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Me too, time does it for me.

I was in a similar situation to you, single, 30 and living in a caravan buying houses.
I went for a trust.
Pros: No difficulty when in a relationship for any length of time
Nice to have $...

Kiwibank is still providing amusement for the masses I see!

It really is a case of who you speak to and if you know enough to tell them how to do their job.

I think they need to invest a bit...

My insurance guy was upset I got things fixed right on Christmas 2 years ago! Have things changed?

Are you getting real estate certificate?

I have found 99.5% of people are good to deal with as long as you don't interrupt their initial rant, many of which are understandable.

Sorry, no ideas in Auckland. It may pay to start with a...

Tell him you want all future communication in writing, and if he has a problem with noise to call noise control. Then refuse to speak to him. All politely of course!

I used to wear gumboots & take my dog, but neither is suitable now.

Property management generally pays more than admin.

My pet hate is maintenance - having to go to & fro with owners and tenants. For example, I had a tenant who's TV plug wasn't working so I got...

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Give them a call, it is free and they will talk you through the problem to a solution. I think they also have translators if required.

That is very odd, I would be interested to hear any ideas on the reason for the old PM to take that stance.

Of course that's smart!

Good to see that kind of thinking in a 21 year old.

The big thing about Auckland now is that there is only Auckland & Wellington left, and Wellington is more accident prone (earthquakes etc). So most people looking for a city head up to Auckland. ...

This is interesting - it is what I was thinking of when I knew there was an exception to the rule, but covers a PM signing for the landlord
http://www.dbh.govt.nz/who-should-be-named


and here...

Careful which accountant you pick. Remember most have never been self employed and are wage slaves (not a bad thing in itself) and are therefore ignorant of many issues regarding day to day running...

As Rosco says, you will need to divide the bills by a percentage.

There are also a lot of hoops to jump through regarding fire rating the shared wall etc, and ongoing compliance checks at your...

Check with your insurance company, it may need re-wiring or something else. It's not worth throwing money at them just to be declined later.

In Australia we have a rent roll scam doing the rounds, I seem to get heaps of it to my work computer. Yours sounds genuine as you seem familiar with them, but check out ...

I love Bob Jones, he's a straight talker who's earned the right to comment, and his logic is always clear (except in those strange books that go straight over my head). Long live Sir Bob :cheer:

Show the Adjudicator the title with your name on it.

I have been out of it for a while so don't rely on my answers, but they might give you an idea while NZ is asleep.



I am pretty sure that the agreement and lease editions and dates don't match,...

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I did complete an IRD form just with my personal stuff which is parents & brother in NZ and no assets. I can't see that they want a broke Kiwi as a tax resident. You guys helped me sort...

Thanks for that Rosco.
I'm assuming that won't affect me as all houses are and always have been in the trust my brother and a friend now sign off?
I do have a NZ bank account and have been sending...

Here we are all having fun with this thread and TenantStrife has gone away!