A creative approach to property investing

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…

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Stop procrastinating and get started NOW!

10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 10)   This is the final instalment of 10 things that I’ve learned over the last 20 years of investing in property for myself, and the last on the list is this: You have to get started now. Although it sounds rather ironic, when I started out on my own…

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The quality of a JV depends on the quality of the partner

10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 9)   This week we’re going to think about working with JV partners and what constitutes a “good” partnership.   Over the past 20 years of investing in property for myself, I’ve come to realise that the quality of a JV is very much down to the individual partner rather…

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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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You need to keep going no matter what

10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 7)   It’s impossible to know what’s going to happen to you in property; but what I’ve learnt over the past 20 years of investing for myself is that if you just keep going, everything will (usually) work out fine eventually.   Regardless of how optimistic you are, you need…

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You can achieve more than you think

TO SIGN UP TO MY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE 10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 6)   We’ve spent the last five weeks discussing what I’ve learnt over the last 20 years, and number six on my list is that you can achieve more than you think you can just so long as you keep on…

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It Takes As Long As it Takes!

TO SIGN UP TO MY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE   10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 5)   Over the past few weeks we’ve been looking at some of the things which I’ve discovered over the last 20 years of investing in property, and one of the things which I’ve learnt – and learnt the hard…

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You don’t have to run out of money

TO SIGN UP TO MY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE   10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 4)   The next thing on my list of 10 things that I’ve learnt over the last 20 years is that: “You Don’t Have To Run Out Of Money.” Or to put it another way, you don’t have to stop…

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Most Things That We Worry About In Property Actually Never Happen

TO SIGN UP TO MY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE   10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 2)   In this blog post we’re going to continue to think about 10 things which I’ve learnt over the past 20 years of investing for myself. Number two on the list is this: “Most Things That We Worry About…

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