NZ Property Investor

HOW TO IDENTIFY A GEM

Property finders are always looking for properties that can be improved. One advantage real estate offers over many other forms of investment is that you can materially improve the value of your asset, which makes locating assets that can be improved quite a useful skill.

Renovating or developing a property to increase the value or rental yield is known as creating equity or cashflow. Here is a simple example:

You buy a property for $500,000 that has

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