Timing is everything in negotiation. A negotiation can be made or unmade by the time at which it takes place. When buying or selling anything in life it becomes important to learn the art of the timing as this can make or break the deal. It all comes to when you make your move. There…
Smaller Companies Can Sell Your House As Good As Those Big Ones
Take a ride with me to the days before the silicon chip took over how our modern world looks. It is the time before computers or the internet. Where agents manually scanned lists to see what was on the market for sale. It’s important to have a big office handle your transaction. A big office…
How To Avoid Some Home Purchasing Pitfalls
If you are interested in property development or you are buying properties for your own use there are some common mistakes that anyone can make. This is especially true of new buyers who may have never purchased properties before and who may not know what to look for and what to avoid. By avoiding these…
Happy New Year 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. I hope we are all being safe and looking forward to the year ahead. While we are on holiday lets take some time to reflect on a few of the things of 2010. The last year has been a good year. I bought a new lifestyle block, got into the advertising…
New Zealand Real Estate Sales Volume at Record Lows.
Real Estate in NZ is very very slow still with both record low sales and the medium price dropping by 1% in the last quarter. The big issues have been the Canterbury Earthquake and the general slow up of the economies recovery. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) has reported 3903 properties were…
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Hold OCR a 3.0%
The Official Cash Rate has this morning been left on hold by the Reserve Bank at 3 per cent. Such a hold was widely expected, with market economists all but unanimous that Reserve Bank Governor Bollard will not raise the official cash rate again until March next year. The average expectation among 11 forecasters polled…
Positive Thinking
A Roadmap towards Positive Thought-Patterns INTRODUCTION Life is effort-return phenomenon. People make efforts to actualize returns. There is nothing more frustrating than putting in lots of effort and getting no desired results. The secret to the wasted efforts lies dominantly in a person. A survey indicated that 75% of businesses are failed in their initial…
The First Five Days Of The Christchurch Earthquake
Here is a Rolling Tally of the first 5 days of Action in detail of most of the major events that have happened. for the most up to date pictures visit rebuildchristchurch Wednesday September 8th 2010 (Day Five) 9.31pm: There’s been a 3.9 aftershock, 30 km south-east of Darfield, at 9.14pm. 9.20pm: Inland Revenue has…
Christchurch Earthquake Pictures
for the most up to date pictures visit rebuildchristchurch [nggallery id=4] Christchurch after 4 days of cleaning up after New Zealands Largest and most widly destructive earthquake. After day 4 All the best and I hope if your home is destroyed or damaged, like ours, that you get it fixed safely and timely and wish…
Christchurch Earthquake Photos
for the most up to date pictures visit rebuildchristchurch [nggallery id=4] for the most up to date pictures visit Rebuild Christchurch [book id=’1′ /] pictures after day three Related Blogs Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2010 Now Available at … Soldiers take apart and rebuild a Jeep in just 4 mintes …
Massive Christchurch Earthquake
for the most up to date pictures visit Rebuild Christchurch I will update this when we have had time to think, everyone here in Christchurch are in shock. This is a huge event. if you felt it, leave comments below. From NZH – Here is the first four hours of events 8.37am Christchurch Hospital reports two…
Will The Real Estate Market Spring Into Action This Spring?
Spring is typically the key season for real estate but untimely headwinds this year will make for a weak property market. Property prices are expected to track sideways at best this spring, with an expected influx of new listings on the market, allowing buyers plenty of time to smell the roses, according to analysts. The…
South Canterbury Finance Bail Out – It could be a good thing in the end!
Watching John Key & co deal with South Canterbury Finance yesterday was exciting. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance forked out $1.6 billion under the Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme. Good move. The NZ government are admitting liability and paying out depositors who trusted government regulators would protect them. Regulatory responsibility has been a series…
Being Authentic and Transparent – When is this going overboard!
All this talk about Twitter and Facebook engagement, how you need to be authentic and transparent, let people behind the scenes, tell stories. This is all well and good, and enough (some might say too much) has been written about the what and the how. We should talk more about the why. Not the why…
The 2011 Rugby World Cup Economic Benefit to NZ
This event is going to be huge. The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be a highlight for New Zealand and it going to come at the right time. The spot light is on New Zealand here. We are a Tourist Nation so lets shine. But before we go to that look at the estimated economic…
2011 Rugby World Cup Christchurch Games
Christchurch – Tournament Highlights Christchurch’s RWC 2011 quarter-finals weekend is going to be massive. As well as these two top games, Stadium Christchurch will feature five pool matches and the region will be home-base during the tournament for teams from Australia, England, Argentina, Scotland, Georgia and Russia. Christchurch is at the heart of New Zealand…
2011 Rugby World Cup Game Schedule
Here is a list of all the games to be played in the New Zealand 2011 Rugby World Cup 2011 Rugby World Cup Match Schedule Date No Pool Match details Location Stadium Fri Sept 9 1 A New Zealand v Tonga Auckland Eden Park Sat Sept 10 2 B Scotland v Play-off winner Invercargill Rugby…
Fast Company Influence Project 2010
Hi all, A bit of an odd blog post for me but this is a little mission I have going on with my friends and online buddies to see how far we all can go. But in doing so I think you can also get involved and test yourselves. Fast Company magazine is running their…
Save The Planet, Save Ourselves. Go Green And Win
Green living helps make us live healthily. It saves money and also environment. It is essential to live Green in order to save the earth from global warming. It is our responsibility to save our earth and it is in our hands to save the earth. But we don’t know what are the ideas are…
Why Build Sustainable Homes
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…
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….