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Cashflow is king. It's one of those old sayings that just always holds true - and it's one that property investors should be keeping top of mind heading into 2023.

Ballooning costs and tougher servicing requirements are causing a lot of headaches for property investors these days, and planning ahead has never been more important.

The world has come a long way since the days of the cheque book; we can move cash in an instant. Conversely it still takes time to make, import, export, and sell goods. Luckily, banks understand this and there are many options to help with your cash flow cycle.

Commentators continue to talk up the property market and increasing prices almost at the chagrin of the RBNZ.

Generally speaking, it’s fair to say that this round of reserve bank rule changes will have a bigger effect than the ones it’s rolled out before.

It isn’t always easy to release equity when selling property. Leverage combined with lack of cash flow is the biggest risk for investors and it materialises quickly.

What separates those who make money and keep it, from those that make money and lose it?

I’ve been saying for some time that we are living in a period of unusually high economic risks. How you plan around those risks will determine how you come out the other side when we go through the next big market correction.

Here I am almost three and a half years into my first decent size property development. Although the end is in sight, it has been painfully slow, like watching paint dry.

It is a scary question and one for which I don't have a reliable answer. There will be a market correction at some point in the not too distant future.

A few clients have rediscovered recently that it isn’t always easy to release equity when selling property.

In a world with easy credit and awash with cash, asset prices have markedly increased. Capital needs to find a return. In a low growth world, it is driving down yields and increasing asset prices. That includes shares, bonds and property.