This month we would like to recognise some of our most valuable tenants. The backbone of most real estate businesses is in its permanent rent roll and thanks to our Permanent Rental Manager, Kim McIlroy – Cooloola Coast Realty - Rainbow Beach has a solid permanent rental portfolio.

Kim has assessed all of our tenants against a set of criteria including rental arrears, harmonious relationships with neighbours, maintenance of the property, etc and she has identified a number who have gone above and beyond their responsibilities in terms of their rental agreement.

A few of our tenants were recognised this month by their property owners for exceptional conduct of tenancy in the property they reside in. There was a tough decision to make as we have so many good tenants. After careful deliberation, we arranged for the top three to be awarded with gifts to show our appreciation as well as the appreciation of the property owners.

Just prior to Christmas, the following tenants were presented with gifts provided by the property owners in recognition of their excellent tenancy:

First prize went to Chrissy & Henry Fleming as well as Kaylah Fallo. Second prize was awarded to Byron Rush and third prize went to Kathy Beer and Michael Greenbury.

Congratulations to these tenants and thank you to all our landlords who entrust us with the management of their asset.

In other Rainbow Beach real estate news, enquiry levels for residential sales have increased over the past two months and the prospects for a return to more ‘normal’ sales volumes (based on the 20 year average for Rainbow Beach) are looking positive. Prices have steadied and are still down from the peak of late 2007/early 2008 however values have held throughout 2009.