Landlords are becoming more aware of meth – its use, production and contaminative effects on properties and their occupants. As an organisation, we are...
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New bond lodgement and refund forms are now available from Tenancy Services to improve the bond process for both landlords and tenants. The new forms have a...
It is late one evening and you receive a call from the Fire Service. They advise that one of your rental properties has been seriously damaged by a fire...
Since the announcement last year of minimum standards being introduced for all rental properties, there has been a lot of demand within the landlord industry...
The Health and Safety at Work Act came into effect on the 4th of April 2016 leaving the landlord/property management community with a lot of anxious questions...
A reply to those who claim investors have a tax advantage by APIA Vice President Peter Lewis: Consider the analogy of a Motel owner verses a Residential...
From Monday next week, the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) comes into effect putting landlords under a positive obligation to ensure the health and safety...
From 4th April 2016 new workplace health and safety laws will come into effect under the ambit of the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA). The act is part of...
The numbers are in and they tell a bleak story: Between November and December 2014, there were five serious house fires in rental properties that resulted in...
**7th April 2015 Update** For a copy of APIA’s submission click here. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is a politically independent body charged...
Interest is without a doubt the biggest expense for most, if not all, property investors. A movement, however slight, in the OCR can have real consequences...
Just this Sunday, Labour’s David Cunliffe was on Q+A lambasting a tax regime that hands out tax free capital gains to property speculators as nothing but...
Arguably the most successful investor of our age whose name is synonymous with the very act of investing, Warren Buffett is known the world over for his...
Do you have one of those tenants who seem to know the system inside-out, so much so that he always, always, gets away with paying rent late? I had one once...
