Last night we had our inaugural APIA landlord tenant round table discussion at the North Auckland meeting group.  The panel consisted of landlords, tenants and those who are both a landlord and a tenant. 
 
While we accept that the Residential Tenancies Act outline the legal framework within which landlords and tenants must operate, at the end of the day, residential tenancy is about people doing business with people.  A successful business relationship stems from good communication and also an understanding of the other party’s approach.  


I am going to take this opportunity to reiterate our position – The Auckland Property Investors’ Association is not anti-tenant.  We are however anti-bad-tenants just as much as we are anti-bad-landlords.  As we represent buy and hold investors who value long term tenancies and sustainable working relationships, we advocate strongly for the improvement of tenancy literacy both for landlords and tenants. 
 
As such it was incredibly beneficial to hear from both landlords and tenants last night.  The session teased out some really valuable information and I thought it would be too cruel not to share.

Landlords and Tenants – 2 Different Approaches To Residential Tenancy

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