The resurgence of management rights in the Queensland sector
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If you'd know how to weigh up a McDonald's or a Jim's Mowing territory, you already know how to weigh up an accommodation business: it's a system that produces income, and the structure decides the risk. Here's the analogy for each class.
Buying a McDonald's means buying a proven system that produces income. A freehold motel is that — except you own the land too, nobody charges you a franchise fee, and the brand you build is yours to sell.
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Start with the deposit.
An accommodation business doesn't fund like a house — the bank lends against the income as much as the bricks, so your equity stretches further in some classes than others. Set your usable equity and pick a class to see an indicative purchase budget.
Asset class · sets the typical LVR
Indicative purchase budget · Management Rights
$2,000,000
- Your equity
- $700,000
- Indicative loan
- $1,300,000
- Typical LVR
- 65%
Indicative only — real borrowing power depends on the verified net, security and your position.
How the borrowing works · bank appetite by classPreferred finance partners
Lenders and brokers who already understand letting pools, FF&E and leasehold security — our vetted panel.
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LVR bands by class, what lenders ask for, and how to be finance-ready before you offer.
Financing your purchaseRun your own numbers
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Very few of our buyers came from accommodation. They came from trades, corporate, retail, farming, defence. What separates the ones who thrive isn't industry experience — it's the willingness to learn the handful of things that are genuinely specific. Every class leans on these differently — a broker can read your background against the right fit.
Talk it through with a specialistWhat Comes With You
- 01Customer service & hospitality instinctGuests, complaints, the front desk — if you've run a venue or a team, you've done this.
- 02Managing people & rostersHousekeeping, casuals, a relief manager. Ordinary people-management, applied to a small operation.
- 03Basic bookkeeping & cashflowReading a P&L, watching the bank balance, chasing an invoice. The fundamentals carry straight over.
- 04Sales, negotiation & problem-solvingWhether it's corporate, trades or retail — the muscle for a deal and a fix transfers directly.
What You'll Learn
- 01Trust accounting & the auditHolding other people's money to a statutory standard. Class-dependent and learnable in weeks.
- 02The agreement that governs the assetCaretaking & letting (MR), the lease (motels), tenure (parks). The single most important document.
- 03Yield, multiplier & RevPARHow the business is valued and how performance is measured. The Made Easy guides cover each class.
- 04Compliance by state & classLicensing, the body-corporate relationship, insurance. Different in every class — we map it for you.
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The advisors you'll need on day one.
Specialist accommodation work is a thin profession. We can introduce the lawyers, lenders, and accountants who do this every week. Phone-vetted, regionally distributed. No fee. No referral commission.
A specialist solicitor reads the caretaking agreement, the lease or the tenure before you sign — the document that decides what you actually own — and has done it fifty times before.
Meet the solicitors →Do your homework
One Made Easy guide per asset class — the structure, the income, the diligence and the jargon, in plain English. Read online or download as a booklet.
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Read MoreWhat's realistic where you're looking.
Supply, pricing and competition shift hard by state. Pick where you're looking for an orientation — then jump into live listings, recent sale prices and the regional research.
The deepest market in the country — management rights, coastal motels and parks. The most stock, and the most competition for it.
Don't understand the terminology?
FHGC, multipliers, letting pools — all in plain English. Or click any underlined term on the page and the definition appears inline.
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Anti-money-laundering checks, without the mystery.
Buying an accommodation business involves obligations under Australia's Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) laws. ResortBrokers is required to verify the identity of buyers and the source of funds before contracts proceed. Your broker walks you through exactly what's needed early — so verification never holds up your purchase.
- 01
Identity
Photo ID for every purchasing party — individuals, company directors, or trustees.
- 02
Entity
Company extracts, trust deeds or partnership agreements where the buyer is a structure, not a person.
- 03
Funds
Evidence of the source of funds — finance approval, bank statements, or sale proceeds.
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