The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we discuss what property investors need to do to increase the rent on their investment properties. 

This includes the legal process for increasing the rent, as well as what tenants …

In this episode, we compare and contrast the main New Build property companies in New Zealand, so that property investors can see the difference between them. 

This includes an analysis of iFind Pro…

In this episode, we are joined by Carl Davidson from Research First to discuss how property and asset bubbles get started and why they happen.

We talk about the different stages of an asset bubble, …

In this episode, we are joined by Carl Davidson from Research First to discuss what money does to our brain. 

We talk about the other lies we tell ourselves and how we self-justify decisions that we…

In this episode, we ar joined by Carl from Research First to discuss the 6 money-lies that investors tell themselves when making decisions these include:

• Following the herd – we tend to do what ot…

In this episode, we discuss how property investors can handle longer settlements for New Build properties. 

This includes mitigations and strategies investors can use to make sure that they are able…

In this episode, we discuss how New Zealand property developer, Maxim, has been placed in liquidation. We walk through what property investors and home buyers who engaged Maxim can do to put their bu…

In this episode, we discuss where in New Zealand property investment rents have grown the fastest historically, as well as how quickly rents can keep going up. 

We reveal that rents in the tiny town…

In this episode, we discuss what property investors and first home buyers need to know about low-deposit lending. 

KiwiBank, BNZ and ANZ have all said they will temporarily stop offering low-deposit…

In this episode, we discuss the lessons learnt from historical house price crashes, and what property investors need to know about what happens when the bubble bursts. 

We talk about what happens wh…

In this episode, we discuss why Kiwi's should not climb the property ladder and continually upgrade the homes that they live in. 

This is based on articles released as part of the latest issue by In…

In this episode, we discuss a listener case study, where a property investor listening to the show wanted to know the level of deposit they should use. 

We talk about the different mortgage and prop…

In this episode, we are once again joined by Jon Lowry from the Urban Butler. This time we discuss the future of AirBnb and what's going to happen in the near term.

This includes everything property…

In this episode, we are joined by Jon Lawry from The Urban Butler to talk about the current market for AirBnb and short term rentals here in New Zealand. 

We discuss whether property investors are s…

In this episode, we discuss what Andrew has learned from dealing with a particular group of developers operating in South Auckland. 

He talks about the relationship and what property investors need …

In this episode, we discuss the great Christchurch catch up, where prices in the garden city are increasing at a faster rate than the country at large. 

We talk about what property investors need to…

In this episode, we discuss what property investors need to know about whether New Zealand house prices are sustainable or not. 

This comes after Reserve Bank governor, Adrian Orr, gave a speech ove…

In this episode, we discuss the Reserve Bank's latest financial stability report and what it means for New Zealand property investors. 

We dig into the data to see whether it's likely whether a debt…

In this episode, we discuss the new rules that have been released from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, which property investors need to follow. 

Here, we outline what the new rules are, alon…