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The Hidden Challenges of ‘Perfect’ Tenants: A Landlord’s Guide
The Hidden Challenges of ‘Perfect’ Tenants: A Landlord’s Guide

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The Hidden Challenges of ‘Perfect’ Tenants: A Landlord’s Guide

2024-10-09T13:03:20+13:00October 9th, 2024|Blog|

3 Essential Tips for Screening New Tenants in 2024
3 Essential Tips for Screening New Tenants in 2024

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3 Essential Tips for Screening New Tenants in 2024

2024-09-23T11:36:39+12:00September 23rd, 2024|Blog|

Property Management for Property Investors

This is a recent presentation I gave at the Property Apprentice investors bootcamp weekend event. I hope you enjoy it.

2024-09-18T23:29:02+12:00September 3rd, 2024|Blog|

Why did you became a rental property owner?

2024-09-03T01:11:54+12:00August 30th, 2024|Blog|

What Landlords and Tenants want but doubt they’ll get – Budget 2023

2023-05-15T13:21:59+12:00May 15th, 2023|In The Press|

Where Auckland rents jumped a huge 72% March 2023 – B&T Herald

2023-05-15T13:20:44+12:00May 15th, 2023|In The Press|

House prices still falling, but at a slower rate – Core Logic

2023-05-15T13:20:09+12:00May 3rd, 2023|In The Press|

Why taxing “the rich” will hurt us – Richard Prebble

2023-05-15T13:19:15+12:00May 3rd, 2023|In The Press|

Government policy changes help drive rents to records highs

2023-03-03T10:12:55+13:00March 3rd, 2023|In The Press|

What does 2023 have in store?

2023-01-26T11:48:13+13:00January 19th, 2023|In The Press|

Auckland Suburb where rent prices have plummeted

2023-01-26T11:47:41+13:00January 12th, 2023|In The Press|

Call to regulate Owner Managers of Rental Properties

2023-01-26T11:47:05+13:00December 23rd, 2022|In The Press|

REINZ Build to Rent submission to Govt

2022-11-30T09:38:44+13:00November 9th, 2022|In The Press|

Housing shortage turning but rental crisis looming

2022-07-22T10:40:32+12:00May 18th, 2022|In The Press|

Landlord refused by almost every insurer

2022-07-22T10:41:03+12:00May 15th, 2022|In The Press|

Christopher Luxon on Landlord Lobby Wishlist

2022-07-22T10:41:33+12:00May 10th, 2022|In The Press|

Tenants ordered to pay Landlord $10,000

2022-07-22T10:42:20+12:00April 7th, 2022|In The Press|

Controversial Landlord tax changes become law

2022-07-22T10:42:50+12:00March 29th, 2022|In The Press|

Drug Testing not enough to evict

2022-04-19T14:18:00+12:00March 23rd, 2022|In The Press|

Government not collecting data on Healthy Homes standards compliance

2022-04-19T14:18:48+12:00March 9th, 2022|In The Press|

Rental Prices Blast Off

2022-04-19T14:19:22+12:00February 24th, 2022|In The Press|

Landlords still hold the upper hand

2022-04-19T14:20:04+12:00February 22nd, 2022|In The Press|

Labour announced Property Manager Regulations

2022-04-19T14:20:33+12:00February 21st, 2022|In The Press|

Government policies will ruin the private rental property market, investors say

2022-04-19T14:22:18+12:00February 7th, 2022|In The Press|

‘Nothing off the table’ as Government considers rent controls to tackle unaffordable housing

2022-04-19T14:21:43+12:00February 3rd, 2022|In The Press|

Rental properties hit all-time high: Bonds lodged on 384,000 places, up 15% in last seven years

2022-02-02T12:49:21+13:00February 2nd, 2022|In The Press|

Meth Update for Landlords from REINZ

2022-02-02T12:49:01+13:00February 2nd, 2022|In The Press|

Upcoming changes to the Healthy Homes Standards

2022-02-02T12:48:42+13:00February 2nd, 2022|In The Press|

Inner City Pressure Lower Rent

2022-01-17T15:20:18+13:00January 4th, 2022|In The Press|

State Home Landlord charges tenants $35 million

2022-01-17T15:21:00+13:00January 4th, 2022|In The Press|

REINZ calls for greater clarification on meth testing levels as confusion causes chaos

2021-07-07T12:49:25+12:00July 1st, 2021|In The Press|

Why more Landlords are using property managers?

2021-03-05T16:09:51+13:00February 27th, 2021|In The Press|

Nearly 80 per cent of Landlords own just one property

2021-03-05T16:19:59+13:00February 26th, 2021|In The Press|

Scoop – Taking a closer look at the Residential Tenancies Act

2021-03-05T16:14:21+13:00February 15th, 2021|In The Press|

Stuff – Tenancy Law changes – What do they really mean?

