No doubt you have noticed when buying petrol or your groceries that things are getting expensive. It has now been confirmed. Inflation hit 5.1 per cent for the year to March 2022, the highest annual figure since the Global Financial Crisis.

Rental vacancy rates in Queensland have tightened to record lows in the first quarter of 2022 in more than half of the 50 Local Government Areas and sub regions reported on by the REIQ.

ABS figures released yesterday show that the All Groups CPI, increased by 2.1 per cent in the March quarter of 2022 and by 5.1 per cent for the year – the highest quarterly increase since December 1990 and the highest annual increase since June 2001.

The opportunity for real estate agents to launch their own business and work for themselves is a goal that many work towards. In most cases, this dream of being their own boss isn’t achieved because they are held back by their own fears.