A sustainable home does not mean a minimal home, or one without style. With most homes, you wouldn’t even know it is one unless you look very closely. Sustainable simple means that you are designing and building with certain goals in mind, in order to receive specific benefits. You as the homeowner choose what and…
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Personal Debt Finally Starts To Hit Home!
I have just read an article that I think is very valid to share on my blog. It gives an insight of the state this country is in financially and its not a pretty picture. Recently I have just helped my mom out because of a bad debt and bought half their property. During the…
New Zealand Soccer All Whites Glory Moments!
New Zealand is in a great mood thanks to the All Whites at the Soccer World cup. We are all very very proud of the effort they put in. Here are some of the big things that got us all on our toes REID TO THE RESCUE It’s the 93rd minute of the opening game…
Increasing Your Value
Your goal is to organize your life in such a way that you enjoy a good income, a high standard of living, and that you are the master of your economic destiny rather than a victim of changing economic times. Contribution is the Key Your job is an opportunity to contribute a value to your…
The Benefits And Social Responsibility Of You And Your Business Going Green
There are a few things that are trending in todays age and one of them is the GREEN revolution. This is something that cannot be ignored and I think that no matter who you are you need to take on that its happening and work your way with it, instead of fighting it. In Christchurch…
The Odds
I want to share a statistic with you that had me raising my eyebrows … Well, it’s alarming if you don’t know how to turn it into an advantage (a distinct advantage, actually – I’ll show you in a moment). FACT: Did you know that over 89% of the business books that people purchase and download go completely…
Trust!
GotCha! You now have a virus in your computer that allows me to look into everything that you do! The reality is that you probably opened this website in blind faith that I wouldn’t screw you over. The fact is it is as easy as opening a link to be infected by any host of…
Its Time To Wake Up And Get Real!
It’s time for a wake up call! Agents and Sellers if your in la la land its time to snap out of it and come back to earth. Selling is an art. You need to pre empt the actions of your buyers. Now I don’t claim to be any expert on selling or on Real…
Tax Cuts For All – A GST Rise & Property Investors Hit Hard With New Tax Laws!
The New Zealand Budget 2010! For most of us this is something that we have been looking to for a while now. There has been plenty of hype running around this years budget and the cat has now been let out of the bag. Property tax has been hit hard with quite an increase and…
this generation will change everything
As you know I really believe in the Generations and their relevance to how and what they purchase. When it comes to Real Estate this is particularly important because you need to identify which property would suit a certain type of person and then from there you need to work out the way that you…
Loans and The Mortgage
Hi all, sorry about the lack of posting on here lately. There has been alot going on. In through this is the creation of a new website which will be launched next month if all goes well which i am hoping will allow all people involved with Real Estate be involved and tell there story….
Maintenance On Your Home Should Be As Important As Having Breakfast!
But hey!! Reality bites. How many people these days eat breakfast. I know for one that I skip it – are you like me. But more seriously maintenance on your home should be as important as your car. If you do not do maintenance on your car it will break leaving you stranded usually in…
The Ugly, Not So Ugly And Boring Of Blogging
This is a great post that I think you should think more about than just reading it. I will start by saying the the look of your blog is just so dam important. This blog is my personal attempt at a blog to help people, but I dont know if it looks good to you….
Using Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin To Further Your Business Reach
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What are the economic factors that affect mortgage rates?
This is an article that is something that will hopefully help you more understand why the dam interest rates go up or down, usually we only complain when they go up, as this directly costs us more money. Although written with a slight US feel, with the words federal, the principles are the same which…
Buying A Section
There is a nice trend the past few years to buy an existing home and renovate it to either make a capital gain or have a nice home to live in. However I have a feeling that we are soon going to see a shift in attitude and see people buying land in new residential…
Common Sense – Oh Where Did You Go!!
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, COMMON SENSE, who has been with us for many years. No one for sure knows how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: – Knowing when…
Property Property Property – The Market's Gone Mad
The Breaking News story today is about property again. Seems like lately everything is about property property property. Today’s headline states Property sales plunge in January – January house sales worst in nearly two decades… Sounds terrible doesn’t it! This story is quite a different picture that was being painted last month when the authorities…
New Zealand Real Estate Prices Are Reaching Silly Levels Again
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Sun Power Is The Way To Go – The Future Of Sustainable Living Is Here – And Always Has Been
NIWA have released a great little solar calculator to benefit home owners view the potential for solar exactly where they live. This tool is awesome if you are looking at getting solar panels or any other device that utilizes the energy from the sun such as an HRV because you will be able to see…
Why Do We Move So Much
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The average home has more bacteria and toxic materials than what is found in the environment. Almost 80% of poisoning cases originate from kitchens. The golden rule says that boiled and prepared food must not get into contact with raw, unprepared food. The ideal place for bacteria development is in kitchen cabinets, which should be…
Seasons Greetings
I just want to send a quick message to you to wsh you a merry christmas and hoping you all a happy new year. 2010 I feel will be a year of massive change in the way we look upon how we live and conduct business within our homes. I look forward to this. Be…
Financial Planning For A Safer Future
The fact of todays market means we all need to all be careful with all our money. A few years back when I had too much time on my hands I got hold of a good friend of mine and started to produce some material to help people save money and outline steps for buying…
Why Are You Procrastinating!
Are you buying a house, selling a house, renovating a house, building a house, buying a christmas or birthday present or cleaning the car or buying that god forsaken HRV unit I told you to buy and are doing the whole I am thinking about it thing… Then your procratinating. Your simply not able to…
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Mortgagee Sales Are Still Up…. Money Is Still Tight… What Does Mortgagee Mean
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