How To Make An Offer On Property: Price

Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex charted surveyor. And I was with a mentoring client on Saturday and one of the questions which she specifically asked me was “How do you pitch an offer? Is it just a matter of making an offer 10% below asking price? Is there a point at which it…

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Should I Go To Auctions? What Do We Learn There?

Hi, I’m Peter Jones. Property investor, author and ex charted surveyor, and I’m here at Nottingham Racecourse because I am going to be going to the SDL auction, property auction. They’re my local auctioneers. I love to pop in from time to time and see what’s happening in the auctions because you can learn so…

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Why I Don’t Buy Property With Tenants In

Hi I’m Peter Jones, chartered surveyor, author and property investor.  I often get asked ‘Peter, why don’t you buy properties, or why don’t you want to buy properties, which already have tenants in place?’. As a general rule of thumb, I don’t usually buy properties which have tenants in place. I say usually because there…

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Property Investing On Short-Term Contracts

I’ve had a question in from James. James isn’t his real name but I’m going to protect his identity in case he doesn’t want me to share his personal details. James is on short term contracts, he is an IT consultant and although he gets regular work the contracts are always of a relatively short…

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How Can I Increase The Returns On My Property

Hi I’m Peter Jones, chartered surveyor, author and property investor.  I was asked recently ‘Peter, how do I make sure that I get the best return on my property?’ and on the face of it that’s a very simple question with a very simple answer. Let’s just dig a little bit deeper into it, because…

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Do I Need a Personal Gurantee with A Buy to Let Mortgage

A question I’m often asked is whether it’s necessary to give a personal guarantee with a buy to let mortgage.  In fact it’s often put as a statement rather than a question along the lines of “If I need to give a personal guarantee then I don’t want to apply for a mortgage”.  So I…

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What Are The Risks With Owning a Buy to Let Property

I’ve had a great question in which is ‘what are the risks of owning a buy to let property?’.  I think it is a good question because I meet many, many would-be and new investors who, to be honest, and I mean this in a respectful way, but I think that they can be a…

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Can I Really Invest in Property With Little or No Money of My Own?

But could he be someone who controls property without owning it, but can receive the benefits of ownership anyway?
Yes, there are ways of doing that.
There are a number of cheap, low money, not much money required, No Money Down, entry point strategies which he could use, even if he has no money, or limited funds.

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Can You Really Get Capital Growth on Your Buy to Lets Up North?

I never fail to be amazed when potential (or even experienced) investors tell me that they don’t want to invest up north because you don’t get capital growth. Really? Well, that’s news to me. And I’ve been investing “Up North” for over 20 years. Now, of course, wherever you invest, capital growth is not linear.…

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