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Category Archives: Money
Location Based Shorts Ep 16 A FREE Route Optimisation trial for New Zealand deliveries, sales and service companies
Have you noticed that traffic in New Zealand cities seems to be worse at Level 1 of the COVID19 lockdown than it was even before the pandemic hit? Are you in the distribution, freight or service industries? Or perhaps you … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Business, Business Consultant, Business Intelligence, congestion, Coronavirus, Corvid19, Customers, drivers, Gas prices, grocery, Intelligent Transport Systems, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Services, Location Based Shorts, Money, Motoring, motorway, New Zealand, New Zealand Maps, Pandemic, Public Transport, real time traffic, Retail, retail apps, retail survival, Route Optimisation, Route Optimization, RTTI, RUC, safer journeys, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel, Travel Information, Truck Navigation, Trucks, Unusual Traffic, Work
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Tagged Auckland, bad traffic, Christchurch, COVID19, customers, deliveries, delivery, distribution, free, free service, freight, Hamilton, home delivery, New Zealand, Route optimisation, sales calls, services, Traffic jam, Waikato, Wellington
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Small Business Survival After the COVID19 Lockdown
So many small to medium businesses are going broke right now because of the COVID19 lockdown. All companies are paying rent, power, wages and paying back interest on loans used to purchase inventory, fittings and more, and the end is … Continue reading →
Posted in BAU, Blogging, Business, Communications, Coronavirus, Corvid19, Customers, Facebook, Hospitality, Marketing, Money, New retail ideas, New Zealand, Restaurant, Retail, retail survival, Work
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Tagged back to business, Coronavirus, Corvid19, Facebook, food delivery, going broke, Level 3, Level 4, local business, Restaurant, Retail, Shopping, support local, telling stories, Uber eats
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Kiwibuild Problems and Buying From a Plan
Finally, in case you don’t have a Kindle, or don’t want to buy my new eBook, there is a way to get a free copy. Just point your mouse at http://www.Firsthomebuyerstraining.com and you can download a free PDF version and get some more useful information from my eList. Continue reading →
Posted in ageing, Auckland, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, eBook, Family, Finance, First Home Buyer, home, home loan, house hunting, Mistakes Buying a House, Money, mortgage, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, Neighbours, New Zealand, New Zealand Real Estate, Paying too much for a house, property, Real Estate, real estate agent, Selling a House
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Tagged apartments, Baby Boomers, book about buying a house, buying a house from plan, Buying a House in New Zealand, buying and selling in the same market, buying real estate, Buying Real Estate in New Zealand, buying your first house, Dutch Real Estate, First Home Buyer, free book about buying a house, FREE eBOOK, KiwiBuild, Kiwis, Long Bay, Neighbors, Neighbours, Real Estate, real estate agent, rental property, Stuff, te Kauwhata, tips for home buyers, top mistakes, top mistakes buying a house
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Kindle eBook Launch ‘5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House
Finally after a little bit of work every day for months, loads of revisions and “that’s not what I thought I said” from the haze of pain medications because of a back injury, my latest book has arrived at Amazon … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Australia, Australia Real Estate, Banks, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada, Canada Real Estate, children, climate change, eBook, Family, First Home Buyer, GFC, good books, home, house hunting, human logic, Lifestyle, Location Based Education, Location Based Servces, Market Research, Mistakes Buying a House, New Zealand, New Zealand Real Estate, People, Politics, property, Real Estate, real estate agent, security, Selling a House, UK Real Estate, United Kingdom, US Real Estate
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Tagged Buying a home, Buying a house, buying a house ebook, Buying a House in Australia, Buying a House in Canada, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a House in NZ, Buying a house in the UK, buying property, buying real estate, Buying Real Estate in New Zealand, Buying real estate in the USA, Dan Ariely, FOMO, getting a mortgage, GFC, home loan, house finance, house price, house value, how to buy a house, how to research buying a house, Luigi Cappel, making decisions, mistakes buying a home, Mistakes Buying a House, property value, real estate agent, real estate value, secret to buying a house, top mistakes
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Buying a Family House – In a Child Friendly Area
One of the reasons we buy a house is because we have or are planning to have children. We focus a lot on the house and property itself, but if you think back to your own childhood, it was very … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Australia Real Estate, bikes, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada Real Estate, driver behavior, drivers, Family, First Home Buyer, Google, Google maps, Google Satellite View, Google Street View, home, home loan, house hunting, Lifestyle, location based apps, Location Based Services, Map data, Maps, Mistakes Buying a House, Money, mortgage, Neighbors, Neighbours, New Zealand, New Zealand Real Estate, People, Real Estate, risk, SoLoMo, The Location Guru, traffic, UK, UK Real Estate, Urban design, US Real Estate
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Tagged Antioch, Buying a home, Buying a house, buying a house in California, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a house in the UK, California, child friendly, child friendly area, Child Safety, cul-de-sac, family home, family house, finding a house with google, good area for kids, Google Street View, great place for kids, having children, how to find a good area for a family, kids bikes, lifelong friends, looking after kids, safe for children, safe place for kids, starting a family, swings, tips for finding a family home, trampolines, where to buy a family home
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Buying a House? How Good is Your Credit Rating and How Do You Find Out?
