This rental compliance training NSW course helps you check your rental files and properties against NSW Fair Trading's 2026-27 priorities before an inspector does. It's for property managers, leasing consultants, assistant property managers, principals and admin staff in NSW real estate agencies, and it's online and self-paced.
Who this course is for
- Property managers and assistant property managers
- Leasing consultants handling applications, pets and fees
- Principals preparing for a Rental Taskforce inspection
- Admin staff who keep rental files
What you'll learn
- NSW Fair Trading's 2026-27 rental compliance priorities, the Rental Taskforce, and how to prepare for an inspection at a property or in the office
- Ending a tenancy: lawful grounds, notice periods, notice content, supporting evidence and records
- How often rent can be increased, the written notice required, and records that prove it
- The landlord's repair duties, minimum standards, urgent repairs and smoke alarm rules, and following up requests
- Processing pet applications lawfully: valid applications, the 21-day response time, lawful grounds for refusal, reasonable conditions and records
- Fee-free rent payment rules and which charges to applicants and renters are lawful, including water usage charges
- Building rental files, systems and staff habits that show compliance, answering an inspector's questions and fixing problems found in a self-audit
Course details
- Format: online, self-paced, 7 narrated video lessons with captions, activities and practice checks; each lesson ends with a file check, and lesson 7 has an agency self-audit checklist
- Time: about 2 hours, including the activities and the final quiz
- Assessment: online quiz, marked automatically, 3 attempts, 80% to pass
- Certificate: Certificate of Completion when you pass
- Includes: participant guide PDF to keep
- Price: $99 AUD per person; group bookings available
Frequently asked questions
Is this course accredited? No. It's a non-accredited short course, not nationally recognised training. You receive an ASTC Certificate of Completion.
Does this count as CPD? No. It isn't CPD, so check your CPD requirements with NSW Fair Trading separately.
Does it cover Rental Taskforce inspections? Yes. From November 2026 the Rental Taskforce is inspecting rental properties open for inspection and agency offices, and lesson 1 covers how to prepare.
This is a non-accredited short course and is not nationally recognised training. General information only, current as at November 2026; not legal advice.