2021-03-05T16:15:25+13:00February 11th, 2021|In The Press|

Tenancy Law is changing

2021-02-11T10:24:50+13:00February 11th, 2021|Legal|

Property Investors working hard taking risks – or are they

2021-02-11T10:33:15+13:00February 10th, 2021|In The Press|

Raising Rents hit beneficiaries

2021-02-11T10:32:22+13:00February 1st, 2021|In The Press|

Privacy Commissioner crackdown on information compiled by Landlords

2021-02-11T10:30:53+13:00January 18th, 2021|In The Press|

How Labour could change property: law on apartments, managers could be reformed

2021-02-11T10:30:14+13:00January 16th, 2021|In The Press|

Susan St John makes the case for taxing a deemed rate of return on excessive real estate holdings (after a family home exemption), to redirect scarce housing resources to where they are needed most

2021-02-11T10:29:05+13:00January 15th, 2021|In The Press|

Tenant Painters makes landlords blood boil

2021-02-11T14:10:02+13:00January 12th, 2021|In The Press|

Landlords publishing “bad tenants list” could be breaking the law

2021-02-11T10:25:58+13:00January 11th, 2021|In The Press|

Landlords to quite rental market over tenancy law change all bark and not bite

2021-02-11T10:31:32+13:00January 4th, 2021|In The Press|

Are rent caps the solution for New Zealand tenants?

2021-02-11T10:28:55+13:00December 26th, 2020|In The Press|

NZ Election 2020: Labour, National, Act, NZ First, and Green’s housing policies

2020-10-15T13:56:32+13:00October 12th, 2020|In The Press|

Healthy home standards miss the elephant in the room

2020-10-15T14:12:35+13:00October 10th, 2020|In The Press|

Healthy Homes changes: Do tenants actually want heat pumps?

2020-10-08T11:24:25+13:00October 8th, 2020|In The Press|

What property managers think of the cold, damp homes they look after

2020-10-08T11:23:43+13:00October 8th, 2020|In The Press|

Big damage pay-out awarded to landlord

2020-10-08T11:21:56+13:00October 8th, 2020|In The Press|

Labour’s pledge to regulate property managers welcomed by tenants

2020-10-15T13:57:21+13:00October 7th, 2020|In The Press|

Rather than cashing up, landlords are buying more properties after changes to the Residential Tenancies Act

2020-10-15T14:12:43+13:00October 7th, 2020|In The Press|

Green Party Māori Housing Policy

2020-10-15T13:51:42+13:00October 7th, 2020|In The Press|

Tenancy reforms, tax changes would go under National

2020-10-15T13:54:58+13:00October 5th, 2020|In The Press|

Environmental Methamphetamine Exposures and Health Effects in 25 Case Studies

2020-09-17T12:44:33+12:00September 17th, 2020|In The Press|

Ministry of Housing & Urban Development Q & A re RTA Amendment Implementaion

2020-09-17T10:19:26+12:00September 15th, 2020|Legal|

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 FACT SHEET

2020-09-17T10:18:36+12:00September 14th, 2020|Legal|

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 now in force

2020-09-17T10:17:27+12:00August 14th, 2020|Legal|

REINZ Information Sheet re Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020

2020-08-13T10:51:36+12:00August 13th, 2020|In The Press|

Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill

2020-08-13T11:04:38+12:00August 12th, 2020|In The Press|

Law to protect renters may see Landlords reluctant to take risk on tenants

2020-08-13T11:04:16+12:00August 12th, 2020|In The Press|

Unintended consequences likely to arise from new RTA law

2020-08-13T11:01:03+12:00August 11th, 2020|In The Press|

REINZ warns tenants without an ‘excellent’ record may struggle to find tenancies as RTA Bill progresses through parliament

2020-08-13T11:05:06+12:00August 10th, 2020|In The Press|

Auckland rents are down; some are blaming Airbnb owners

2020-08-13T11:05:16+12:00August 9th, 2020|In The Press|

Deadline extended for healthy homes standards compliance statement

2020-08-13T11:05:24+12:00August 8th, 2020|In The Press|

Tenancy termination ban lifted

2020-08-13T11:06:15+12:00August 1st, 2020|In The Press|

COMMENT: A call to arms

2020-07-09T10:43:05+12:00July 7th, 2020|In The Press|

The battle for Paritai Drive: Landlord and tenant in court over unpaid rent stoush at $3m home

