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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Buy, Refurbish, Refinance (BRR)

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…

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The Basic “Buy to Let” Strategy

Property Strategies (Part 1)   Given that many of you reading this blog post are new to investing, over the next few weeks I’m going to be looking at the different types of property strategies and the pros and cons of each.   By the way, this doesn’t mean that if you’re an experienced investor…

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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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