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24-Apr-2018

Bad investment habits you should toss right now

Let's be honest, even the most prolific investors get into the occasional funk and stuck on some pretty bad habits. Don't worry. Good practices are just as easily habit-forming as bad. Start by doing a quick stocktake on how you have been investing to identify any areas of weakness or poor practices that can be improved on. We have got together with some good friends of ours to ... read more
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04-Apr-2018

Frank MacCullaich: Asbestos and Residential Landlords: The Must Know Action Guide

Legislation – HSWA (Asbestos) Regulations 2016 Did you know that from the 04 April 2018 the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Act (HSWA) Regulations came into full effect and Residential Landlords are affected by the requirements for safe management and removal of Asbestos!? Well good for you if that is a ‘Yes,’ but, there is still much uncertainty among Residential Landlords as to exa... read more
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19-Mar-2018

Peter Lewis: Progress on The Methamphetamine Contamination Issue

After considerable discussion and input from a number of interested parties including the Property Investors Federation, the New Zealand Standard NZS 8510:2017 on the testing and decontamination of methamphetamine contaminated properties was released in August last year. Most landlords want to provide properties that are safe and secure for their tenants, but are naturally also concerne... read more
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06-Mar-2018

More investors should do this

It is easy, in the age of multihyphenates, to confuse being your personal best with being the person who is best in everything. Why wouldn't you? Our celebrity culture has a habit of honing in on the person rather than the team and creating the illusion that only the selected few are set on the path to succeed by being good at everything. That is no true. The best bloggers today do no... read more
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14-Feb-2018

Duncan King Law: Investment Property and the Property (Relationships) Act 1976

The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (“PRA”) sets out the rules for how couple’s property is dealt with. The PRA applies to couples who are married, or in a civil union, or de facto relationship, a category which includes couples who don’t live together. The PRA divides property (which includes assets and liabilities) into relationship property, which is most often shared equally b... read more
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08-Feb-2018

Ryan Smuts: How to survive a market downturn

The key to surviving in a downward market is having a strategy and set of buying rules that you commit to regardless of circumstance. In this, and in any market, the team you have around you will be the key to your success. A good mortgage broker, solicitor, building inspector, insurance broker, real estate agent and property manager will give you the information and professional supp... read more
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22-Jan-2018

Discrimination has no place in residential tenancy

Reading through a recent tenant complaint to the Human Rights Commission has been a disturbing experience, to say the least. Taking the complainant's account on its face, it would appear that the landlord and the person holding herself out to be the letting agent have completely failed the fundamental obligation for a landlord (or anyone, for that matter) not to discriminate. W... read more
Landlording
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18-Jan-2018

Rent: A classic landlord dilemma

A troubling report inferring bidding wars for rentals has prompted us to consider one of the moral dilemmas of being a landlord - How much is too much to charge tenants? While the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment has clarified there is nothing in the Residential Tenancies Act which 'precludes the tenant from indicating what they would be willing to pay for a ... read more
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09-Jan-2018

What does it take for your rental to be 'safe and healthy'?

Most of us are fully aware that one of the hallmark obligations of being a landlord is to provide our tenants with a safe and healthy home. However, there isn't a lot of instructive authority beyond the wordings of s45 of the Residential Tenancies Act. Amongst other things, s45 requires landlords to: ... (b) provide and maintain the premises in a reasonable state of repair having re... read more
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03-Jan-2018

Okay. Let's go.

Right kids, break's over. 2018 here we come. January is usually the time we self-reflect, set goals, and think about how to make impactful changes to our lives. Being an investor and landlord is part of that life, so why not take some time to recalibrate and consider how to invest more successfully in 2018? A good starting point has to be getting a lay of the land by getting your head a... read more
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I find the information obtained from various APIA meetings very useful in guiding my own property investment and rental management.  I also enjoy the networking opportunities with like-minded investors.  I am inspired by other investors’ success and find the more experiences and knowledge that I share with others, the more confident I become.  

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Every time I attend a monthly or regional meeting I come away with so many useful and positive tips that have added value to my property investments and management.

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