When I was a teenager and still at school I bought a Cry Baby Wah Pedal for my guitar from a department store. It was probably a couple of hundred dollars and I was earning about $30 a week giving … Continue reading →
Posted in Australia, Australia Real Estate, Banks, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada, Canada Real Estate, Finance, First Home Buyer, home, home loan, house hunting, insurance, insurance risk, Mistakes Buying a House, Money, mortgage, Mortgage Calculator, New Zealand Real Estate, property, Real Estate, Retail, SoLoMo, UK Real Estate, US Real Estate
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Tagged Buying a home, Buying a house, buying property, buying real estate, Centrix, credit, credit check, Credit karma, credit rating, credit risk, credit score, Credit Sesame, CreditSmart, Equifax, Experion, free credit rating report, free credit report, GetCreditScore, getting a loan, hire purchase, Illion, loan calculator, need a loan, need finance, need money, TotallyMoney, TransUnion, what is a credit score, why do you need a credit rating
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Why Do Real Estate Agents Take You to Houses You Don’t Want? Could it be You?
Why are you looking to buy a house? Is it an investment for the future? Are you getting married? Are you planning to have children or perhaps already have some? Are you really clear on what you want? Whether you … Continue reading →
Posted in Australia Real Estate, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada Real Estate, eBook, Education, First Home Buyer, Google Street View, grocery, home, location based apps, Location Based Education, Mobile Apps, Money, New Zealand Real Estate, property, Selling a House, The Location Guru, UK Real Estate, US Real Estate
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Tagged access to public transport, Buying a home, Buying a house, Buying a House in Australia, Buying a House in Canada, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a house in the UK, Buying a House in the US, buying a house wish list, buying real estate, Climate Change, cost of buying a house, ethic mix, ethnic community, floodplain, FREE eBOOK, Getting married, global warming, good schools, handyman's dream, home burglary, house feature list, House for sale, house viewing app, junk mail, local community, nearest bus stop, neighborhood, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood, noisy neighbours, open homes, planning childern, Public transport, race, Real Estate, Real Estate Ads, real estate agent, real estate apps, Real estate broker, real estate listings, Real Estate web site, realtor, rent before you buy, rent or buy?, research buying a house, rising sea level, safe neighborhood, School zone, sense of community, statistics, Stats, Uber, why buy a house?
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Finding a Mortgage Calculator AND Why You Need to Borrow More Than You Thought
I think the common denominator is that banks can’t afford for you to fail financially when you are buying a house. Sure they want your business, but they want your successful business, because they know that if you buy a house and can make the repayments. Sometime in the future you will sell it and buy a more expensive home and borrow even more money from them. That’s how they make money, not by you saving money. Continue reading →
Posted in Australia, Banks, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada, First Home Buyer, home, house hunting, Lifestyle, location based marketing, Location Based Services, Money, Mortgage Calculator, New Zealand, People, Real Estate, real estate agent, Selling a House, UK, United Kingdom, USA
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Tagged affordability calculator, AMAA, ANZ, Barclays, building inspection, Buying a home, Buying a house, Buying a House in Australia, Buying a House in Canada, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a house in the UK, Buying a House in the USA, council house reports, estimated house value, FREE eBOOK, furniture, home improvement, home loan, home loan repayment, House deposit, house hunting, house insurance, house repair, house value, how to buy a house, legal fees buying a house, mortgage, Mortgage Calculator, MortgageCalculator.org, Nationwide Building Society, Ratehub, rates and taxes, Royal Bank, Sorted, Westpac, Zillow
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Buying your First Home and Commuting To Work, 400 Times a Year!
Research Before You Buy You’d think it was easy right? You have your deposit, you buy your house, you go to work and you pay the mortgage, just like when you were paying rent. No big deal. But there are other … Continue reading →
Posted in Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, cars, commuting, congestion, drivers, Facebook, First Home Buyer, Foresight, Google maps, Hospitality, insurance, insurance risk, Location Based Servces, Map apps, Map data, Maps, Market Research, Money, motorway, Navigation Maps, parking, People, Public Transport, rail, Real Estate, real estate agent, real time traffic, Society, traffic, traffic congestion, traffic demand, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, trains, Transport, Travel, Travel Information, Unusual Traffic, Urban design
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Tagged Buying a house, catching the bus, commute time, Commuting, emotional buying, Facebook Community Group, facebook group, family time, first home, first home buying, getting to work, Google Journey Planner, house features, house hunting, how to buy a house, how to research buying a house, interest rate, Location, mortgage, Public transport, real estate agent, rent or buy?, rent versus own, research a house, where to buy, Where to Live
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Panama Papers: where the money is hiding
Companies in Mossack Fonseca database “connected” to a particular country by address. The data also shows clients, beneficiaries, and shareholders by country. Source: ICIJ — Map created by Brian Kilmartin in CartoDB Sourced through Scoop.it from: briankilmartin.cartodb.com When I heard … Continue reading →