Q&As:
– Where to put money for new grandchild
– Could retiree be “forced” to sell shared land?
– How one family funded children’s uni
– Watching caravans turning!
– Sad story about selling house to neighbour…
– … and happy one
– Alternative to reverse mortgage
Plus:
– Appearance at Auckland Writers Festival
Q&As:
– Should 78-year-old sell her home to neighbours and rent from them?
– Life insurance no longer needed
– Does CPI inflation include surcharges?
– Modern caravans not like the old days
– Many ideas for spending inheritance
– 2 Q&As on ethics around student loans
Q&As:
– How 22-year-old should handle inheritance
– Could NZ funds fail, as they did in Australia?
– Sell 80-year-old’s home, or get reverse mortgage?
– And is 75 too young for such a mortgage?
– How much caution in retirement?
Q&As:
– Couple in 70s sell home to fund retirement fun
– While couple in 50s may choose to stay renting
– How young reader may get into housing market
– Where are those tiny KiwiSaver fees?
2 unhappy listeners: on home ownership v renting, and active v passive fund managers
– Email from woman with mortgage-free house challenging my statement about renting being cheaper than home ownership
– Text from man challenging what I say about active fund management
Q&As:
– Reader gets no gain from being in KiwiSaver
– 2 Q&As about last week’s retired couple planning to sell their home and rent
– Who offers “build-to-rent” properties?
– Reader challenges 4.6% on a term deposit
Q&As:
– Retirees plan to sell home, rent, and have fun
– How compensation works if finance company fails
– Your KiwiSaver tax rate is checked by Inland Revenue
– Clarification on tax when you rent out your bach
Renters — are you a financial failure if you don’t buy a home?
– Changing attitudes to renting for life
– Are you financially worse off renting?
– Worry about being kicked out
– Other negatives of renting
– Positives of renting
Q&As:
– On benefits and inheritances
– Why share broker asks all those questions
– Charities make it too hard to give
– Landlords worse off than tenants?
– One landlord’s take on it all
– More landlords equal lower rents
– Thanks for running angry letter
Q&As:
– How rental market works in one apartment block
– … and in the whole economy
– Am I biased? And socialist?