Property Law

"Know the facts -- avoid the traps!" An easy-to-read book on a vital topic for every NZ investor. An easy-to-follow guide to real estate law, written by an investor, for investors - Property Law demystifies key legal issues in property transactions - and shows you how to avoid the traps. You’ll learn about:

• Contracts and agreements ... and disputes
• Your legal rights, obligations and protections when buying, selling, leasing, building, developing or subdividing real estate
• What to watch out for on a title
• Buying off the plans
• Residential landlord/tenant issues
• District Plans and the Resource Management Act
• Working with builders and construction contracts
• Commercial real estate - due diligence checks, understanding commercial leases and tenancies

Like its widely-read companion volume, Property Tax, this book uses practical examples and real cases to show how the law works - and how it affects you. With useful checklists and plain English definitions of legal terms, this book is essential for anyone investing in property. Read this book to learn about:

• Traps when you’re signing up to buy a property
• How to negotiate conditions in contracts
• Buying off the plans
• Buying property with others
• Disputes with neighbours
• Misrepresentations by vendors or real estate agents — and your remedies
• Different types of title (and dealing with covenants, caveats, easements and ’defects’ in the title)
• Building permits and consents
• The Resource Management Act, zoning and District Plans
• What to watch for when buying or leasing commercial property
• Subdividing and developing
• Construction contracts — vital clauses and tips for your protection
• Ownership structures for investing, developing and trading
• ...and more!

Author info: Tony Steindle is an Auckland lawyer who specialises in property investment and development. Tony is a popular speaker at property investors conferences and regularly writes on legal issues for a range of publications. A successful property investor himself, and honorary solicitor for the Auckland Property Investors Association, Tony is a senior partner of Steindle Williams Legal.