A bold claim? Probably, especially as the House Price Indices are showing average property values across the UK are increasing at a slower rate than they have for a long time (mainly because of values in London going backwards). So why is that? Is it the BREXIT effect? Probably. But let’s not get into that…
Property Strategies (Part 8) We’ve been thinking about the principal property strategies that we can use in today’s market and this week we are going to think about one of the most exciting property strategies out there – developments. There are many different ways that we can approach a development and they can…
Property Strategies (Part 7) Next on my list of principal property strategies that we can use in today’s market is Rent to Rent. Very simply put, rent to rent is essentially sub-letting. Now, when you usually mention the term “sub-letting”, this tends to throw up images of some form of illegal or dodgy…
Property Strategies (Part 3) This week we’re going to think about flipping. At its very core, flipping is all about buying a property as cheap as possible to then sell on and make a profit. Now, one would assume that in order to sell it on at a profit, you might have to do something…
Property Strategies (Part 2) Last week we took a look at basic buy to let investing and this week we’re going to look at more sophisticated ways of doing this strategy. First of all, though, let’s just recap. At the most basic level of investing, we could buy a property, put a tenant…
Property Strategies (Part 1) Given that many of you reading this blog post are new to investing, over the next few weeks I’m going to be looking at the different types of property strategies and the pros and cons of each. By the way, this doesn’t mean that if you’re an experienced investor…
It’s human nature to only want to do “great” property deals. However, as I’ve mentioned before, there is a danger of getting side-tracked into trying to only do the “perfect” deal. But what constitutes a perfect deal and how can we identify a great deal over a poor deal? It…
Mistake number seven – They listen to people who probably know less than them! I heard Anthony Robbins once ask his audience “If you wanted to get rich would you study poor people?” “No” came the resounding reply. “That’s right” he retorted “If you want to get rich, you need to study rich people”. That…
