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The Day After »

It's the day after  the budget and already the doom and gloom merchants are talking about the great property crash due to depreciation being removed from property investment. Obviously this is a great topic to focus on because there is a whole lot of misunderstanding, myths and untruths about the property investment market and it is easy to [...]

Short Sales and Forclosures »

Professional Investment Services (powered by Financial Gain) is all for investing in to Real Estate however the kind of investing described here in this article falls outside the normal realms of standard risk profiling and would therefor not be an appropriate strategy for a financial plan. I have added the article because it is good to understand [...]

Prices on the move upwards. »

According to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) house prices are lifting. At Professional Investment Services (powered by Financial Gain) we have been saying this since early December  (in the Auckland market at least). Is this so for the rest of the country? I doubt it. The reality though is that the measurements used to [...]

Have you missed the property boat? »

From Interest.co.nz April 3rd, 2009 Auckland’s largest real estate agency group, Barfoot and Thompson, has reported sales volumes jumped in March to a 20 month high as buyers “returned with a vengeance” and sellers accepted a slight fall in prices to clear the market. “Certainly in March, the Auckland housing market emerged from its [...]

Making Money Easily »

No questions from Clients today so I thought about what to write. At Professional Investment Services we focus on how to help clients achieve their financial goals and so I am often asked what to invest in and where. As a financial planner I am trained and educated in the traditional methods of creating wealth and protecting wealth however [...]

Excitement Galore »

After nearly 3 weeks away on the Barrier I have returned to Auckland to find that 2009 has certainly started with a hiss and ....well maybe a meow rather than a roar. Being back at Professional Investment Services after so long away I spent most of today on the telephone or in meetings and more often than not the conversation turned to how bad [...]

Money Magnet »

What constitutes a money magnet? My definition is something that you do or a resource that you own that draws more money to you. Like all magnets though a money magnet can also repel money from you.....so do be careful. One of my countries favorite money magnets is Real estate. This is a classic magnet in that when you own Real Estate you can [...]

Flipping Property »

Real Estate certainly seems to be an investment that people get passionate about. I guess thats why it is so easy to make huge amounts of money in the Real Estate industry, after all people buy emotionally and then justify afterwards with logic. Real Estate lends itself perfectly to that maxim. So lets look at the concept of flipping [...]