My wife and I are interested in expanding to help bump up our cash flow to help at least one of us exit our current W2 jobs but are hesitant to do so given the current market climate. 

What ever I can about the real estate market in NZ to be able to understand advavntages, disadvantages, know where to find information and so on.

I used it to purchase an off market deal and am about to refinance to pay it off and pull out equity (550K total). 

I tried using the Rently boxes twice, just didn't seem to work in my market.

But since this wasn’t the initial plan, I already placed the home in an LLC about a year ago, will that prevent this rule from being valid?

We have made a few contacts there and have a few off-market leads.

A client whom wanted to sell her home but was under water due to needed repairs vs current market condition How did you finance this deal?

The short term rental is more aligned with my long term goals, but it is just skipping ahead by a few years and skipping over the 3 long term rentals I had Initially planned for my portfolio.Do I keep the property and maybe drop the rent under market value, while also coming about of pocket until we find new tenants, or sell and use the equity towards short term? 

But you have to be a good salesman, you have to do your market research, financing research, and also build yourself a pipeline into the opportunity of whichever market is chosen.I have a Canadian client who runs things that way. 

All good markets to get started in as long as you have a good team in place.