Leasing Agent
Leasing Agent In Adelaide: The Right Tenant, Faster
Priced right. Marketed properly. Checked carefully.Axiom’s leasing team finds tenants for Adelaide landlords. We price the rent from current leases, market the property properly, run the inspections and check every applicant within South Australian law. Then we manage the tenancy, so the people who chose your tenant stay responsible for them.
- Routine inspections a year, with photos
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- Rent payouts every week
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- Days risk-free for new landlords
- 100
- Five-star reviews
- 150+
The Letting Process
How We Lease Your Property
Six steps from empty to tenanted. Most of the difference between a good letting and a bad one happens in the first two.
1. Pricing The Rent
We set the rent from what similar properties nearby have recently leased for, then adjust for condition, features and timing. In South Australia a rental is advertised at one fixed rent, not a range, and agents can’t invite or accept offers above it, so the advertised figure has to be right from day one.
2. Marketing
Professional photography first, because the first inspection happens on a phone. Then the listing goes to the major property portals, and out by email and SMS to the tenants on our own database who are looking for something like it.
3. Inspections
We run the inspections and we’re there for each one, answering questions and noting who is serious. Tenants who are currently in a lease have notice periods of their own, so we schedule inspections with your timing in mind, not just ours.
4. Checking Applicants
Every applicant fills in Form A1, the prescribed application form South Australia requires. It limits what a landlord or agent can ask for, and some questions are simply off the table. Within those rules we confirm identity, check that the rent is affordable on their income, and follow up rental history and references.
Then we put the strongest applications to you with what we found and our recommendation. You make the call.
5. The Lease And The Bond
We prepare the residential tenancy agreement and a detailed ingoing condition report, collect the first rent and the bond, and lodge the bond with CBS. A thorough condition report now is what settles any argument about the bond when the tenant leaves.
6. Into Management
From the day the tenant moves in, we manage the tenancy: rent paid out to you twice a week, four routine inspections a year with photo reports, repairs handled, and your council rates, SA Water and strata paid for you.
Where Lettings Go Wrong
An Empty Week Is The Expensive Kind
The usual ways a letting costs a landlord money, and what we do instead.
Asking too much
The listing goes stale, the good applicants go elsewhere, and the rent comes down anyway. We price from what has leased.
Phone photos
Dark, crooked pictures cost enquiries before anyone has seen the place. Ours start with proper photography.
Slow replies
Good applicants are looking at several places at once. Enquiries get an answer quickly, and inspections are booked while interest is warm.
Rushed checks
Choosing the first applicant to fill a vacancy is how arrears start. We check references properly, even when it takes another day.
Leasing Costs
Quoted Before You Sign
Leasing is charged separately from management: a letting fee and an advertising package when a new tenant is found, and a lease renewal when one is signed. We quote all of them in writing with your rental appraisal, so the cost of a new tenant is known before the sign goes up.
Our management fee itself is all-inclusive: no admin fee, no inspection fee, no statement fee and no surcharge for paying your bills.
For Landlords
Worth Reading Next
Free Rental Appraisal
The rent we expect, the leases behind it and our fees, in writing.
Switching Agencies
Moving from another property manager, even mid-lease.
Eastern Suburbs
Property management around our St Peters office, suburb by suburb.
From Our Landlords
What Landlords Say
Based on 150+ five-star reviews across Google, RateMyAgent and Facebook
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Leasing Questions
Leasing Agent: FAQs
What does a leasing agent do?
Finds you a tenant. That means setting the rent, preparing and advertising the property, running inspections, checking applications, preparing the lease and condition report, and lodging the bond. At Axiom the leasing work is the start of property management, so the people who choose your tenant stay responsible for the tenancy.
Can you find a tenant without managing the property?
We lease the properties we manage; leasing and management work together here. If you only need help with part of the job, call us and we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.
How long does it take to find a tenant?
It depends on the rent, the property’s condition and the time of year more than anything we do. A well-presented property at the right rent usually draws applications from the first inspections. If it doesn’t, we tell you what the enquiries are saying and what we’d change.
How do you check tenant applications?
Every applicant uses the prescribed application form South Australia requires, Form A1, and the law limits what we can ask for. Within those rules we confirm identity, check that the rent is affordable on their income, and look at rental history and references. Discrimination is unlawful, and we follow that to the letter.
Do I get a say in who rents my property?
Yes. We put the strongest applications to you with what we found and our recommendation, and you make the call.
Who holds the bond?
Consumer and Business Services (CBS). We lodge the tenant’s bond with CBS when the lease starts. At the end of the tenancy it is paid back to the tenant, or to you for any agreed or ordered amounts, through CBS.
What does leasing cost?
When a new tenant is found there is a letting fee and an advertising package, and a lease renewal is charged when one is signed. They are separate from the management fee and quoted in writing, with your rental appraisal, before you sign anything.
Free Calculators
Run The Numbers
Quick estimates to the South Australian rules, worked out from the official sources.
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Rent increase calculator (SA)
The change in rent and the earliest date it can apply under South Australia’s 12-month rule.
Landlords & investors
Rental yield calculator
Gross and net yield on an investment property, after management, rates, insurance and vacancy.
Landlords & investors
Investment property cash flow
What an investment costs or earns you each week, before and after tax — including negative gearing.
For illustrative purposes only. These figures are estimates from what you enter and general assumptions; they are not financial, tax or legal advice and must not be relied upon. Seek independent financial advice before making any decision.
Need A Tenant?
Start With The Right Rent
Book a free rental appraisal and we’ll put the rent, the plan and every leasing cost in writing.
A real team in St Peters, not a call centre.- Applicants checked within SA law
- Leasing costs quoted in writing
- 100-day risk-free guarantee for new landlords
