Paula Robinson and Bevan Warn are no property newbies. By the time they met in 2011, they have both accumulated over 30 years experience in property and
landlord. Being enthusiastic about their investments as well as networking with fellow investors, Paula and Bevan have kindly put their hands up to
host the regular Warkworth investor networking group that will start its first meeting Thursday 3rd of August. We grab a quick moment with the two to talk about their investment philosophy, biggest challenges, and tips for their fellow
investors.
APIA: Tell us a bit about yourselves.
P&B: While we have a very different history with respect to property, we both became landlords in our early 20s some 30+ years ago.
By the time we met, individually, we had already gained a vast amount of knowledge and experience in the property field. Bevan’s focus at the time
was the area from North Shore to Mangawhai and predominantly on properties where value could be added long-term (vs the quick lick-n-flick approach).
His targeted opportunities to maximise value and upgrade each property and gained good experience spotting potential, renovations and trends. Paula’s
property knowledge was more diverse in the sense that over the years she had experienced being a tenant, an owner, and a landlord in as many as 6 countries.
Since arriving in New Zealand in 2002, she has been involved in renovations, subdivisions, new-builds, conversions, and long-term speculating. Both
Paula and Bevan have experience in leasing and owning properties for business use.
After both doing well independently of each other, we instantly saw that our knowledge and love of property could be a great way forward...
