Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. This week one of the first proper lockdown, although I suspect we’re going to be into a more rigorous lockdown over the next week or two as we get closer to what the government calls the peak of the tsunami of cases. If you’re like me you’ve…
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Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor and ex-chartered surveyor. Today is a really special day for me because today is the 25th anniversary of when I was made redundant all those years ago and when I decided to go into property investing in my own right. And I was just reflecting over what’s happened over…
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What does number 21 say? ‘Perfection is the enemy of the good, which is why so many people don’t start and give up, and why so many move so slowly’. I see this all the time, people telling me I want to get into property, you say fine, great, you tell them what you know,…
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Number 17: ‘Deals almost always take longer than you think they will, unless they happen quicker than you expect’. That’s never happened. It’s happened to me, it’s happened to me. I have to say that on balance, though, mainly it’s been they take longer than you think, mainly, which is always frustrating. By the way,…
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In this short video, I want to look at four different models of buy to let investing and I’m going to tell you which model I think is the best model because it’s a model which I use. Why four? Because just to start off with we often think about buy to let as being…
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In my opinion there are 4 principle roles of a property investor. One of which is to protect their investment. This requires, among other things, organising, insurance, proper property management, and keeping on top of repairs, for example. This being the case, I never ceased to be amazed when I see properties that have been…
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In this video we’re specifically thinking about the technicalities of valuing our buy to let’s. Most likely we’re going to use The Direct Comparison Method of valuation, which is exactly as it says on the tent. But we do need to be aware that we are rarely going to find a truly identical property with…
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The Return of Bridge to Let. This Bridge to Let buy to let mortgage product is offered by one of my favourite lenders. It’s a great resource if you want to buy a property using finance (a mortgage) but it requires too much of a refurb so you can’t or won’t get a standard buy…
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I’m sometimes asked what is the best way to raise finance for my buy to lets? This might sound like a flippant answer but it’s not, this is what I genuinely think. The best way to raise bank finance for buy to let is by going through a broker, you should not be trying to…
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In a previous video we were talking about property auctions and I was highlighting the fact that it’s entirely possible to spend a lot of money getting yourself ready to bid at the auction and not actually even getting the chance to bid. But perhaps what a lot of beginners don’t realise is that there’s…
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