Thursday, September 16, 2010

Young & Singles Guide to Property Investment

It occurred to me just now that I have never actually written a blog post promoting the book I wrote in 2007.  Actually I never really did any promotion at all.  However, in spite of this, the book has done rather well all on its own and I thought i'd take the opportunity to share some thoughts on it.

This book has sold approximately 500 copies in over 130 book stores throughout New Zealand and approximately 600 privately.

What's it about...? Well, it answers the questions that buyers don't necessarily know to ask.  For example:
  1. What’s the difference between a registered valuation and a government valuation?
  2. What reports do I need?
  3. What conditions should I have on the sale & purchase agreement and what do they all mean?
  4. What do the different titles mean?
  5. How should I pay off my debt?  Do I need to pay off my student loan first?
  6. What is the difference between all the ownership structures?  
  7. What are my mortgage options and what do they mean?
  8. What is the Mortgage/Purchase process?
This book is just my opinions/explanations on topics that I learnt about by default when I went through owning six investment properties by the age of 21.  I explain the issues I faced being on one income and being young.

So, if you haven't already got it or read it, feel free to order it from this website :-)

Going forward, I am planning two more books - Young & Singles Guide to Business and Young & Singles Guide to Alternative Investments.  I am however, commencing an MBA from AKL Uni next year (3 year degree), so by the time I come out of that, i'll be 'Old & Married', so the name of the book could change.... hahaha, watch this space.

Thanks for reading.

:-)