The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we are again joined by Clara Kim from the Juno KiwiSaver Scheme. Clara travels around New Zealand schools talking to Kiwi teens about money. 

In the show, we discuss the questions sh…

In this episode, we are joined by Clara Kim from Juno Kiwisaver for 5 episodes all about KiwiSaver. In the show, we discuss KiwiSaver contributions, why you need to be in KiwiSaver and why the KiwiSa…

In this episode, we give an update on the NZ property market based on the REINZ monthly update. Median house prices are up 6.6% on the last year, but there is significant variation around the country…

In this episode, I (Ed) quiz you on which suburbs had the highest and lowest growth over the last 18 years (Jan 2000 to Aug 2018). This is both in terms of percentage and dollar growth. The results r…

In this episode, we are again joined by Dean Blair from FoxPlan and we talk about why your spending won't go down in Retirement. When speaking with people nearing retirement, part of their plan is of…

In this episode, we are once again joined by Josh Graham from Roost Mortgages. And we discuss the Queenstown Property Market. 

Queenstown has a unique property market due to the impact of tourism and…

In this episode, we are once again joined by Josh Graham from Roost Mortgages. And we discuss whether you can get an interest-only loan forever.

The general rule of thumb is that an interest-only loa…

In this episode, we are once again joined by Josh Graham from Roost Mortgages. And we discuss that even if you think you can afford a mortgage at the current interest rates, the banks may not approve…

In this episode, we are joined by Josh Graham from Roost mortgages. In the show, we answer the questions we received from the audience at our recent Queenstown property investment seminar.

Here, we d…

In this episode, we are joined by Josh Graham from Roost mortgages. In the show, we answer the questions we received from the audience at our recent Queenstown property investment seminar.

Here, we d…

In this episode, Dean Blair and Ed discuss who's best interests your advisor really has in mind. Traditionally, investment companies attract customers based on free advice. Advisors would then earn t…

In this episode, Dean Blair and Ed discuss what a good retirement plan actually looks like. So often in the podcast, we discuss the need for a plan, but not what one contains. 

As an Authorised Finan…

In this episode, Dean Blair from FoxPlan joins us again to talk about whether it is too late to start sorting out your retirement plan. We agree that while it's never too late to get it sorted, the p…

In this episode, we welcome special guest, Dean Blair from FoxPlan to the show. During the show, Dean shares his personal story of how he was dumb with his money in his early days and how it affected…

In this episode, we discuss another question posed by our youngest listener – Jackson ... "when you die, will I get some of the properties?" This is an important question because one of the key reaso…

In this episode, we discuss what to look out for in a rental property. And it starts with understanding the type of investor that you are first – whether you are looking for capital growth or whether…

In this episode, we discuss maintenance. One of the biggest complaints landlords receive from tenants is deferred maintenance. That's where tenants have reported maintenance issues and they haven't b…

In this episode, we discuss what do you do if you don't like your tenants. And we move on to speak broadly about tenancy law in property investment. This episode was inspired by one of our youngest l…

In this episode, we discuss one of the key fears that stops people from investing in property – vacancy i.e. the fear of not having a tenant. This is a fear we often see. If a landlord doesn't have a…

In this episode, we discuss whether you should get your investment ideas and strategies for where tho invest from the headlines. 

We talk through the fact that by the time the newspapers are writing …