Property management & strata ✦ Industry

Property management
& strata support

The administrative half of a portfolio — arrears chasing, maintenance job coordination, inspection paperwork, levy notices and owner correspondence — handled by someone whose only job it is.

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$14/hrFrom, + GST · full-time
Up to 70%Vs. a local hire
Portfolio adminArrears + maintenance
~2 wksBrief → first day

Property managers churn because of the admin, not the properties

A property manager with 150 doors is not overwhelmed by properties. They are overwhelmed by the volume of small administrative events each property generates — a maintenance request, an arrears notice, a routine inspection to schedule and report, a lease expiry, an owner asking a question by email.

It is the reason turnover in the role is so high, and the reason agencies cap portfolio sizes well below what the properties themselves would demand.

A dedicated offshore assistant takes the administrative events. The property manager keeps the relationships, the inspections, the tribunal work and the judgement calls — and can carry a larger portfolio without burning out.

What comes off the property manager's desk

  • Arrears management — Arrears identified daily and chased on your escalation schedule, with every contact logged, so nothing sits at day fourteen unnoticed.
  • Maintenance coordination — Work orders raised, tradespeople contacted and scheduled, owner approval sought, tenants notified and completion followed up.
  • Routine inspection admin — Inspections scheduled, entry notices issued to the correct notice period, and reports formatted and issued from the manager's findings.
  • Lease and tenancy documentation — Renewals prepared and tracked, condition reports formatted, bond lodgement paperwork prepared.
  • Owner correspondence — Routine owner enquiries answered from your templates, statements issued, reports prepared for review.
  • Strata levies and notices — Levy notices issued, arrears tracked, meeting notices and minutes distributed to the correct timeframes.
  • Compliance calendars — Smoke alarms, pool certificates, insurance renewals and safety checks tracked with rolling expiry lists.
  • Trust-adjacent reporting — Reconciliation support and reporting prepared for your licensed staff — never trust transactions themselves.
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What stays with your licensed staff

Property and strata management is licensed work in every Australian state, and trust accounting is separately regulated and audited. Administration travels; licensed acts and trust money do not.

  • Trust account transactionsNo access, no transactions, no authority. Trust accounting stays with your licensed staff under your state regulator's rules.
  • Licensed property management actsAnything requiring an agent's licence — signing a lease on the principal's behalf, appraising, negotiating rent — stays with your licensed staff.
  • Tribunal and dispute conductPreparing a bundle is administration. Appearing or making decisions about a dispute is not.
  • Entry and inspectionsPhysical inspections and entry require someone present and authorised.
Industry-specific

Specialist roles for property and strata

Three dedicated roles covering the administrative events that consume the most property manager time.

Questions

Frequently asked

Do they know Australian tenancy rules?
We match people with Australian property management experience where it exists, and the notice periods and forms are learnable and rule-bound. But treat the notice timeframes as yours: the requirements vary by state and the consequence of getting one wrong lands on your agency, so document them and have the first month reviewed.
Can they talk to tenants and owners?
Yes, and consistently doing so is where most of the value is — tenants and owners mostly want a fast, accurate answer. Anything involving a negotiation, a dispute or a licensed act comes back to your property manager.
How many doors can one assistant support?
It depends on the split, but a full-time assistant typically supports two to three property managers' worth of administration. The better question on the call is which administrative events you want to hand over first — arrears and maintenance are usually the two that free the most time.
How much does it cost?
From $14/hr + GST full-time — up to 70% less than a local hire, with no placement fee. Run your numbers →
How fast can we start?
Typically 14 days from your discovery call to day one. In the first week we source and screen against your brief; you get three matched profiles and interview whoever you like. Once you choose, we handle the offer, the contract, equipment and connectivity checks. Specialist roles can take longer and we would rather tell you three weeks and mean it than promise two.
Is there a minimum term?
Three months, then month to month. It's the same runway you'd give a new local hire to learn your systems, your clients and your standards — and the team members who get a fair run are the ones who stay for years. There are no exit penalties at any point, and if the issue is the person rather than the role, the first-week refund and free replacement cover that separately.
How do you handle confidentiality?
The same way you'd treat any remote team member. Every placement signs an NDA and a confidentiality clause before day one, and they work inside your systems — your email, your CRM, your file storage — so you control what they can see and can revoke access instantly. No client data is stored on our side.