Residential Building Work and Licensed Building Practitioners Since 1 March 2012 if you are undertaking any ‘residential building work’, which relates to the design and structural integrity or weather tightness of a house or apartment building, now known as Residential [...]
Property CASH FLOW and INFLATION in the USA This month we enter our third year of providing CASH FLOW solution for investors utilizing US residential property. I get a constant stream of people wanting to know how to “make a [...]
9 Things to Consider To Make Some Extra Money One of the key things I did when I was starting out financially was get a part time job. In fact when I was in high school I had three of [...]
What is the one thing that monetarily affects everyone? It is interest rate. Under the current banking system, central banks around the world manipulate the cost of money (interest rate) in their countries. The US Central Bank (or the Federal [...]
Learn Investing the Easy Way As a successful property investor you already know that investing can be great fun, but can you get the kids interested? Times are hard economically all over the world and we can’t open the paper [...]
Property Limited Titles Background Some titles have the wording “Limited as to Parcels” appearing underneath the title heading. This does not mean that the title is defective. It does mean that the area and boundaries of the land are not [...]
If you are thinking about Property Developing in the next 12 months it may be worth getting your building or resource consent application in before 1 July to take advantage of potential savings contained within the transitional provisions of Auckland [...]
Interest Deductibility for Non Residents Summary • The Thin Cap rules apply to non-resident individuals, trusts and companies with non-resident shareholders • The Thin Cap rules limit the deductible interest that may be claimed if the debt percentage is more [...]
What Rental Property is in demand? As we come out of the peak Rental Property letting season it is an interesting time to begin to review what kind of property has been popular. Although the main statistics are not yet [...]
What is happening with the Current NZ Property Market Back in January 2011 I asked the question “Is this the optimum time to be buying property investment?” I mentioned that I don’t have a crystal ball, but what I can [...]
Wild Prices On Auctions In Auckland Auctions seem to be flavor of the month for real estate agents at the moment, and so they should be – there’s some pretty wild prices being paid for property at the moment. I [...]
Supreme Court Rules On Incorrect Information Regarding LIM Reports The Supreme Court has ruled that if a Council negligently includes incorrect information in a Land Information Memorandum,and the person who bought the LIM relies on that incorrect information, the Council [...]
Development Contributions News For New Zealand There was some good news for developers and home owners building new houses in Tauranga City when Council announced in late February that they were reducing subdivision contributions by up to 40% and development [...]
Commercial Property Investment In 2012 As we move towards the second quarter of 2012, we are starting to see some really encouraging signs within the industry. The industrial sector has been leading the way since last year and shows no [...]
Due Diligence Is Still Required For Mortgagee Sales In these recessionary times and with the number of mortgagee sales currently being exercised by Banks in New Zealand, investors and purchasers need to be very vigilant and aware of some of [...]
We hear the success stories from the marketers and the horror stories from the naysayers but what is really going on in the USA market? Why are investors globally going there and what can really go wrong? Well answering that [...]
As you know, at Property Investors Network, we’re always trying to find ways of helping you build your property portfolio and giving away useful information or tools. Well, great news! we would like to introduce you to Realism the latest [...]
Why You Should Choose Local Tradesmen To Provide Property Maintenance Services Finding a good tradesman can be a difficult task. Whether you need tiling, gardening, plumbing or other you want to make sure you select a tradesman who will be [...]
Using Tenant Checks To Reduce Risk As has been featured many times recently, the potential for a property investor to lose money can be quite common if simple rules are not followed. Not checking your rent payments or management statements [...]
Current NZ Interest Rates as at 1 March 2012 Variable 5.60% 6 Month Fixed 5.40% 1 Year Fixed 5.45% 2 Year Fixed 5.49% 3 Year Fixed 5.85% 5 Year Fixed 6.65% NZ Interest Rates Outlook As mortgage interest rates remain [...]
