Although it’s said that we live in uncertain times, I don’t fully agree with that. Actually, we do have some certainty as to what is going to happen. We know that the Bank of England are going to continue to increase interest rates. We know that the property market is going to slow down, and,…
This week we look at borrowing, with other people’s money! Your ability to invest in Property using your time and effort and someone else’s cash! Property investing, including buy to let, works better when you use someone else’s money – it greatly increases the returns on your own money invested. Here’s to successful property investing!…
A practical look at why tenant labels do not reliably predict behaviour, and why investors should focus on checks, affordability, communication and market fit instead.
A practical look at why using a managing agent does not make buy to let passive, and why the responsibility still lands with the investor when things go wrong.
A practical look at why unexpected problems are part of property investing, and why resilience, buffers and clear thinking matter just as much as planning.
A practical look at how investors can drift from building freedom into building a complicated, stressful job, and why clarity often beats complexity.
A practical look at why so many would-be investors get stuck waiting for the perfect deal, and why good enough often beats perfect in property.
A practical look at how one property deal can sometimes produce more than one income stream, without forcing investors to keep buying more and more properties.
A practical look at how changing market conditions should affect the way investors source deals, assess opportunities and adapt their tactics.
property due diligence, bad investment, gross yield, cash flow, property risk, buy to let mistakes, tenant demand, exit strategy
A practical look at cash flow, equity growth and lump sum profit, and why investors need to be clear what job they want a property to do before they buy it.
A practical look at interest only versus repayment mortgages for buy to let investors, and why the right answer depends more on your goals than on dogma.