Wow, where has the time gone? We nearly through 2018 and the last 12 months has flown by. A fair bit has changed and I have a snapshot of where we are in the market. The new CVs come out in November and the expectation is for a massive increase compared with the 2015 CV we currently have. Read More…
Blog > Doing the Numbers
Rotorua's Current Market Performance
In a recent news release Kelvin Davidson of CoreLogic waxed lyrical about Rotorua's property market performance and the strength behind this: Read More…
Case Study: Add bedrooms to increase yield and value
How a Wellington-based investor secured a property the entire market had missed - literally, it had been on sale for a year - and stands to make a fortune in doing so. Read More…
Use Leverage to Build Wealth and Passive Income
Property is the business of using leverage carefully to grow your wealth. In this article we look at the two main forms of leverage, "Other People's Time" and "Other People's Money". Read More…
Reducing Depreciation Recovery
Quite a few property investors are thinking about selling. Should you just accept that you will have to recover all the building depreciation you have previously claimed? ……… NO Read More…
Pros, cons and risks of short term rentals
We invited an investor, insurance advisor and property tax specialist to a round table discussion of strategies, pros, cons potential pitfalls when planning or running a short term rental investment in New Zealand. Read More…
Mortgage Market Update with Squirrel
iFindProperty spoke with Andrew Mackay and Peter Norris from Squirrel about what is changing in the mortgage market in 2017, particularly for investors. Read More…
A glimpse into what our team assists clients with during the due diligence period of a potential purchase. Just what is required to do your analysis in the time allowed takes a bit of experience and as you can see, there is often more to it than just emailing the contract to your lawyer and bank. Read More…
20 Rental Properties in One Year by Graeme Fowler
We interview best-selling property author and successful investor Graeme Fowler about his most recent book, 20 Rental Properties in One Year, now on sale at the iFindProperty website. Read More…
Case Study: Invest to Reduce your Mortgage
How a couple of young iFindProperty clients cut an estimated 8 years off their own home loan with a very affordable investment property purchase. Read More…
How to Identify TRUE Value in your Local Market
Most investors are familiar with the saying, "You make your profit when you buy."
So how do you consistently do this? There are a two very common schools of thought; firstly, to buy properties with high yield and secondly to purchase the worst house in the best street (or suburb)...
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The hidden costs of buying a home
Buying a home is both an exciting and stressful event, particularly if it’s your first home. There are many costs that come with purchasing a home that you need to be aware of. Here is a list of things that you need to budget for.
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Are you protecting yourself going into a Joint Venture?
Today I want to write about a topic I am asked about a lot – how to put together a joint venture. However this article should really be “how to put together a joint venture so you don’t lose the shirt off your back, your friends, your sanity, all your free time and a substantial amount of money”. Read More…
11 Financially Helpful New Year’s Resolutions
Need some ideas to ensure you will be in a stronger financial shape by the end of the year?
We have put together 11 financially helpful New Year’s Resolutions to help you on your way.
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