2020-07-09T10:47:45+12:00July 5th, 2020|In The Press|

Landlord claims he was punched in the back of head, but fails in bid to evict tenant

2020-07-09T10:46:41+12:00July 2nd, 2020|In The Press|

Woman gets $500 compo after personal belongings appear in sale ad

2020-07-09T10:46:01+12:00July 2nd, 2020|In The Press|

Tenant upset ‘insulated’ property turned out not to be

2020-07-09T10:48:29+12:00July 1st, 2020|In The Press|

Hamilton house prices continue to rise post lockdown

2020-06-30T21:49:31+12:00June 18th, 2020|In The Press|

Landlord feared Covid-19 infection after tenant allegedly spat on him

2020-06-30T21:47:17+12:00June 18th, 2020|In The Press|

Why do thousands of New Zealanders still shiver in their homes?

2020-06-30T21:52:09+12:00June 6th, 2020|In The Press|

Christchurch landlords give tenants rent relief beyond lockdown

2020-06-30T21:50:19+12:00June 4th, 2020|In The Press|

New Healthy Homes deadline welcomed

2020-06-30T21:51:25+12:00June 3rd, 2020|In The Press|

Airbnb jumpers’ tax warning

2020-06-30T21:53:35+12:00June 2nd, 2020|In The Press|

Tenants kicked out after incidents including sweeping dog poo onto neighbours below

2020-06-30T21:52:54+12:00May 26th, 2020|In The Press|

Navigating level two: what landlords need to know

2020-06-30T21:54:15+12:00May 18th, 2020|In The Press|

Landlord’s $15,000 bill after tenant’s neglect: ‘the worst house I’ve come across in 20 years’

2020-06-30T21:56:07+12:00May 16th, 2020|In The Press|

Property investors expect difficult road ahead

2020-06-30T21:55:15+12:00May 14th, 2020|In The Press|

Real estate in level two

2020-06-30T21:56:41+12:00May 7th, 2020|In The Press|

Government looking to help commercial landlords and tenants negotiate rent concessions, but won’t subsidise rent costs nor impose blanket rent hike freezes

2020-06-30T21:57:28+12:00April 29th, 2020|In The Press|

Covid Good News: Property Managers To Stay At Level Four Forever

2020-06-30T21:58:14+12:00April 27th, 2020|In The Press|

Landlord fined after entering house unannounced while woman was in the shower

2020-06-30T21:58:56+12:00April 8th, 2020|In The Press|

New apartment developments ditching car parks for ‘post-carbon future’

2020-06-30T22:00:37+12:00April 5th, 2020|In The Press|

Covid 19 coronavirus: Property firm apologises for ‘inartful’ advice to avoid rent holidays

2020-06-30T21:59:41+12:00April 1st, 2020|In The Press|

Tenant’s shock as landlord flouts Government’s new rental rules

2020-06-30T22:01:27+12:00March 26th, 2020|In The Press|

Landlords barred from increasing residential rents for the next 6 months; Tenancies can’t be terminated during lock-down period without agreement; Tenants given more leeway for late rent payments

2020-06-30T22:02:14+12:00March 25th, 2020|In The Press|

New high-density build will feature guaranteed long-term rentals

2020-06-30T22:03:48+12:00March 2nd, 2020|In The Press|

Auckland landlord tries and fails to raise rent by $400

2020-06-30T22:05:10+12:00February 26th, 2020|In The Press|

Property manager Ray White backtracks on ‘disheartening’ advert

2020-06-30T22:03:05+12:00February 25th, 2020|In The Press|

Northland property tests positive for meth contamination, $2500 awarded

2020-06-30T22:06:48+12:00February 11th, 2020|In The Press|

Tenant refuses to pay rent after partner ‘run over’ by landlord

2020-06-30T22:05:56+12:00February 6th, 2020|In The Press|

Renters pocket $124,000 as landlords fail to insulate rentals

2020-06-30T22:07:38+12:00February 2nd, 2020|In The Press|

Here’s what the Government may not have thought of in its revamp of tenancy rules

2020-01-08T10:40:07+13:00November 18th, 2019|In The Press|

Key reform will only protect bad tenants

2020-07-09T10:45:48+12:00November 18th, 2019|In The Press|

RNZ “Rental law changes will hamper eviction of bad tenants – landlords”

2020-04-27T22:42:31+12:00November 18th, 2019|In The Press|

NZ Herald “Landlords say Govt plans will make it harder to get rid of bad tenants”

2020-04-27T22:40:26+12:00November 17th, 2019|In The Press|

‘Bulging at the seams’: Auckland, a super city struggling with its own success

2020-04-27T22:41:18+12:00November 4th, 2019|In The Press|

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