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Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have had a wonderful break and you're now getting back into the swing of things. Not that it is easy; I'm still feeling a bit under the weather with having to get back into the office..

With all the changes in tax law in recent years, there has been plenty of speculation about what a change in government might mean for the tax landscape. Whilst the National Party has not released their final tax policy ahead of next year’s election, on their..

Today I discuss Powers of Attorney - what does it mean and how you should go about it? I hope you enjoyed my short video blog. .

The end of the financial year is approaching very fast and there are a number of things that business owners should attend to before then.  No, I am not referring to going to end of season sales or getting the last bits of your body..

Recently I’ve seen several interesting client problems which would undoubtedly have resulted in lots of money being lost and lots of legal fees being incurred if these clients hadn’t had GRA’s Professional Trustee on board. Having now experienced three property cycles in my adult lifetime, I..

I regularly have discussions  with clients about the difference between "profit" and "cash flow",  as many people have difficulty in differentiating between the two.  So what is the difference between profit and cash flow? Frequently it's the difference between success and bankruptcy.    Profit Profit is..

It's been two years of hard work, but finally my new book, Property 101, has arrived from the printers.  In this book I provide a fresh look at residential property investment from an experienced investor's viewpoint. It is written in easy to understand language, includes many..

Property contracts, including sale and purchase agreements and building contracts, sometimes include clauses that can be harmful to the unwary. And by unwary, I simply mean people who are not used to dealing with such legal documentation.  One of the advantages of using a professional..

It was a warm summer's night, sausages were sizzling on the barbeque, cool beverages were being sipped, and the conversation turned to property. “Prices are so astronomical they are completely unaffordable,” lamented one person. “How can our children ever hope to get on the property..