Suggest seeking an independent rent appraisal on your property, this way you are not relying on one property managers opinion, educated or not…

Hope this helps.

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GeoffB

Advantages of investing in NZ over Australia.

Cost of repairs. Tradesmen costs are considerably cheaper in NZ compared to Oz. One down side is some towns have long lead time to get works done due to a lack of tradies.

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GeoffB

I could come up with a load of insights, however the first three straight up would be:

1. An investing plan’s success is inversely proportional to its length.
2. Invest in something you understand.
3. True investors learn from mistakes and march on.

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GeoffB

Suggest you write yourself some goals, 12 months, 3 years, 5 years etc. Once you have them in place break each of them into manageable actions, before you know it you are off and running.

Hope this helps….

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GeoffB

I would question Commonwealth Bank.

I apply over the internet for a homeloan last week, 48 hours later I receive phone call advising loan was approved and my local branch would contact me re paperwork signing. Two hours latter I received another phone call from the Commonwealth advising the loan application was rejected. Ten minutes latter I…[Read more]

Thanks Steve for your kind comments.

I’m going to take a value added approach.

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GeoffB

I’ve recently had a bad experience with a valuation.

Just had a valuation done on my PPOR which was $50k less than 12 months prior. I fell off my chair when told. Within that 12 month period I had $30k worth of renos done to 3 rooms.

I asked the bank if I could speak to the valuers to found out there method on valuation. Seems the valuer who…[Read more]

I use Bob Hill at the Professionals, haven’t had any issues.

Do a forum search on Bob, there has been chat about him before.

Property Management fees at the Professionals are very competitive, I haggled 7.5% with Bob and got it.

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GeoffB