The Property Academy Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the final parts of the government's housing announcements, which were released earlier in the week. These measures include allowing more first home buyers to access govern…

In this episode, we discuss the government's recent announcement that the Bright Line Tests is about to get tougher. Any capital gains you make on a property will be taxable unless you hold the prope…

In this episode, we discuss how your property investment strategy might change after Labour's tax announcements are made into policy.

These include looking for higher cashflow properties, raising re…

In this episode, we discuss the government's most recent changes to interest tax-deductibility rules. This in effect means that property investors will be taxed significantly more and some properties…

In this episode, we discuss whether you should allow your tenants to have pets within your rental property. This is often an emotional topics and property investors will swing one way or the other. 

In this episode, we discuss the exact dollar amount that you're expected to need to reach peak happiness in New Zealand, as well as a breakdown of how to get it through property investment. 

We talk…

In this episode, we are once again joined by Matthew Harris from Momentum Property. Here, we discuss how to get rich ... for certain with property investment. 

Matt details what he means by 'for cer…

In this episode, we are once again joined by Matthew Harris from Momentum Property, to discuss the Wealth Wheel approach to property investment. 

This is where a property investor will purchase both…

In this episode, we discuss how to use 2nd tier lenders and financers as part of your property investment strategy. We also go through how to start with a 2nd tier lender before moving across to a fi…

In this episode, we discuss the property investment journey of Mattew Harris. Matthew is the director of Momentum property – an accountancy firm specialising in property investment. 

He talks about …

In this episode, we discuss whether property investors should invest in the Nelson / Tasman property market, along with an analysis of both the pros and cons of the property market.

We look at where…

In this episode, we discuss the various ways to calculate the return on investment when considering investing in property, along with their pros and cons.

We discuss gross yields, cash yields, net y…

In this episode, we discuss the absolute worst-case, nightmare scenario in property investment. This comes from a listener of the show who wants to know the exact worst of the worst situation.

This …

In this episode, we discuss how to conduct an analysis of a suburb before you invest. This is a worked example that comes from one of Ed's recent economic analyses of Manurewa.

The team delve into h…

In this episode, we talk about what 'Builder's Terms' are and how property investors get them. Builder's terms are where you are able to build a house, or group of houses, on a piece of land before y…

In this episode, we discuss the tenancy tribunal ruling between Mary Fisher, a Wellington-based landlord and her tenants. Ms Fisher's tenants caused intentional damage and had to pay over $9.1k to co…

In this episode, we discuss how the Reserve Bank may potentially limit interest-only loans to property investors in order to curb house price inflation. 

We go through the stats of how prevalent int…

In this episode, we compare the Master Build guarantee vs a Builder's guarantee. The main point property investors need to understand is that these guarantees are insurance products. They are not a g…

In this episode, we discuss 10 different property investment strategies and how you would potentially make money through each of them. 

This includes an analysis of Buy + Hold, BRRRR, Development, C…

In this episode, we discuss how to apply the "go hard + go early" mentality to property investment. This comes from a listener of the show who wonders whether the government's current approach to tac…