You can employ the services of a collection agent. A collection agent collects the rent on your behalf in return for a fee. Two companies you might find useful are:
Remember:
- Rent payments are free of GST.
- There cannot be any change in rent payment frequency during the tenancy agreement period, however, if both parties agree, there can be changes in mode of payment i.e. cheque to Direct Debit, etc.
Landlord Laugh Lines:
Long on egotism but short on cash, the young actor was trying to talk his impatient Landlord into waiting for the rent.
“In a few years,” he said, “people will point to this apartment and say ‘Jones the famous actor once lived there.’”
“If I don’t get my rent tonight,” said the Landlord, “they’ll be able to say it tomorrow.”