Finding HMO Deals

Estate Agents (Part 6)   We’ve been thinking about how to find our property deals and last week we began to think about HMOs. But, where can we find properties to convert to HMOs?   The answer is the same place as where we would find our buy to lets, and that’s at the local…

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Getting sophisticated with developments

Property Strategies (Part 8)   We’ve been thinking about the principal property strategies that we can use in today’s market and this week we are going to think about one of the most exciting property strategies out there – developments.   There are many different ways that we can approach a development and they can…

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Flipping property for profit

Property Strategies (Part 3) This week we’re going to think about flipping. At its very core, flipping is all about buying a property as cheap as possible to then sell on and make a profit. Now, one would assume that in order to sell it on at a profit, you might have to do something…

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Don’t try and do it all on your own!

10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 8)   This week we’re onto number 8 of ten things that I’ve learnt over the last 20 years of investing in property for myself, and number 8 is this: “Don’t try and do it all on your own”.   It appears that beginner investors and entrepreneurs get struck down…

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Do developers really give discounts?

Last week we took a look at how many inexperienced property investors assume that asking price equates to value, and how many believe that they are buying below market value when in reality they are probably buying below asking price. We also discussed how the main flaw in buying BMV is that market value is…

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