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阿海

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By Anne Gibson

Gary Lin says he started buying houses only so he could play World of Warcraft on his computer all day every day.

Now he's a multimillionaire who owns 11 rental properties in the soaring Auckland market.

The 32-year-old - originally from Guangzhou in China but a New Zealand resident since he was 13 - started buying property in June 2010 with a $200,000 wedding gift from his father. He and his wife Cindy bought one place for as little as $173,000.

Now his portfolio is valued at $6.5 million, which earns about $275,000 in gross rent each year.

Mr Lin, who drives a 2001 Honda, says he's not motivated by the trappings of wealth. With his wife, he supports most of the living expenses of their parents and pays for the upkeep of five cars in two families.

The optimist says he isn't worried by talk of a slump in property prices, saying that would only enable him to buy more places.
By Anne Gibson

Gary Lin says he started buying houses only so he could play World of Warcraft on his computer all day every day.

Now he's a multimillionaire who owns 11 rental properties in the soaring Auckland market.

The 32-year-old - originally from Guangzhou in China but a New Zealand resident since he was 13 - started buying property in June 2010 with a $200,000 wedding gift from his father. He and his wife Cindy bought one place for as little as $173,000.

Now his portfolio is valued at $6.5 million, which earns about $275,000 in gross rent each year.

Mr Lin, who drives a 2001 Honda, says he's not motivated by the trappings of wealth. With his wife, he supports most of the living expenses of their parents and pays for the upkeep of five cars in two families.

The optimist says he isn't worried by talk of a slump in property prices, saying that would only enable him to buy more places.
"Professional landlords will all be doing this, particularly if they're re-letting places during this summer."

He said at one Mt Eden property, annual $250-a-year insurance premiums had shot up to $800 a year after the Christchurch earthquakes.

"I'm not a slum landlord - I want to charge above-market rents by keeping my places better than the market average," said Mr Lin, who estimated he housed about 30 people.

"A tenant will have 20 bucks less, perhaps. But which business in the world actually subsidises their customers?"

Mr Lin began buying property with his wedding present, thinking it would allow him to endlessly play the online fantasy game World of Warcraft. But his life has changed, and family is his main priority now.

A member of the Auckland Property Investors Association, Mr Lin said he was coached by Auckland property mentor Ron Hoy Fong.

Mr Lin says he treats his rental properties like an expensive car, and chooses tenants carefully: "Would you rent your Rolls-Royce to a stranger and have it trashed?"

And he reckons that property investment is within everyone's reach.

"Work hard, work smart, save hard, and invest smart. Wealth creation is not rocket science - perseverance and hard work can get you there."

NewLynnHse

房奴甲 发表于 2016-1-12 13:03
支持楼主投资房产，不支持老鼠会；

支持靠聪明才值致富，不支持招摇拉仇恨，尤其是给全体华人拉仇恨；

房奴甲

支持楼主投资房产，不支持老鼠会；

支持靠聪明才值致富，不支持招摇拉仇恨，尤其是给全体华人拉仇恨；

支持楼主自己保守的投资策略，不支持煽呼群众轻易涉足未知领域。

nanjingwy

海总努力，争取上腾讯新闻

小二儿

中国这一代一代的,不就是一个啃老族,好意思显摆。

kevin28

我觉得挺厉害的，几年时间从0。2到6。5，升值30多倍；不考虑总量，华尔街投资大师不过尔尔

云晕兔

恭喜拉~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

J_chn

陌生的香港人 发表于 2016-1-9 09:36
Anne Gibson 之前報道Barfoot 中介洩漏房子買家都是華人姓氏那個記者....

几乎所有Herald有关华人和房地产的新闻都是她编辑的
而且报道得都有偏向

chankeung

2010年开始，最佳时机，运气不错。当然个人努力动脑子更重要。

adsl2

记得之前mt albert蔡林楠超市里有家饺子铺浇“东X饺子王” 有张大概是开业时和前总理海伦克拉克的握手照片，自从搬到北岸n年没去那里了，不知道“东X饺子王”还在不在；所以，海格 别把洋人的报道太当回事 平常心就Ok 如今海格11套房产 说明海格眼光 也是海格的Trump

恋爱中的宝贝

love_3_month 发表于 2016-1-9 23:27
这种仇富现象很多啊，越穷的人越这样

顶一个，不偷不抢，评自己的头脑和能力赚钱。
排除别的任何说法，这一点都是值得很多人学习的。
整篇文章也没有任何贬义的含义。
至于别人有啥看法，那是没发控制的事情，不用放在心上。

love_3_month

clam 发表于 2016-1-9 21:23
洋人haters 太多了

nz獨有的tall poppy syndrome

这种仇富现象很多啊，越穷的人越这样

LJHookerRobin

恭喜恭喜，但是链接打不开了》？

subpop

原来这世界真的有把能上报纸新闻特当回事的人

clam

洋人haters 太多了

nz獨有的tall poppy syndrome

chang186

coolge 发表于 2016-1-9 16:02
典型的吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。
LOSER！

看来你是有点狗腿的夸张, sucker!

GoToNorthAKL

leonma_007 发表于 2016-1-9 17:38
首先恭喜海总上新闻，但高兴的同时也要仔细揣测洋人的心态，是福是祸都要理性分析他们这篇报道的用意！ ...

洋人心态很平和，华人倒是酸溜溜的。

GoToNorthAKL

johnz79 发表于 2016-1-9 17:47
华人在这里还是低调点好，逼近你是靠炒房致富，是投机。没有对社会做出贡献，比如帮助穷人，提高就业机会， ...

给没房的人提供了住所不是对社会的贡献吗？

这个世界上没有了投资房，社会将会怎样？住桥洞？

keepower

这种东西就是个铺垫。报道多了就不是新闻了，大众就慢慢接受了。但我会建议阿海给unicef什么的做定期donation。能退税还能背上担负社会责任的美名。早期华人名利双收做的不好。年轻一代要跟上。

johnz79

华人在这里还是低调点好，逼近你是靠炒房致富，是投机。没有对社会做出贡献，比如帮助穷人，提高就业机会，等等。好多人都买不起房子，看到这种新闻会负面作用。

阿海

leonma_007 发表于 2016-1-9 18:38
首先恭喜海总上新闻，但高兴的同时也要仔细揣测洋人的心态，是福是祸都要理性分析他们这篇报道的用意！ ...

我觉得文章写的很好，完全是正面的啊

leonma_007

阿海 发表于 2016-1-9 08:51
我觉得Anne Gibson很好啊，她去年的Ron Hoy Fong和Ron Goodwin文章都写的很好。

首先恭喜海总上新闻，但高兴的同时也要仔细揣测洋人的心态，是福是祸都要理性分析他们这篇报道的用意！

阿海

jarod_2003 发表于 2016-1-9 18:31
反正ird 肯定是一定会盯紧的......

要是怕ird我还会这几年一直上论坛哈哈

jarod_2003

反正ird 肯定是一定会盯紧的......

mmzz

每个人的人生价值观都不相同吧， 我只想说 ，这样的一个例子并不是一个值得青年人效仿与追捧的榜样。 希望阿海先生在 赢得人生很多桶金之后，能做多一些真正能回报社会的有益之事， 此故事才会有一个HAPPY ENDING.

sky-sky

真没办法，阿海就这么牛`！

小马虎

加油。虽然没LZ厉害，不过为80后加油。