Quote Originally Posted by Cricketfan View Post
It's been a while since this was discussed. What are people's thoughts now that we've gone through an election and Covid? If you had $200-300k cash, the same amount in shares, 15+ years from retirement, would you consider using some of that cash as a deposit on a property in Auckland?
Are you thinking of a rental? If so the current and soon to be in place rules are quite ridiculous and carry big potential fines for non compliance.

Check these docs with new rules for a start, not forgetting the Residential Tenancies Act with a few hundred more rules. I have a pretty good understanding of the rules and no way would I be putting money, time, effort and risk into (more) rentals now.

This one only has 52 pages LOL.

https://www.hud.govt.nz/assets/Resid...ember-2020.pdf

Haven't counted the docs at this site but there are many links to excruciating detail.

https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/healthy-homes/