The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we discuss some of the long term terms that make Hamilton an attractive city to invest in for buy and hold investors.  In particular, we cover trends that are attracting more businesses to Hamilton, along with infrastructure projects that are creating jobs and more opportunities for the region.  We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss new data that we have collected to show how many current active whole-home Airbnbs are available in each district of New Zealand.  All up, we are seeing that Airbnbs are having very little impact on the rental market. Nation-wide about 12% of whole-home short term rentals have been taken off the market, and in the worst case, have only added a maximum of 3.25% supply to district-wide rental markets.  We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss proposed changes to New Zealand's Building Act, which will mean that low-risk works will no longer require council consent.  This will save investors on average $2,000 per project, while also saving time. That means that councils can spend more time assessing and pushing through higher risk consents. These changes are likely to be passed in late August, which will also cut red-tape for pre-fabricated homes.  We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss and compare the apartment markets in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, to determine which have the greatest potential to rise and which have the greatest potential to fall. Our conclusion is that the Christchurch and Wellington apartment markets are more likely to hold value compared to the Auckland apartment market. This is because apartments in these cities are more likely to be owner by owner-occupiers, have less reliance on international tourism and the international student market, and because of (in Wellington's case) a reliance on government employers, which are less likely to call for redundancies. We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss a recent story from the Property Investor Magazine, featuring New Zealand property investor, Michael Burge. Michael started with just a $30k deposit and turned that into 5 properties within 18 months. he made sacrifices, choices and eventually a decent property portfolio. Here's how he did it, along with what you would need to do to replicate his success. We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss the latest market figures from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand for the month of May.  We walk through how New Zealand's median house price fell by $60,000 (over 8%) month on month, but why you shouldn't feel worried at all about that, along with all the other stats you need to be aware of. We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss how the Queenstown rental market is operating after the Covid-19 induced shutdown.  Although multiple stories are hitting the papers claiming some rents in Queenstown have been cut by up to 50% – all may not be what it appears. We walk through the headline stats as well as some of the on-the-ground experience from investors we work with, in particular, Hayley Stevenson from HouseMart.  If you'd like to get in touch with Hayley, email andrew.nicol@opespartners.co.nz and we are happy to facilitate an introduction.  We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss how banks calculate Uncommitted / Unencumbered Monthly Income and how that number impacts your maximum ability to borrow for your next investment.  During the show, we mentioned our new Mortgage Serviceability Calculator, which you can use to calculate your maximum borrowing based on the rental yield of a property, the test interest rate and your UMI. We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss how to deal with confrontation within property investment and hear some of Andrew's personal stories where he has had to deal with disputes in property investment. Disputes can often arise in property because there is so much at stake, both because we personally live in houses, apartments and units (so they're close to our hearts) and because they are worth a lot of money.  We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.

In this episode, we discuss what the value of adding an extra bedroom to an existing property is and how that changes based on the region of New Zealand you live in. This includes the holes in the data that you should consider to make sure that you have realistic expectations about the gain you can expect from your investment in property. We also mention our No Money Worries – property investment email course. This 9-lesson course will teach some of the basics about property investment, including our top tips that aren't available elsewhere on our website.