Category — Strategy

On Saturday I was walking close to my home in Birmingham and I spotted a large house, which I thought would be perfect as a multi-let property. I had seen the property for let and sale on [Read more →]

A question I am frequently asked is How to find repossessed property? This is because, most property investors know that if a property is repossessed, the property is usually put on the market for sale, for less than it is worth (below market value). Understandably, investors who are looking to pick up great property investments at a discount, look to buy repossessed properties from [Read more →]

Today I went for an early morning walk. I decided to walk a different route and explore some streets around where I live that I have never walked down before. I was amazed at the number of potential property deals I found. [Read more →]

This is a question that I am frequently being asked as more and more people seem to be having problems when buying packaged deals. The answer is, as my friend and mentor, Dolf de Roos, would say…It depends! In this blog I would like to share my views on how to minimise the risks of buying deals from other investors! [Read more →]

As well as the start of the New Year, this is of course the start of a new decade! How would you feel if this year and this decade, are your best yet? The great news is that with some focused effort they can be.

Most people who invest in property that I speak to, do so for two main reasons, [Read more →]

In the current market conditions it is vital that you should only invest in property that makes a positive cash flow. Although we expect property prices to rise in the long term, it is a good time to buy “As if” prices were never going to rise again! This will make sure you focus on only buying good cash flow property.

Thanks to the use of Purchase Lease Options, we can now gain significant cash flow from a property that we do not own or even have a mortgage on. The very best type of property to acquire on a Purchase Lease Option is a property suitable for multi let which the current owner is trying to rent out (usually unsuccessfully) as a single let property.

This is a very profitable strategy that I normally only share with delegates on my 12 month Property Mastermind Programme however I have decided you give you an outline of how you can make this strategy work for you >> [Read more →]

As property investors we need to make sure that we look after our Credit score. Gone are the days when a buy to let mortgage was just dependant on the rental income from the property. With lenders very cautious about whom they lend money to, your personal credit score will be taken into account when you buy investment property. [Read more →]

The November 2008 drop in the Bank of England Base rate to 3% comes as very welcome news to anyone with who has existing base rate tracker mortgages. On a mortgage of £100,000 you will be saving £125 per month in interest payments. This is great news for investors and homeowners alike who [Read more →]

Yesterday I attended a free property investing seminar here in New York which was an introduction to Donald Trump’s Real Estate investing programme. Although this was a fairly basic seminar it was well worth attending to find out how one of the most successful investors in the world does it and to be reminded of some concepts which although I may already know I may not necessarily always be using. Here is my interpretation of the strategies for you: [Read more →]

Any property investor who knows what they are doing realises that now is a great time to invest in property because it is a buyers market and all property is on sale! However the current lack of same day re-mortgages, means that many investors are not taking advantage of the current buyers market [Read more →]