Welcome to Local

Let's get your property set up.

This is the first step of your onboarding. It captures everything we need to prepare your REIWA management agreement and look after the property properly. Take your time, and we handle the rest from here.

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Your details
This form
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Quick ID check
A secure link
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Sign agreement
By DocuSign
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You're set up
MyPlace login
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First, which sounds most like you?

So we explain things at the right level. Nothing here is locked in.

The property.

The address and a couple of details to get started.

We'll take over the existing lease and look after your tenant from day one.
We handle the whole handover, serving notice on your current agency (around 28 days), collecting your file, and introducing ourselves to your tenant. You won't have to speak to them.

Ownership.

This is what goes on the agreement, so it needs to match the title exactly.

Your Certificate of Title is issued after settlement, so we'll have everything set up and ready for that date.
If you don't have it, no problem, we can do a title search at no charge.

How you'd like it managed.

A few preferences. All of this can change later if circumstances do.

A tenant is already in place, so the starting list price and preferred lease term below are optional, we'll carry across the existing rent and lease. The only date we need here is your management start date.
We've usually given you a range already, so enter the weekly figure you'd like to start the listing at. It's worth starting near the top of it: you can always lower the price later, but lifting it on a live listing is the part you can't really undo.
It's the most we can spend on a repair before checking with you first. We suggest $300 to $500 so a genuine emergency, like a burst pipe or a failed hot water system, is fixed the same day rather than waiting on a callback. Set it to $0 and we'll contact you for approval every time. You always approve anything above the limit.
Inspections are how we protect your asset, and the first year of any tenancy is where you learn the most. After that, with a stable long-term tenant, we can space them out to reduce disruption and cost. We tailor it to the property and tenant, and it can change any time.
This is the date your management agreement starts, so we do need it.

Services to set up.

These go into your authority before you sign, so everything's ready from day one. Our recommendation on each, with the reasoning.

A standard home policy doesn't cover the risks of renting: lost rent, malicious or accidental tenant damage, or legal, eviction and tribunal costs. Landlord insurance does. It's different from the building insurance your mortgage requires, you'll want both. Any commission we receive is passed straight back to you: no secret commissions, no hidden costs.
A depreciation schedule lets your accountant claim the wear on the building and fittings against your income each year, often thousands back at tax time. Get it as soon as possible after buying, though even on a property owned for years a report can sometimes backdate deductions. It's a one-off (around $550 inc GST, itself tax-deductible). We arrange it through our quantity surveyor partner, Duo Tax, who estimate your likely deductions first.
Every managed property needs an annual electrical safety check by a licensed electrician. We can coordinate a trusted one for you, charged at the electrician's own rate (no markup from us). Letting it lapse can put your tenancy out of compliance, so we keep it diarised.
Covered by Barclay MIS at our cost, so it's free to you. We only engage it if a tenant is unresponsive after our standard process, helping recover arrears early before things escalate.
Paying these from rent makes your end-of-year statement effortless, no spreadsheets, no missed due dates. It's a no-cost part of your management fee. Leave them unticked to handle them yourself.

Preferences & disclosures.

A few things that help us screen well and protect everyone.

Examples include a previous death at the property, proximity to government or transitional housing, ongoing neighbourhood issues, parts of the property excluded from tenant use, known defects or temporary restrictions, and any planned works affecting occupancy. Early disclosure reduces disputes and protects all parties.

Your details.

A few details for each owner on the title, and where your rent should be paid.

Where your rent is paid. You can provide this securely later if you'd prefer, just leave it blank. We only use it to disburse your rent, and never share it.

Open any of these to see exactly what is coming after you hit send.

As part of the WA Real Estate and Business Agents Code of Conduct, we verify the identity of every property owner before we can act for you. It protects you and your asset from anyone giving instructions on the property but you. We send a secure link through Personr, our verification provider, by text or email. It takes a couple of minutes on your phone: a photo of your ID and a quick selfie, and you are done.

Daria prepares your agreement and sends it to sign by DocuSign. It is a REIWA-branded PDF, the official industry-standard form every licensed WA property manager uses. It looks formal, but most of it is standard language, and the parts specific to you are filled in from the answers you have just given. It runs 12 pages plus annexures:

Schedule
Your details and property. Names, contacts, address and the agreed fees, all pre-filled from this form.
Items 1–6
Parties, rent and term. Who owns it, your rent range, preferred lease term, and how long the agreement runs.
Item 7
All fees. Every fee written out with examples, and what is included at no charge.
Items 8–13
Outgoings and preferences. Which bills we pay, your maintenance limit, bank account, insurance and any conditions.
Terms
Legal clauses. Standard REIWA clauses: appointment, termination, your obligations, ours, GST, disputes and privacy.
Annexure 1.0
Our service standards. Insurance requirements, annual electrical check, tribunal policy, maintenance and pre-tenancy inspections.
Annexure 2.0
Our extra commitments. Multi-property fee scale, referral bonus, walkaway clause, leasing guarantee, fee-review cap, Barclay MIS and same-day disbursement.
Annexure A
Risk and disclosure. Our desktop risk assessment covering fire, flood, contamination, asbestos, title, zoning and unapproved structures, which you sign off on.

Then a final page where we all complete signing.

Landlord rights and responsibilities in WA are governed by the Residential Tenancies Act 1987. Consumer Protection WA publishes a plain-English guide for landlords working with a property manager, well worth a read. Read it here. As your managing agent, the day-to-day obligations sit with us, but you remain the owner the Act recognises, so it helps to know the shape of it.

Quick check before you send.

Make sure this looks right. You can go back and change anything.

By sending this you're asking us to prepare a REIWA management agreement based on your answers. Nothing is binding until you read and sign it. Your details are used only to set up and manage your property, and are never shared.

Thank you.

That's step one done. Here's what happens next, all handled by us.

  • 01
    A quick ID check
    We'll text you a secure link to verify your identity. WA law requires it, and it protects you from anyone giving instructions on your property but you. A couple of minutes.
  • 02
    Sign your agreement
    Daria prepares your REIWA management agreement from your answers and sends it to sign by DocuSign, straight from your phone.
  • 03
    You're set up
    Your MyPlace login lands in your inbox. Track rent, approvals, maintenance and inspections live. If the property is vacant, your marketing campaign launches the same day.
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