0413 504 084
md@realmgmt.com.au
Meet your Property Manager!
Hi and welcome. I am Michael Mitchell, business owner and operator of REAL MGMT which I started in 2016. Property wasn’t my first passion, modified cars was, and in my younger years I worked day and night to pay for that hobby. As time went on I started to want more out of life and wanted to have a family. Being able to provide for a family costs money and time, which got me thinking there must be a better way, and I stumbled across “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki’s teachings online.
Robert Kiyosaki, the author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” discussed the value the game Monopoly had in his education when he wrote that “You buy four green houses and trade them in for a red hotel.” The message here is that to have a successful business you don’t buy the red hotel right out of the gate. You build up your tacit business knowledge so that when you can afford the red hotel, you are more likely to be successful. And that is exactly what I did! I bought 4 properties, renovated/improved them and then sold them to fund a deposit to buy my ‘hotel’, which in my case, was a 78-unit Management Rights business. Along the way I learnt many skills and insights into trades, along with valuable knowledge and networking about finance, accounting, valuations, insurance, law, I even started my own maintenance business, and worked as a property manager for Ray White who at the time I had managing my investment properties.
Fast forward 10 years and I still have my Management Rights business, along with my Property Management business which is my passion project, managing nearly 100 properties for friends, family and clients all over Brisbane, providing a good income for my family and the flexibility to spend the time and enjoy life with them. Property management has taught me a lot about people and life, as has being a caretaker for hundreds of people that live in my unit complex.
Some highlights of my career to date have been being awarded ARAMA’s Resident Manager of the Year award in 2019, 12 appearances in QCAT for my Owners - all successful outcomes, over $100k in landlords insurance claims handled and managed for my Owners, running a fully licenced, compliant and audited Real Estate office since 2016, giving back to my industry by being invited and volunteering to be on the ABMA Independent Review Panel and the ARAMA Brisbane Committee for the last 5 years, as well as being a member of the REIQ and SCA.
Extreme ownership, a desire to win and see my clients win, a strong sense of fairness and justice, are some of the values that underpin my dedication to my work. I pride myself on always being contactable and accountable to my clients and treat their property and matters like they are my own - with a high level of esteem. I treat my tenants and contractors how I would like to be treated and with all things take a "lead by example" approach. I enjoy what I do because I can do it my way, for you, and this is crafted from my own lived experience, successes and failures.
Anyway enough about me let’s talk about your rental property and how to maximize your returns and provide the best possible experience for you and your tenants. Please have a read through the Property Management, Landlords and Tenants pages on my website to learn more, and then give me a call on 0413 504 084 to get started. If your property is already managed by another Agent that is no problem switching is easy and I will handle it all for you.
Kind regards,
-Michael