22 Nov 2025
Words Ann Wason Moore Gold Coast Bulletin

Ex-NRL star Clint Amos seeks matches in a $9.4bn industry

Clint Amos is searching for the perfect match.

But don’t get it twisted, this OG Titans player and NRL star is still happily married to wife Hannah – even after the pair competed on The Block, where they scored the lowest cash prize of their season.

However, after 17 years away from his hometown, Amos is back on the Gold Coast and searching for the right kind of chemistry.

But as an accommodation broker with ResortBrokers, Amos said the connection was strictly business.

“Matchmaking is exactly what this business is,” he said.

“We match the perfect owner or manager to the perfect building, and to the body corporate committee.”

And it all begins with a tentative first date.

“If it’s someone new to the industry, I’ll take them for a coffee, get to understand their investment criteria – location is a big one, as well as the actual residence itself – how many bedrooms do they want, what sort of amenities in the building?

“And then the big question is how much do they want to earn?”

Amos, who played for the Cowboys and was a foundation Titan back in 2007, said management rights were an unsung component of southeast Queensland’s stellar property market, with the industry worth $9.4bn nationally.

In the space of 12 months, he has settled deals with a combined worth of over $24m on the northern Gold Coast alone, recently closing out Southport’s largest ever management rights contract with the sale of the Sphere apartment community on Musgrave Ave.

“We started with 20 brokers; we’re now at 32 across the country,” he said.

“It’s a niche market but it’s growing fast, especially in southeast Queensland where strata-titled properties are heavily concentrated – from hotels, caravan parks and motels as well as the manager-rights sector.

“Those rights can be incredibly lucrative for a manager, earning a commission on each and every unit in their building when they’re rented out, or offered as holiday lets, particularly here on the Gold Coast.”

Like friends with benefits, traditional management rights can provide incredible accommodation with payment that is more than a perk.

In today’s market, a buyer could purchase a three-bedroom, two-bathroom manager’s unit in a beachside resort for a bit over $2m – with a body corporate salary close to $250k pa.

But there is a catch – buyers need to be a match.

“First you need to know what kind of management rights you want to buy – it could be business-only where you’re just buying the business to look after the building, not the residential property as well; or it could be caretaking-only which does not include any letting agency component; or the traditional model which includes it all – caretaking, letting and buying an onsite property,” he said.

“In the traditional model there are two contracts – the residential and business contract – both of which are linked and can be complex.

“This business is not for everyone. You’re living in your workplace, your neighbours live in your workspace … if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

“We take a lot of time to vet our buyers. Having the financials is the prerequisite, but it’s all about matchmaking.”

Amos said despite these personal hurdles, there was plenty of competition on the Coast, even as prices increased.

He said northern suburbs especially were set to see more growth.

“Property prices have surged and the management-rights price tag reflects that,” Amos said.

“That’s why the savvy operators are looking for high net operating businesses. The southern end has grown steadily over the past five years, but with planning and DAs under review, the northern end of the Coast will have an explosion in the next five years.

“Main Beach has had a great run in the last 12 months in particular, as have Southport and Labrador, there’s still a lot more value than in Burleigh or Palm Beach.

“A lot of new owners have come in and they’ve had immediate growth, which is great for the industry and also for themselves, which is only expected to continue in the run-up to the Olympics.”

When it comes to the merging of business and sport, Amos said the Gold Coast was the perfect base.

While he began his NRL career on the Coast as a foundation player for the Titans, he said the city drew him back for the second act of his professional life.

“There are so many synergies between sport and business. You take the same principles that made you successful in sport – dedication, determination and drive – and apply that to the principles of industry,” he said.

“In this role especially I’m dealing with lawyers, accountants, valuers and finance brokers – and there’s nothing better than hosting these associates at a Titans or Suns game.

“In my own playing career, as I started to sense that it was coming to an end, I picked up my studies and really worked my connections. They say your network is your net wealth, and that is so true. And the Gold Coast has always known how to do that.”

In fact, before his current role, Amos worked with HardFIZZ, the Gold Coast seltzer co-owned by former schoolmate and friend DJ Fisher.

And just as he projects growth for the Gold Coast’s management rights industry, he predicts success for the Titans too.

“I feel really strongly that the Titans are going to turn the corner. The city really wants them to succeed,” he said.

“I’m good friends with (new coach) Josh Hannay, he’s done amazing things at the North Queensland Cowboys and then Cronulla – and he’s also got a great network.

“Steve Murphy, who was the original assistant coach of the Titans, is coming back now, along with Scott Sattler and Scott Clark, who are fantastic.”

It sounds like a perfect match.

Just how Amos likes it. END