The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we discuss a question from a listener of the show who runs active investment strategies. The bank would lend him 50% of the money for a project. But, after that project, he wants to know if they'll let him refinance above 50% of the properties new value.  We go on to detail some of the projects he's worked on over the last year, before wrapping up by mentioning the launch of our new coaching service. This new coaching service is for people who want to run active property investment strategies. If you'd like to be contacted when we launch the service early next year, click the link above and we'll be in touch early in 2021. 

In this episode, we discuss the New Zealand property company, Property Factory. This is a property sourcing company run by Campbell Venning that sources off the plans properties for Kiwi property investors. Here, we discuss what some of their terms mean, and delve into their analysis of a specific property they have recently been marketing.  We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we discuss a few recent articles where Sir Bob Jones, New Zealand's most well-known billionaire, forecasts a property market crash. In the articles, he is quoted as saying that he has $250 million of cash ready to buy up property once prices begin to fall. We discuss that Sir Bob is a global commercial investor, and so his comments may not directly translate into the New Zealand residential property market. We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we answer another question from a listener of the show ... this time, delving into how the tenancy tribunal works.  Typically, you have 60 days from the end of a tenancy to take your tenants to the tribunal. After that, you need to have a valid reason why it's been left past 60 days ... and you also need to have a servicing address for the tenants.  We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we discuss particularly novel strategies to tap into the Bank of Mum and Dad, with a focus on how to set these agreements up right. One of the novel strategies discussed is the idea of getting grandparents or parents to take out a reverse mortgage and then use it as the deposit for a property. We discuss the perceived pitfalls of this strategy and then detail a few alternatives that you might like to try before you go down that route.  We also mention our upcoming webinar on how parents can help their children get into the property market ... and how kids can help their parents as they near retirement. This is happening on the 17th of November, at 7pm. Click here to register for the property investment webinar.

In this episode, we discuss the removal of the LVR restrictions that occurred earlier this year and whether we believe the Reserve Bank will bring them back in during 2021. We also discuss the impact we believe new LVR restrictions would have, and come to the conclusion that they likely wouldn't slow house price growth. We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we discuss how to negotiate fees with real estate agents, and especially when in the process to negotiate fees with agents.  Ed walks through a model of setting expectations early with your agent so they know what they're expected to live up to. Andrew then shares his war stories of how he's negotiated fees with agents in the past.  We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we discuss a topic suggested by a listener of the show, who asks "what are the main things you look for in an investment property ... other than the usual things you talk about?" Andrew and Ed use a 23 step checklist when choosing investment properties for investors, so in this show, they both choose their top 3 ... but excluding the top factors they usually discuss on the show.  We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we discuss how to do a house swap and what to think about when you are going through this process. This episode topic comes from a listener of the show who has a specific situation that we discuss.  The main takeaway is to make sure that the deal makes sense in today's market at today's prices. Establish the value of both properties and then negotiate the price difference in terms of cash.  We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.

In this episode, we are joined by Kyle Brookland from Informed Property Inspections. Here, Kyle walks us through the Leaky Home Land Banking strategy and where he has seen investors purposely purchase leaky homes at cheap prices either for renovation or for land banking.  It's important to note that this is a high-risk and very sophisticated strategy, where the returns will be highly variable and in some cases, non-existant.  We also mention our new number, which you can text us on. If you have a topic suggestion or a question, feel free to text us on 5522 and we will message you back.