Tradies have a massive advantage in property investment in New Zealand. If you know how to swing a hammer, paint, fix things, or manage a job site, you already have skills most investors have to pay thousands for. On our properties I’ve done the electrical, healthy homes compliance, painting and a lot of the small jobs that would normally cost a fortune if you hired individual trades. It does require my time but that alone can cut renovation costs in half. Blue-collar skills property knowledge i