Hi JohnI was in the original Results 1 program back in 2005 and am still in the graduate program because I get so much out of it. From knowing nothing in the early stages we now have investment properties in Australia, New Zealand and the US and I can't begin to tell you how my confidence has grown. The coaches are great sounding boards with a…[Read more]

Jeremy works in the office of propertyinvesting.com. They would not sell your email address to anyone.CheersJane

And just to add my two cents’ worth – thanks Agave for helping me realise I’m not the only one who has not divulged a single detail about our properties in NZ and US to my mother – Depression era person, believes in living off the pension and leaving her PPOR and all her money in her will to me and my brother. Thinks our regular trips to NZ are…[Read more]

Wow Kiwi, I’d be worried the agent would twig to what I was doing, maybe I’d get a friend to be the “tenant” and then I’d ring looking for a PM. Not a bad idea. And if the agent is the problem, what do you do when all the local agents are the same?? There are only 3 in the town we are in in NZ and they haven’t actually been promoted from…[Read more]

Hi Grant and and Nic

I can’t help with the Kalgoorlie/Boulder area as it’s not where I’m investing, but I have the same problem with a property sitting vacant for a much longer period of time than I had anticipated. We own three properties in the south island of NZ, two were bought with sitting tenants, medium to long term and with an excellent…[Read more]

We have financed our three houses in NZ with the National Bank of New Zealand. We have established a good relationship with the manager at our local branch and get a good deal, no fees, good interest rate, and one year’s free insurance on our properties. We simply went into each of the major banks when we were over there this time last year, also…[Read more]

Hi Claire

Welcome to the forum and to the world of property. I also started out after reading Steve’s first book 0-130 properties, I assume this is the one you have also read. If so, yes the market has changed since then. To answer his critics who said his theories no longer worked, Steve wrote a follow up book $1,000,000 in Property in One Year…[Read more]

This may have been asked before, but why isn’t there a forum for US queries? Whilst I am active in both NZ and the US (not upstate NY, we are in Texas), when I log on to the NZ site I kinda expect to see questions relating to NZ only. As I’m pretty novice about forums and it often takes all my courage to even post a reply to something, I don’t…[Read more]

I saw his two page ad in API magazine and like you keep looking for the catch. With all my sceptical antennae raised I am contacting him early next week to speak direct and hopefully glean a bit more info. Will post anything useful I get.
Cheers
Jane

Sparky’s nailed it! Tell them PI means they can quit the daily grind and watch the level of enthusiasm go into orbit. Are women more savvy? Not going into that area, just find each other’s strengths and go with that. I’m an accountant turned TAFE teacher so I was always going to be good at dull grey boring details, hubby’s an entrepreneurial…[Read more]

Hi Mabbott and others

Great thread. I got fired up a couple of years ago after reading Kiyosaki, then Steve’s books, then finally attending a Masterclass earlier this year. My husband was supportive enough but not to the point of reading the books or attending the seminars (“I’m too busy”). We decided to look in NZ, not because lots of others…[Read more]

Hi romo and cisco
I just did last Sunday’s Masterclass in Sydney. We are still looking for good deals in Sydney but are actively buying in NZ at the moment. It would be great to meet some fellow investors. We live in the Hawkesbury region -anywhere near you?
jel

MiniMogul
That was such a great reply. People are so generous sharing their experiences on this site. I’m sure wolly found it useful and I know I did so many thanks again. And yes wolly, novice though I am I will still most happily keep you updated with our progress.
jel

Hi Wolly
I’m probably just as much a beginner as you but we have just had our first offer accepted on a property in NZ. We made the offer 15 April (Friday) and it was accepted on the Monday (18th). We made it subject to a satisfactory building report which we organised that same day. Normally we would also have included ‘subject to finance’ but as…[Read more]

Hi terrabyte
The Buyer Beware package is actually a book and 2 CDs which I have just bought. We are purchasing our first property in NZ and would not be without Buyer Beware for anything – the templates alone are worth their weight in gold.
Good luck
jel

Hi All
Glad to hear a few others (Chally etc) were thinking along the same lines. And thanks Terryw for the additional info from December. It is a different way of looking at things but then again that was one of the points Steve was making – markets change and our thinking has to change with it.
cheers
jel
ps Chally, I’m a she!

Hi Liz
I was at the Masterclass and the bit you mention is where most of the people at my table started to come a bit unstuck. We all would have liked to spend more time going through this part. Our understanding is that the capital appreciation on the property leads to the lower rent yield, so for example if you pay $130,000 for a property, rent…[Read more]

Hi All

This is my first ever post. In January this year we travelled around the South Island looking for potential investment areas after doing as much research as possible from home (NSW). Dunedin was one of the areas we looked at. We made good contacts with a couple of agents who have kept us updated with student rental properties for sale, but…[Read more]