I see it all the time with especially new buy to let property investors, that they think they should do the refurb themselves. In other words, they roll up their sleeves and get stuck-in, working evenings and weekends to do improvements and repairs on their latest project. Why do they do it? Well, in some…
One of the big, big changes in property over the last 20 years is that it is now so easy to find finance for your properties. When I first started 20 years ago, buy to let mortgages had only just come in. Nobody quite knew what they were or how they worked. And it took…
In this video I want to talk about the upside, the benefits, the things that are great about owning property and being a buy to let investor. Number one on my list, and probably very top of my list, is the ability to be able to create equity in a property. If you like, that’s…
Hi, Peter Jones, ex-chartered surveyor, author and property investor. In this video I want to think about whether buying a property below market value makes it a great deal and whether it makes it a great deal every time. And the short answer to that is no, I do not think it does. Now, in…
Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. In this short video I want to talk about 4 reasons why I always refurbish or renovate my buy to let investment properties. Now, the first 3 reasons you might think ‘yeah, ok, that makes a lot of sense’ but it is probably the 4th reason that’s…
Imagine this, you’re out viewing properties, you’re going to view this property, maybe you’re thinking it’ll make a nice flip or perhaps it’s even going to be serviced accommodation or holiday let, I don’t know, it doesn’t really matter. When we’re viewing properties, this is usually what happens. We’ll go to the property, we’ll…
Hi, I’m Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex charted surveyor. You’ll see that I’m outside an estate agents, and very typically this estate agent also does lettings, and interestingly there’s actually more properties to rent in the window than there are properties for sale. And I always suggest that if you’re starting out…
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, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. And a question which I am often asked is “What’s going to happen to property prices?” Well, I wish I knew, I wish I had a crystal ball. But there are certain things that we can look at within the economy which are going to…
Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor. I’m outside one of my buy to let properties here and a question I am often asked is “What makes a good buy to let yield?” But, it’s one of those things where I don’t think there’s any hard and fast rules. The answer…