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James Lawrence

James Lawrence

James is the Marketing Manager at Real Estate Investar and has been with the company for over 10 years.

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[On-Demand Webinar] How Can Rent To Own Work For Me

This informative 45-minute webinar will give you the complete low down on Rent to Own and other buyer-friendly Creative Finance strategies, designed to allow you to step onto the property ladder right away

7 Tips to Get Started in Property Investment

Property investment can be complex as each investor have their own goals, buying rules and journey they wish to follow and achieve specific goals. To help you get started, we have listed our top seven tips!

[Infographic] New Zealand's Top Yielding Suburbs

The location of your rental property can help determine how much return you are likely to make and ultimately how successful the property is as a positive cash flow investment. For a rental property to give you the best possible return you can consider starting your search by targeting a location which produces high gross rental yields. Hope this infographic helps!

How to Compare Sales Research on Potential Investments

Before you settle on an investment property it's advisable that you find accurate and timely comparable sales data. This is a great way to narrow down the most suitable houses for you. If you are not sure what that means, this article will explain everything you need to know. Hope it helps!

[Infographic] How to Prepare Your Property For Sale

If you want to sell your property and sell it quickly you need to put in a little time to make it attractive to potential buyers. A property should be presented as having been well looked after with no major issues. After all, you get one chance to make a first impression and you’d be surprised the small things that will put buyers off. This article shows you how a few inexpensive changes can make a whole lot of difference. Hope it helps.

[Infographic] New Zealand's Smarter To Own Than Rent Suburbs

The location of a property can help determine whether it is safer for you hip pocket to buy or rent. This infographic shows the top seven suburbs in New Zealand that makes more sense to purchase than to rent. It could come in handy when investing in a rental property, or if you prefer to rent yourself. Hope it helps!

[Infographic] 6 Easy Tips for Saving for a Deposit

Saving for a deposit is one of the largest outlays you will have when purchasing an investment property. Get your finances on track easily with these six ideas to help you secure a cash deposit for you next investment in no time..

[Infographic] 8 Reasons Why You Should Use a Buyers Agent

Using a buyers agent to invest in property can help you save unecessatry stress, and help you achieve your goals faster. This infographic, 8 Reasons Why You Should Use a Buyers Agent will help learn the advantages to getting getting some help from an industry expert. If you are time poor or lack market knowledge then a buyers agent could be just what you need to grow your investment property portfolio.

[Infographic] 9 Essential Tips for Investing in Property

Investing in property can be complex, especially when you are doing it for the first. This infographic shows 9 essential tips for first time property investors, which will help make your property investing journey more successfully and set you on your way to a profitable investing career. Hope it helps!

Tenth expansion for Auckland housing zones

The New Zealand government has announced a 10th expansion to its list of fast-tracked Auckland building sites as it tries bump up housing supply in the city. Housing Minister Nick Smith on Thursday announced 36 new areas had been added to list of Special Housing Area where Auckland Council is speeding up consents to help create more homes amid massive demand.

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