SHOULD YOU USE A BUYER’S AGENT?

For Jamie McKenzie, a 43-year-old video producer from Auckland, life was too busy to search for another property. With six homes in his portfolio, he wanted to invest in a new market, Rotorua, but struggled to look between work commitments.

“I was time-poor, with a business to run and a young family,” says McKenzie, who lives on the North Shore. “If I was looking locally, fine, but to go outside of my area, I just didn’t have the time.”

Jamie eventually decided to use a buyer’s agent to find his next property. After speaking to several, he settled on iFindProperty, an agent with national reach. The agent helped him locate two properties that matched his budget and investment goals in Rotorua.

“They did a lot of the running for me, got the information and the rental appraisal,” Jamie says. “They told me they needed some