Reflecting on rent roll trends in 2020 and the outlook for 2021
2020 dealt a lousy hand to plenty of industries – and the property management industry is certainly no exception. If you’re a real estate manager, the pandemic has likely had a significant impact upon the value of your rent roll – and likely a net positive impact if you happened to be in the “right” location.
We’re here to help demystify some of the trends in rent roll evaluation over the last 12 months so that you can appreciate their impact upon your business in 2021.
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Are you equipped to weather all seasons in 2021?
Congratulations – you survived the Covid-19 flash storm that engulfed 2020! But before the uncertainty and turbulence of 2020 dwindle into the recesses of our collective memory, stop to ask yourself what does the rest of 2021 hold for the mortgage and finance brokerage industry?
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TrailBlazer Finance has announced the launch of a new loan for those with recurring revenue streams, such as brokers
The specialist lender has announced the launch of its new low-rate SMEGG (SME Government Guarantee Loan), released as part of its recent appointment to the lender panel of the federal government’s Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Guarantee Scheme – Phase 2.
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The trail book lender has joined the lender panel for the second phase of the Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme and will soon release a new product for brokers, planners, accountants and property managers.
Specialist lender TrailBlazer Finance (TrailBlazer), a boutique lender offering business loans, valuations and M&A advice and services to brokers and financial planners, has announced that it has been accepted onto the lender panel for the federal government’s Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme – Phase 2.
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10 golden rules for preparing to buy or sell a mortgage trail book
Buying or selling a mortgage trail book need not be a difficult or angst-ridden process. All buyers and sellers really want is to increase the certainty of a sale proceeding and speed up the time to completion, so as to help avoid any nasty surprises.
With that in mind, here are our top 10 golden rules for selling or buying a trail book.
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How to create additional value in your planning practice
2020 has been a strange year to say the least. With the fate of the economy at large in flux, it has never been as important to future-proof your business. Whether you’re looking to attract new talent, secure additional funding or exit the industry gracefully, it’s worth putting a few tangible strategies in place to enhance the value of your practice
We’ve already looked at the factors that influence practice value, now here are our seven tips for creating additional value in your practice.
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How one mortgage broker grew his business through ingenuity, diversification and smart funding
Back in 2015 Craig Vaughan had an idea. Already running a successful mortgage brokerage (since 2007) he knew there had to be a better, smarter, more efficient way to write more business and create a better client experience without being insanely overworked.
Given that his concern was fairly universal for mortgage brokers, Craig decided the solution was a workflow engine specifically for brokers, geared around enabling teams to effectively allocate, time and track tasks to enable efficiencies and greater loan volumes to be written within agreed SLAs.
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Understanding the factors and what they mean for your financial planning business
For financial planners, like most industries, 2020 continues to present a litany of challenges that colour the future with a particular shade of uncertainty that appeals to only the most hardened opportunists. And that’s just the pandemic part. With the transition of financial planning to a profession with massively increased educational and regulatory burdens, the planning industry is under more pressure than most.
As the industry rapidly consolidates, how are the smartest and most adaptable financial planning practices adjusting to the myriad challenges being presented? And where are the opportunities to turn these challenges into upside, build resilience and create additional value in your business?
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