Let's get everyone who is a New Zealand based Real Estate / Property Investor to reply here, so we can try and form a group to share ideas both for investing locally and abroad.  I know there are many of you out there...

Let's say you are a brand new investor. You are 40 years old and you have a family. You have $80K in your savings account, and you decide you want to invest in real estate.
Knowing what you know now, what would you...

my mother is renting out a room in her home. There is no lease a verbal agreement. The tenants has become a seriously bad drunk who is verbally/mentally abusive toward her. He stays up till early morning drinking with...

Hi There,I have a tenant who has been having issues with his air conditioning on and off since last summer. Each time, we send our super to check the controls and if we need to, we call the air conditioning tech to co...

My tenants have been in the property for two months and have caused problems since day one. Every week they are breaking something or complaining about something, I want to tell them to leave and even give them their ...

We’ve just discovered that my father has been taking financial advantage of my grandmother. He’s basically been using her retirement money to fund his life and her old property for rental income... using her social se...

Long story short: I thought I had a water leak when my bill spiked $1,000 for 2 months in a row. A fourplex I bought in December has 1 water line so water is included in the rent. I've had 4 different plumbers (one sp...

In my 2 unit rental my lower level tenant wants me to allow her to have a washer & dryer. Originally my stance was no washer due to what I read in The Section 8 Bible. I noticed that in my market a “no washer” pol...

Hello everyone,I was wondering if anyone had any tips on finding quality materials when renovating that can withstand abuse. Things such as flooring, paint, countertops, etc. Specifically for a college rental. Obvious...

I have a small 5 unit apartment complex where the trash bin from waste management is now overflowing for every pickup costing me 3x the normal cost because of overages. We purchased the property about 4 months ago and...