Estate Agents (Part 5) Lately, we’ve been thinking about how we are going to find our deals and this week, I want to give some thought to HMOs. At a very simplistic level, your HMO is likely to be very similar (physically, at least) to a buy to let. As such, you’re probably going…
Estate Agents (Part 4) We’re still thinking about how to find deals through estate agents and just to recap, one thing which I would definitely recommend (in fact, it’s an absolute “must”) is that you go and physically be present in an estate agent’s office. Really, you should stop by ALL the agents’ offices…
How to Find Deals: Estate Agents (Part 2) Last week we began to think about using estate agents to find deals and this week we are going to expand upon this. In my opinion, one of the big stumbling blocks with using agents is that when you walk into their offices and say…
How to Find Deals: Estate Agents (Part 1) Over the coming weeks, we’re going to think about how to find the property deals that are right for us. However, before we start thinking about this, we need to give some thought to something which comes first, and that’s what we are really trying to…
Property Strategies (Part 5) This week we are going crank it up a notch and take a look at how to be more creative in our investing. For example, using “options”, delayed completion and other innovative ways of structuring deals. Now, whilst some people ONLY follow creative strategies such as options, I prefer…
Property and UK Tax Part 6 Occasionally I meet property investors who are very earnest and who tell me that their main priority is to leave a legacy for their children. What they would really like to do is to set up their businesses in such a way that they could have what would…
Finance costs tend to be the greatest expense for any buy to let investor and those looking to hold and rent a property will need to think carefully about finance to be on the right path towards guaranteeing a profit. Any increase in the value of a property following a refurbishment can be potentially drawn…