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NZ Property Magazine

June '09 Issue

Stories on apartments being hot buys have been endemic of late, but how reliable have reports been? Good enough to stake your portfolio on? We pull apart the apartment market to find out if they're a gold-mine for investors in the current market.

High-profile, ex-Shortland Street actor, Paul Reid shares his apartment investing strategy, which has seen his portfolio weather the downturn without a scratch

Our renovation feature looks at how to keep your renovations within budget and which parts of a renovation are notorious for being money-drainers

Becoming an accidental landlord could be the best thing that ever happened to you financially. Find out how to turn things to your advantage in our feature this month.

In our A day in the life feature, we spend the day with a tenant advocate, whose diplomatic skills render her a huge asset to both landlords and tenants alike.

And guru Michael Yardney explains why you should be sitting on the sidelines, rather than participating
in the recession.

Also in the June 2009 issue:

  • Opinion: Find out what The Landlord has to say.
  • News: Auckland market stabilising; RTA sense at last; Virtual exchange for syndicate dealers; New property package on offer; Pegasus town in action.
  • Diary: What's on for property investors this month? Find out where the hottest events are happening around the country.
  • Housing commentary: Spring has come unseasonably early to the property market, but there are still cold snaps to come
  • Ask an expert: Our experts this month, answer your tax structuring, landlording, and mortgage questions
  • Columns:
    • Accounting: Issues of GST clawbacks on trading properties that are let to tenants before sale
    • Mortgages: Should you switch mortgages to a main bank, if you are currently with a non-bank lender?
    • Economics: Why haven't OCR cuts been filtering through to borrowers?
    • Property management: What to do when tenants get abusive and why landlords must stay in control
    • Tax: common GST questions about development properties switching to residential rentals
    • Valuations: There are signs of life returning to sales figures, in some areas, the market has swung to a sellers' playground
  • NZPIF: News and events from around the regions, plus a competition for Tenant of the Year being promoted by the Waikato Property Investors' Association
  • Regional review: Waitakere City is making a name for itself as an eco-friendly city. With planned growth for economic development, how does the area stack up for investment potential?
  • Mortgage commentary: The big banks have been dragging their feet in terms of passing on the latest OCR cut to borrowers. But with pressure on for rates to drop, should investors fix or float?
  • Toolbox: The NZ Property Investor has a new tool to make investing a little easier when it comes to the numbers - the Cash Flow Forecaster CD. Jenny Ruth checks it out
  • Property book: Take back the power when buying property, with Stephen Hart's revised and updated book, The Streetwise Home Buyer
  • And much more!
December '09 Issue
We bring you a NZ Property Investor exclusive report looking at the top 50 areas showing the most growth since the bottom of the downturn and take an in-depth look at the top 15 areas for volatility and other common trends.
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November '09 Issue
Christchurch investor Liz Harris started out as a landlord through necessity, but has continued down the property path and has built up an empire of multi-income properties. With her gentle demeanor and passion for what she does, Harris shares her extraordinary story with Vicki Holder
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October '09 Issue
Despite rental markets throughout the country taking a hit over the past year, they are faring much better long term, with some areas having grown close to 50% over the past four years. We sift through the numbers to find the top 10 suburbs, plus the top 10 urban and regional areas for rental growth and volatility levels.
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September '09 Issue
This month, ANZ's annual property investors' survey is released. In an exclusive, the NZ Property Investor examines the results, looks at what property investors are doing now and gives you the five new investing rules for future success.
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August '09 Issue
The issues of methamphetamine, or P, are becoming more and more prevalent in our society, infiltrating aspects of Kiwi culture one would never have associated with drug abuse, real estate investment being one of them.
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July '09 Issue
The current market has turned up some amazing deals for investors. But it has also turned up many problems with tenants. As one of the most valuable assets for investors, tenants are also the most unpredictable.
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June '09 Issue
Stories on apartments being hot buys have been endemic of late, but how reliable have reports been? Good enough to stake your portfolio on? We pull apart the apartment market to find out if they're a gold-mine for investors in the current market.
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May '09 Issue
When times are tough, what you need is to be inspired and encouraged. We do exactly that in the May issue, with an exclusive interview with the very inspirational Robert Kiyosaki. He is the reason many people started investing in the first place.
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April '09 Issue
Cash flow positive regions; we reveal 35 places you can find cash!
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March '09 Issue
The property management rule book is getting another rewrite and might very well see game time, as opposed to the warm-up runs seen previously. Investors, tenants, landlords and property managers should all be conditioning themselves for changes on how the game is played.
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February '09 Issue
For some, there is no such thing as a property downturn. Intrepid investors are making the most of falling interest rate cuts and a sluggish property market, picking up bargain buys and cash flow positive properties. We talk to investors who are out there and active, on what’s motivating them and what types of strategies are working.
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January '09 Issue
Trying to navigate a path forward can be difficult when what lies behind you looks like a trail of destruction. Our lead feature this month takes a look ahead at 2009 and also takes a flashback with the investors profiled over 2008.
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