It saddens me how some tenants respond to a rent rise by angrily giving notice to quit. Owners and landlords can't just walk away from a property when the bank raises mortgage interest rates, or the state or shire raises rates and other duties. Surely it's reasonable to pass on those costs?
Some tenants get upset when the managing agent hassles them about rent arears just before Christmas. They need to understand that if the tenant doesn't meet his payment obligations, the landlord might have to cancel the family's holiday. Is that really fair?
None of the landlords who give their properties to us to manage are monsters, they are just people like the rest of us, who have invested in property and are trying to meet their increasing costs in difficult times. The reason the government gives them tax breaks is precisely because the country depends on landlords to make housing available to those who don't yet own a house.
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