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Landlords Preparation for Winter! The 3 Key Elements

Part of being a landlord is preparing in advance for issues such as planned maintenance and vacancies.

Do Not Buy Coffee If You Want A House

A leading property investor has questioned why people on above-average wages cannot afford to buy a home after a report predicted dramatically falling home-ownership rates.

Chattels Valuation Explained

In the majority of circumstances it is worthwhile having a chattel valuation completed for tax purposes. What do we mean by worthwhile?

Tips for “private sale” owners

02 February 2010

Summer, the busiest property selling season, is upon us and many owners are considering moving without using a real estate agent.

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Posted in Basics3480 Comments2010-02-01+20%3A48%3A56Ariel+Levin

Why Won’t My House Sell? Part 3

10 January 2010

Finally, we’re priced right, our house looks so good we are considering keeping it and not selling after all, but we STILL don’t have any buyers looking at it!! What gives?? I hate to say it, but maybe your agent isn’t using the right tools to market your home.

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Posted in Basics3430 Comments2010-01-09+23%3A59%3A43Ariel+Levin

Why Won’t My House Sell? Part 2

21 December 2009

Alright, we’ve gone over the comparable sales, we’ve priced our home competitively, we are ready to be fair and reasonable, but we STILL don’t have any buyers touring our house!

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Posted in Basics3310 Comments2009-12-20+22%3A54%3A27Ariel+Levin

Why Won’t My House Sell? Part 1

18 December 2009

So you’ve listed your house for sale, your agent has come and taken photos, your listing is on the Internet, you have seen it in the newspaper and in the real estate magazines but you haven’t had a single showing. What’s wrong???

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Posted in Basics3282 Comments2009-12-17+22%3A27%3A19Ariel+Levin

Why You Should Never Retire

14 December 2009

Retirement is seen to be the ultimate but somewhat elusive goal that we all aspire to and for which financial planners chide us that we must be well prepared.

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Posted in Finance3120 CommentsWhy+You+Should+Never+Retire2009-12-13+22%3A46%3A14Liz+Koh

Tourists Can Be Pesky Tenants

14 December 2009

At this time of the year we often get young couples from the Northern Hemisphere coming to town for our summer. I generally find they are great tenants who pay well and put up with some primitive flats from time to time.

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Posted in Tenants3170 CommentsTourists+Can+Be+Pesky+Tenants2009-12-13+22%3A39%3A27Glenn+Morris

More on Leaky Homes

08 December 2009

Increasingly Banks are aware of potential Leaky Homes and so it pays to be sure when buying. This press release was issued by the NZ Building Industry Federation.

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Posted in General3091 CommentMore+on+Leaky+Homes2009-12-08+02%3A18%3A12Jeff+Royle

First Time Buyers Need To Get It Right!

04 December 2009

With the property market showing signs of improvement and First Time Buyers out looking for property I thought it might be useful to share my experiences in the current market.

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Posted in Basics3030 Comments2009-12-04+01%3A00%3A09Jeff+Royle

Home Buyers Seminar (Part 1 – Doing Your Home Work)

03 December 2009

Many buyers approach the home buying process, probably the biggest financial transaction in their lives, unprepared.

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Posted in Basics2980 Comments2009-12-03+03%3A33%3A51Ariel+Levin

A New Transparency In Property Sales!

03 December 2009

The Real Estate Agents Authority (www.reaa.govt.nz) came into force on the 17th November, ensuring Real Estate Agents are now accountable. But what exactly has changed in relation to buying and selling property?

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Posted in General2920 CommentsA+New+Transparency+In+Property+Sales%212009-12-03+02%3A39%3A12Jeff+Royle

Liz Koh – Media Update

23 November 2009

You will no doubt be aware that Moneymax has attracted considerable attention in the media over the last two weeks as a result of two key events: the publication of the Consumer Magazine report on financial advisers ...

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Posted in Finance2810 CommentsLiz+Koh+-+Media+Update2009-11-22+20%3A58%3A38Liz+Koh

When Things go Wrong

16 November 2009

There’s an old saying – ‘the higher you go, the harder you fall’. If you are following a strategy to build your wealth quickly, you have a much higher risk of things going wrong and potentially of losing everything.

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Posted in Finance2720 CommentsWhen+Things+go+Wrong2009-11-15+20%3A51%3A17Liz+Koh