Chris Bishop wears red underwear under his blue suit

[Jeffa]

Chris Bishop should not represent the right, he is the prime example of why the National Party has not read the room on why populist parties like New Zealand first, Trump administration, Italys Giorgia Meoni, Japans Sanae Takaichi, Argentinas Javier Milei, Australia’s One nation Pauline Hanson and...

[crashy]

I have long suspected that our accountant is not providing the professional service paid for. We actively manage several rental properties, and are full-time renovators. We consistently provide a spreadsheet to the accountant with columns of expenses, and they consistently decide to ignore entire columns...

[Marked Rentals LLC]

Hello everyone! We’re a Real Estate financial company looking to help first-time home buyers navigate the market. What are some tips or advice you have for those looking to buy their first home? Any pitfalls to avoid? Share your experiences!

[donna]

Hi All,

There are some really well-designed tiny homes. This one is a house truck - so it's moveable, albeit it is wider than a standard tiny home, so you need an HGV licence, etc.

The sqm is not mentioned, but the asking price is $125K- 150K (including the Truck). I like the...

[rroyal]

I wonder if some good soul can advise me on the following.

My wife and myself are 66y.o. and live in a retirement village. We sold all our properties and, after having paid for our retirement villa (which is not mortgageable), we have 300k left, which we split across 3 banks on Term Deposits....

[Alan1221]

How does a self employed person show Proof of Income to a landlord?...

[TomTom]

While Auckland outskirt suburbs are so heated, inner city apartments seems still remain good return in terms of cash flow. Apartments like Empire and Columbia can generate a return of 6% (3 beds shoe box free hold selling just above 300k and rented for above 500/week), potentially more when the international...

[coolbananas]

I am about to sell my Wellington based investment property and have spoken to 2 different real estate agents. One believes the property should be sold by deadline sale and the other by closed tender. The latter does not believe in deadline sales.

I understand the difference between the...

[mdavis501]

In 2009 I purchased two rental homes in California for about $275K each. Today, estimated sales would be $650K each. They have no mortgage. Existing renters are fantastic and never late. Combined rental income is $57,000/yr. I'm retired and manage these two homes myself, and with great renters...

[rmalapati]

Hi
Appreciate your expert views or personal opinion for the investment options available to choose.
I'm newbie investor looking to buy my first IP before October 2021. Only, looking at Brand New homes as they are hassle free and tax exemptions, 5 yrs bright line test options are appealing....

[chcpharm]

How to invest my time and money?

To begin this I will give some background, I am in the fortunate position to have enough in my kiwi saver and in personal savings account to be able to apply for the full amount of a Kainga Ora first home grant in Christchurch city ($500,000 on 5% deposit)....

[Perry]

Have any forumites been through the process described?

16A Landlord must have agent if out of New Zealand for longer than 21 consecutive days

What a bloody nausea!

Interpretation
agent, in relation to any person who is a landlord or a tenant, means an agent...

[rentalrunner]

trade me contacted me recently to say that they had determined i was reusing my rental listing to find new tenants and that this wasnt allowed. ive asked them to explain/verify what rules im breaking - obviously im not that keen on having to pay $200/300 every time i have to find a new tenant but trade...

[jack2016]

I am asking on behalf of my American friends. They migrated to NZ and bought a house. Now they are un-migrating and moving back to the States but they want to keep their house and rent it out.

What's the best structure to rent out their house? The only 2 I could think of was keep in personal...

[OnTheMove]

Im gathering closer to the Ferry the better so clearly Oneroa would be the main attraction?

What about the tamaka side at the likes of Orapiu?

I grew up looking at Waiheke thinking how rough it must be to live out there, now there $10k bach's are asking $700k+ haha. Looking...