The excitement about American residential property is building fast at GRA. We’ve studied the market in Memphis in detail,  and it’s thrilling to see how good the yields are – if you know what you’re doing. Investing offshore comes with an added degree of risk, but if you buy intelligently you stand to reap substantial [...]

After returning from my second trip to the US, I can honestly say I am very excited about American residential property. In fact, I’ve bought 8 properties myself already for one of my Trusts, and am enthusiastically planning to buy more. I’m so positive about it that I want to teach other people how to [...]

For a long time now we at GRA have said that Auckland is the best place in New Zealand to invest in residential property and this has been confirmed with recent headlines about its current “property crisis”. Prices have been rising and will continue to do so because with a rapidly growing population, Auckland’s housing [...]

Holiday Home Tax Grab Draft legislation reflecting the Government’s desire to reduce tax benefits in respect of mixed use assets has now been released.  Mixed use assets are assets that are used for both private and business purposes with holiday homes being perhaps the best example of this.  The rules are proposed to apply from [...]

This is Your Last Chance to Sort Out Your QC’s/LAQC If you have a company that used to be an LAQC before the rule change on 1 April 2011 and you have not previously taken any action in terms of transitioning the company into the new Look Through Company (LTC) regime, you still have one last [...]

LAQC – Second Window of Opportunity If you have a company that was previously a Loss Attributing Qualifying Company (LAQC) and you did not elect to convert the company into the new Look Through Company (LTC) regime or disband the company into a sole trader or partnership, you now have a second window of opportunity to consider whether [...]

 Australian Budget Hits Offshore Property Investors The recent Australian Budget announcements include a significant rule change which will affect any New Zealanders whom hold property investments in Australia.  Specifically, the 50% discount which was available when calculating capital gains tax on property that has been held for more than 12 months is removed.  By way [...]

I wanted to tell you about a very exciting event coming up for all potential and current business owners. Brad Sugars – Business is Booming Tour Brad Sugars, the world’s #1 Business Coach is visiting Auckland on his ‘Business is Booming’ tour. During the seminar, you will learn 28 proven strategies to help you massively [...]