LongView co-founder Evan Thornley said the result was three in every five property investors over the past three decades would have been better off putting their money into their super funds after losing money to mortgage payments, tax, insurance costs and repairs.“We are just trying to show that most landlords aren’t doing as well as people think they are.
With half of the nation’s rental homes built before the year 2000, he noted many landlords were not financially able to handle unexpected repair costs leading to patched over works that left the issue with the home to fester and cause long-term damage — worsening tenant experiences. Property Exchange Australia chief executive Glenn King said Australia was “one of the hardest places in the developed world to be a renter” and spending thousands of dollars to move as unsatisfied landlords sold homes out from under them made things worse.“Although median wages have largely kept pace historically, rent is increasingly unaffordable for lower income people and some of Australia’s more vulnerable demographics,” Mr King said.
“And as a result what we are seeing right now is a massive shortage of rental supply in Australia,” Mr Groves said.