Over the last 40 years I’ve seen opportunity is literally everywhere in property. But most property investors don’t always spot it. Why not? Perhaps because they aren’t expecting it. Or perhaps because they haven’t trained themselves to see it. But becoming aware isn’t hard. As is so…
Some investors use buy to let mortgages for their SA (serviced accommodation) properties. They shouldn’t. Technically they could be committing mortgage fraud. Why? Because buy to let lenders assume a tenant with a tenancy of at least 6 months, maybe longer, but SA is all about short term occupancy. However, the…
If you want to make more money in property, more quickly, here’s three things you can do: Number One – buy a property for less than its true value, in other words at Below Market Value (BMV) or at a bargain price. BMV is highly subjective. But at any given time, in your investment…
In this video we’re going to continue our mini-series on valuation, specifically the valuation of buy to let and residential investment property. In the last video we looked at some of the things which influence valuation and which we will need to take account of. If you missed that video, here’s the link. Here’s to…
I sometimes get messages from subscribers along the lines of “Peter, you’re great at keeping us updated about buy to let mortgage products, but what about mortgages and finance for other types of properties?” And so in this video I’m going to share details of mortgages available for HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation) and MUBS.…
Hi, I’m Peter Jones, chartered surveyor, author and property investor. A question which I sometimes get asked and I’ve got to be honest I get a little bit baffled when people ask me this question is “Peter are you still buying properties?” For a moment my head spins because I think to myself well why…
Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. In the last video, we were talking about lessons from 2008 saving up cash to cover you through the hard times having a little bit set away for a rainy day but actually not a little bit because I’ve heard and I’ve been adviced that to be…
Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. In this series of videos I’m thinking about lessons from 2008 with a slight pivot from this video onwards because we’re going to think about things which I learned in 2008 which have been very much reinforced in 2020 and probably with a more of a business…
Hi, Peter Jones, property investor, author, and ex-chartered surveyor. In this short series of videos, I’m looking at lessons which I learned in 2008 in which we can extrapolate forward into 2020. This is one of the big lessons for me. The big lesson is lesson number five: ‘it’ whatever ‘it’ is will happen again,…
Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. In this short series of videos I’m looking at the lessons which I learned in 2008 which we can extrapolate forward into 2020. So far we’ve been through don’t panic, don’t confuse busyness with productivity and look after yourself which basically means having a routine making sure…