Brisbane rental supply is spread across several council areas, and the owner looks different in each. Logan, Ipswich and Moreton Bay carry many newer houses and townhouses bought by investors, plenty of them from Sydney and Melbourne, who will never drive past the property.
Inside the river loop, owners hold Queenslanders, character cottages and apartments and often live close by. In Queensland, letting or managing property for others for reward needs a licence from the Office of Fair Trading, while an owner who lets their own place can self-manage.
Bonds are lodged with the Residential Tenancies Authority, and owners ask how that works.
Landlords also want to know what a manager handles on compliance items such as smoke alarms and pool safety certificates, so a licence number and a plain process are worth more on the page than another photo gallery.