Hi [FIRST_NAME] - Congratulations on your purchase, from us all at Real Estate Gallery. I’m sure it will turn out to be everything that you hoped for. Between now and settlement there are many things that you will need to do.

As a service to the people we meet at the Real Estate Gallery, I thought that you may find the ‘self-help’ items mentioned on this page to be of use and [FIRST_NAME] if there is anything at all I can personally help you with, please do not hesitate to contact me.

[FIRST_NAME], now that you have purchased, you may be interested in joining the Real Estate Gallery 'Property Owner's Club'. Member Benefits are all centred around the home and living in our fabulous Inner Suburban environment. See more below.

Kind Regards,

Bill Hegarty

Managing Director

Real Estate Gallery

PS. [First_Name], as a local property owner and member of our 'Property Owner's Club' you can share in our local 'Good Neighbour' initiatives.

These benefits include

• 'Local Discounts' with restaurants and local traders,

• 'bulk-buying',

• local chat room,

• neighbourhood watch,

• baby sitting pool,

• and we also keep you updated on property movements in your street and neighbourhood.

To register please click here

In this issue

What's new at Real Estate Gallery?

Industry acclaim for business connectivity specialists

Real Estate Gallery has always focused on providing affordable Real Estate Solutions to individual property owners and small and medium (SME) sized businesses, in conjunction with high levels of customer support.

It’s an honour to be rewarded and recognised by the industry for our technical innovation and dedication to Australia’s SME business sector.

Is there a difference between Property Managers?

A good Property Manager needs to have a passion for their job, they need to have compassion, be organised and work within an efficient business structure. They need to be experienced, knowledgeable about property, its  construction and property law.

If the Property Manager also has an Investment Property of their own they will better understand why it is vital to remit rents on time because they will know what it's like to be repaying a mortgage and how it hurts financially if they have a vacancy.

Janeen Kent our Property Manager at the Real Estate Gallery, knows what it's like. She owns real estate she understands the Taxation implications and knows that she must protect an investment property against deterioration (both physically and with it's annual financial return). That's why Janeen has a policy of always trying to maintain the right balance between quality tenants and the proper rental income.

Janeen's Philosophy:
	Never purchase a Residential Investment purely on it's immediate return. A good Investment is close to transport, has generous living and a good main bedroom, also off-street-parking is important. The properties that have good 'Capital Growth' prospects will also have solid rental growth as well.
	Always be properly structured for taxation purposes. Many investors realise 'too-late' that they are incorrectly structured.
	It is important to be mindful of CPI increases and applying them to your rental property to maintain its rental growth
	A good tenant is imperative. A bad tenant can cause huge damage that will also retard rental growth. A damaged property is harder to let and attracts second rate tenants.

The latest findings are summarised in our current Homelink newsletter.

Walk Through Video

Visitors to the Real Estate Gallery are always happy to view a Walk-Through-Video of our properties for sale before they conduct a physical inspection.

These videos enable us to showcase our properties in a relaxed environment and helps Buyers to easily view a greater selection of properties than would otherwise be possible.

Because 87% of Buyers do not actually purchase the property they first enquired on or inspected, the Walk-Through-Video service means that we can let people inspect properties that they would have previously discounted from their shopping list when they pulled up their car at the kerbside. It just goes to prove the old adage that you should never judge a book by it's cover.

Staff profile

Introducing Frank Golotta

Frank is one of the busiest real estate agents in Melbourne's Inner Suburbs. His reach and connections stretch far and wide. He has been discovering 'long-lost-relatives' that resisted the drift out to the 'burbs' in the 1970's and 80's and who remained steadfast in their Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Carlton or North Melbourne 'digs'. Today these 'relatives' are sitting on some of the best real estate in Melbourne.

Frank has also developed quite a reputation in the Warehouse Market with a strong following of both Buyers and Sellers. If there is a Warehouse Shell or Conversion worth knowing about Frank knows where it is and when it will be coming onto the market. He's a good person to know in real estate.

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