New Zealand has a new Labour led coalition government and property investors are worried. In PropertyTalk’s investor discussion forums a well known user (an Accountant nonetheless),...
Weekly rents rose just 4.8 percent in the twelve months to July 2016 according to Trade Me Rent Price Index. Tenants will be relieved Landlords are...
More New Zealanders are renting today than ever before and they will remain in rented accommodation longer than desired. Their first taste of home ownership is...
As landlords we want want it all. Great yield, a property that’s low on maintenance and of course last but not least happy tenants. How do...
While property managers are a dime a dozen these days - doing the job well is no easy task. Arguably there are too many property managers...
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...
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...
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...
According to the EPA, some 75% of all solid waste could be recycled, but less than half that actually is. As Americans focus more and more...