Rental Property weekly rents have increased less than expected during the past 12 months. The median weekly rent for a three bedroom house is $420 per...
The huge property value growth has sparked a lot of talk lately about increasing rents and some journos have gone as far as to say Landlords...
With housing affordability at an all time low, commentators are now suggesting New Zealanders need to consider renting long term as their new norm. Embrace renting...
Self property management is a doodle when everything goes to plan. The tenants pay their rent, respect your property and let you know when something needs...
Offering incentives in order to retain a good tenant is simply smart business — it’s significantly cheaper to maintain a current customer by giving them a...
Landlords know the woes of being uninsured or under insured. Properties being burnt down, or flooded often make the news. Tenants on the other hand are...
The cruelest word in the dictionary for a rental property owner is “Vacancy”. The mere mention of tenants leaving and a rental property being vacant even...
Do you know the amount of notice required for property maintenance versus the notice required for property inspections? This caught out one Landlord who was self...
Selling your house is regularly rated as one of life’s most stressful experiences. Try telling that to investors who’ve gone through the sale of a tenanted...
Managing your own rental properties requires the patience of a saint when something goes wrong. It’s hard to keep the emotions in check when you own...
There are lot of different ways to screen tenants, but one of the best (and least understood) ways to ‘screen’ is to attract the highest-quality prospects...
When you have tenants who smoke heavily, you have a unit that’s going to need a special kind of deep-cleaning when that tenant leaves. You may...