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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There’s Rarely Just One Way of Doing Things

TO SIGN UP TO MY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE.   10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 1)   This is the first in a new series of blog posts in which I’m going to share with you ten things that I’ve learned over the past twenty years of investing for myself.     The very first…

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My Exit Is Death and I Want To Pay Down My Mortgages

Property and UK Tax Part 7 This week we’re going to think about “death” as our exit strategy as well as the implications of this from a tax perspective. I want to combine two statements which I often hear people say. The first is “death is my exit” and the second is “I want to…

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