NZ Property Investor

DOWN TO BUSINESS

‘To own or manage a rental property is to operate a business and it must be treated like a business’

One of the key changes to emerge from the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 (RTAA) was a significant increase in penalties for noncompliance.

Maximum penalties for exemplary damages have almost doubled. Understandably, any talk of increased fines can be quick to cause

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