BUYING BLIND
Feb 27, 2020
4 minutes
Photographs by Philip Scott
When Gisborne couple Ronelle and Kyall Boonen surprised their guests by tying the knot at their engagement party, it was a sure sign of things to come.
The pair have made a habit out of surprising others and taking risks, including moving 800km east to the remote Chatham Islands, and from there, starting an investment property portfolio by buying two properties sight unseen.
The couple met at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, where Kyall was studying marine biology and Ronelle was doing an animal handling paper.
At the time, Ronelle was working in quality assurance at a meat works, and was offered a job in the Waikato, so
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