Wow, it's a sea of green, again...

Original STUFF article here

OPINION: I’ve been an investor for more than 30 years now and house prices are something I’ve never been interested in, or paid much attention to.

I’ve never thought “should I buy now?” because I just read a headline to say that prices in my area are soaring.

So many people ask me: “What do you think the market is going to do?”

My answer for the last 30 years has been fairly consistent: I don’t know. I don’t care. Hopefully prices will drop. Why does it concern you? If you did know what was going to happen, what would you do and why?

The idea that you can predict what house prices will do at any point in the “cycle” is one of the myths that catches property investors out.

Here are a few others.

Myth Number One.

Generally, investors think that the big cities such as Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Christchurch will be better to invest in because they falsely believe that...

New article by Graeme Fowler below team.

As always, well worth the read.

You’ll recognise many of the alignments in messages in this to what we constantly bombard you with, particularly ‘if it makes sense now, buy it now’, and his love and trust for the media and commentators.

Enjoy! 

The Absolute Absurdity of Paying any attention to House Prices or what’s in the news (June 2020).

Here are a few headlines from various news articles, most of them over the past year or two.

1. Rotorua house prices up more than 25%

2. Rotorua - House sellers cash in, making median $200k as capital gains reach record

3. Tight Hamilton housing market pushes property values up

4. Hamilton’s house prices keep rocketing up

5. Fierce competition for Hamilton homes means prices likely to rise

6. Asking prices for Waikato homes increases 74% in five years

7. Waikato’s median house price climbs $60,000 in a year

8. Tauranga out-ranks Auckland as NZ’s most...

Original article from Mortgage Supply Company HERE

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

Stuff's series How I Made My First Million talks to millionaires about how they got there. This week, it's property investor and coach Steve Goodey.

How did you make your first $1m, how old were you?

Looking back it would have been in my mid-30s.

I started buying houses to keep them as rentals in my early-20s, well before I'd bought a house to live in myself. I think the first house I bought to live in myself was my fourth property purchased.

I sold that first owner-occupier home to buy the second, which I still own and I'm currently living in my third home.

In the last 20 years I think I've bought and sold, traded, or renovated about 3000 houses, some for myself but most for clients whom I've coached.

You never really wake up one day and say "Oh wow I'm a millionaire" it's more likely you do a lending application that asks you for your assets and liabilities and the number under the heading "Total Assets"  has the second comma in it for the first time.

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This goes to show 'Experience is the best teacher'. Except for a teacher who has the experience...Like Arn Mehta, one of Assetlab's coaches and directors. 

Property investment in New Zealand isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Check out the valuable lessons here (it could save you $100,000). 

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