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…

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…

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…

Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex charted surveyor. And I was with a mentoring client on Saturday and one of the questions which she specifically asked me was “How do you pitch an offer? Is it just a matter of making an offer 10% below asking price? Is there a point at which it…

Hi, I’m Peter Jones. Property investor, author and ex charted surveyor, and I’m here at Nottingham Racecourse because I am going to be going to the SDL auction, property auction. They’re my local auctioneers. I love to pop in from time to time and see what’s happening in the auctions because you can learn so…

Hi I’m Peter Jones, chartered surveyor, author and property investor.  I often get asked ‘Peter, why don’t you buy properties, or why don’t you want to buy properties, which already have tenants in place?’. As a general rule of thumb, I don’t usually buy properties which have tenants in place. I say usually because there…

I’ve had a question in from James. James isn’t his real name but I’m going to protect his identity in case he doesn’t want me to share his personal details. James is on short term contracts, he is an IT consultant and although he gets regular work the contracts are always of a relatively short…

Hi I’m Peter Jones, chartered surveyor, author and property investor.  I was asked recently ‘Peter, how do I make sure that I get the best return on my property?’ and on the face of it that’s a very simple question with a very simple answer. Let’s just dig a little bit deeper into it, because…

A question I’m often asked is whether it’s necessary to give a personal guarantee with a buy to let mortgage.  In fact it’s often put as a statement rather than a question along the lines of “If I need to give a personal guarantee then I don’t want to apply for a mortgage”.  So I…

I’ve had a great question in which is ‘what are the risks of owning a buy to let property?’.  I think it is a good question because I meet many, many would-be and new investors who, to be honest, and I mean this in a respectful way, but I think that they can be a…