Someone once said to a friend of mine, “I’m just not the kind of person who helps people.” Which astounded me. Because either a) that’s not particularly endearing and b) why would you admit that?

Which begs the question: What kind of person are you? And, if you’re the kind of person who helps people, how would you want to help change the property system?

If you own a house, you could:

Buy it with other people so that you can pay down your debt faster.
Provide cheap rent to flatmates/boarders to help them save a deposit.
Renovate your house with more (smaller) bedrooms so that you can have more people paying less rent.
Stay put, reduce the speculative market and connect with the community.

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My interests are scattered across topics including property, strategy, acoustics, psychology, theology, systems theory, quantum physics and leadership. I read, listen, watch, and learn about whatever grabs my attention in the moment.

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I’m learning to speak Te Reo Māori, the language of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand and one of our official languages. After spending 2020 studying, I’m figuring out how to keep the journey going outside the classroom.

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