by Elise Vine | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
What do you need to be aware of when changing your property from owner-occupied to a rental investment property? Here’s a fairly common story – You purchase a home to live in and it is great! A few years down the track something happens and your...
by Elise Vine | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog
It’s exciting, even exhilarating, to start your own business. So what do you need to know before you start? Well a good starting point is to ask those that have started a business 12 months later what are the lessons they have learned, or what they wish...
by Elise Vine | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
Self Employed and looking to get finance? Have a read. We are a nation full of self-employed people. MBIE records NZ as having 530,000 Small to Medium Enterprises. These are businesses that have 20 or less employees. These businesses cover an extensive range of...
by Elise Vine | Jul 20, 2022 | Blog
A few weeks ago we blogged about the importance of having a Will. Today we’re writing about the other side of that – receiving an inheritance. Again, it’s not something we tend to plan for, as it comes with the burden of having lost a loved one. However, it is worth...
by Elise Vine | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog
How do you manage your cashflow with the increasing interest rates? Inflation is on the rise and one of the tools the Reserve Bank has to manage inflation is to increase interest rates and reduce the supply of money. What do higher interest rates mean for...
by Elise Vine | Jul 6, 2022 | Blog
Here we are, heading into a recession. What does this actually mean though? While there is no official definition, technically a Recession is 2 negative economic growth periods in a row. A growth period is measured in quarters (3 months). Big deal, what does...
