A question from Mark: My tenant has asked to put a cabin (at her cost) on the front lawn to give her family more space. I’m concerned about the street...
Tag - Landlording
If I had a dollar for every time a landlord says, ‘I charge my tenants cheap rent because they are good tenants,’ I would be a wealthy man. As if anyone less...
New HHS compliance timeframe announced This morning the government announced an extension to the Healthy Homes Standards (HHS) compliance deadline for all...
What a letdown it is to see yet another biased ‘reporting’ against landlords. This time by the vaunted Fair Go. On Monday 10th October, it...
Earlier this month, the government announced its intention to grant institutional build-to-rent investors an outright exemption to the interest limitation...
A question from Shealy (paraphrased here to suit the format) : I self-manage my tenancy. My property sprung a leak following a storm in late March this year...
A bit of a role reversal; this time, we are the ones asking the question. The Auckland council is amid a three-year transition to fully rates-fund...
We received this question from anonymous and paraphrased it below to suit this format: My three-year fixed-term tenancy ends on 23rd January 2023. I want the...
The following are excerpts from Kristin Sutherland’s report to the Auckland Property Investors’ Association 2022 Annual General Meeting. What a...
This question is from Jess (paraphrased to suit this format): There are two tenants on my fixed-term tenancy that will soon be rolled over into periodic...
The following answers reflect our current understanding of rental business operation under the COVID-19 Protection Framework. In putting these answers...
This question is from Alan (paraphrased to suit this format): What are the rules for hosting open homes under the traffic lights? What can I ask tenants to do...
This question is from Phil (paraphrased to suit this format): Knowing that landlords should not be asking tenants for their vaccination status (for the purpose...
This question is from Anna (paraphrased to suit this format): (To a landlord who leases his property to social housing agencies) Do you disclose to your...
This question is from Coral (paraphrased to suit this format): I instructed my property manager to renew a fixed-term tenancy and increase rent by $15 a week...
Property investors are often encouraged to act with the end in mind. For many of us, that means working towards our retirement, or to at least some kind...
