NZ Property Investor

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

The first time Brenda Ni and Nathan Mudafar ever thought of buying a property was at 25 years old, when they wanted to move out of home. Four years and 16 properties later, they still haven’t moved out, but they’ve got their eyes on a bigger prize: to become the biggest traders in New Zealand.

But at the time of their first purchase that ambition was far from their minds.

“We talked to the broker and our goal at the time was to buy three houses by the time we’re 30. We’ve bought and sold almost 20 – which is crazy, because at the time I thought saying we wanted three houses was absolutely insane,” says Ni.

“We were embarrassed by it,” laughs Mudafar.

But given their tenacity and success thus far, their audacious goal looks highly possible.

The couple met when they were 15 years old at

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