Property Strategies (Part 2) Last week we took a look at basic buy to let investing and this week we’re going to look at more sophisticated ways of doing this strategy. First of all, though, let’s just recap. At the most basic level of investing, we could buy a property, put a tenant…
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…
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…
Property and UK Tax (Part 4) This week, it’s time to think about how to structure our companies and also about SIC codes (or Standard Industrial Classification) for our property businesses. Firstly, let’s think about how to structure our business if we are to undertake various property activities. You might wonder if we could…