All posts by Mark Alexander
41,700 buy-to-let Limited companies formed in 2020...
Research by Hamptons Countrywide has revealed that 41,700 buy-to-let Limited Companies were formed last year, which is a new record. In fact, the only category of Limited Company formations to beat this...
Landlord Incorporation – Company Indemnity of Existing...
The following quote, confirming that refinancing is NOT necessary at the point of incorporation, comes directly from the HMRC manual …
“The transferor is not required to transfer business liabilities...
Join me this evening – 9th December 2020...
I am really pleased to be part of something very exciting this evening (9th December 2020).
Simon Zutshi, the founder of property investors network (pin), has invited me and four other industry experts...
CGT REVIEW proposals discussion recorded Live on YouTube...
The Office of Tax Simplification has published its proposals to Chancellor Rishi Sunak in regards to CGT.
A link to the 131 page document can be found HERE.
The Breaking News Live video was hosted by Ranjan...
Research into sustainability at lowest end of the Private Rented...
Property118 is no stranger to assisting the Univerisity of York with research into the UK Private Rented sector “PRS”.
In 2014 Property118 members’ contributed significantly to this...
Why didn’t my accountant tell me about this?
Series two, Episode one of Property118 TV has just been released.
Grab yourself a cuppa and within just 12 minutes and 27 seconds exactly you’re about to feel how neanderthal men felt when they first...
British Ex-Pat Bank Accounts to be CLOSED...
Hundreds of thousands of British Ex-Pats living in the EU will have received a shock letter in the last few days.
Customers of Nat-West, Coutts, RBS, Barclays, Bank of Scotland and Halifax are among the...
Do not settle for an ORDINARY property company structure...
If your strategy is to acquire further investment properties within a Limited Company structure, please do not settle for an “ordinary shares” structure.
The existence of ordinary shares is...
Mitigating IHT on property growth...
Just suppose you’re buying a rental property right now for say £200,000.
Is it reasonable to assume that it will probably double in value in your lifetime?
If so, and assuming your net assets are...
My goals for Property118 in 2021...
Before the end of 2021 I want every person who buys a UK property for rental investment to able to make an informed choice about the optimal ownership structure to meet their short, medium and long term...
Property118 is Recruiting...
Property118 are looking to appoint self-employed Marketeers throughout England.
Unlimited income potential
No fixed hours
No setup costs
Training and support provided
The opportunity and role of the...
Invest now or wait for the crash?
This is a hot topic on Social Media, especially for “gurus”.
My long held view, having been in property finance and tax law and a portfolio landlord for over 30 years, is that the best time...
Introducing Property118 TV...
Property118 TV has launched on YouTube.
An 8 minute introductory video explains what the Property118 TV channel is all about and how to receive notifications whenever new programmes are released.
12 programmes...
On demand recording of the April 2020 Baker Street Property Meet...
Over 1,100 landlords watched the April 2020 Baker Street Property Meet event LIVE on YouTube.
The content must have been engaging because the audience levels were maintained for nearly two hours. The live...
Post Covid-19 Property Opportunities – Baker Street 29th...
Join me, Shaf Rasul from Dragons Den, Simon Zutshi and Ranjan Bhattacharya live for an online Baker Street Property Meet at 7pm on 29th April 2020. 1000+ property investors will be attending, so secure...
Save The Date – 29th April 2020 @ 7pm...
Join me, Shaf Rasul from Dragons Den, Simon Zutshi and Ranjan Bhattacharya live for an online Baker Street Property Meet at 7pm on 29th April 2020.
REGISTER HERE IT’S FREE!
I cannot even begin to...
Lockdown Landlords Doing Their 2020 Accounts Now...
Thousands of UK landlords are making the most of the Covid-19 lockdown to get ahead in terms of preparing their 2020 self-assessment returns and accounts.
They don’t need to submit them until the...
Advice for Accidental Landlords – by Landlords Defence...
Landlords… If your property is being managed by your brother’s sister’s cousin’s sister-in-law, or your best-est friends’ brother-in-law then you face a 90% probability of massive problems in...
How Shaf Rasul from BBC Dragons Den got started in property...
With the lockdown, Shaf has bit more time on his hands. This is giving him the opportunity to do a few more videos. So guys please take advantage of it. If you have any questions to do with business please...
Why we don’t apply a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach...
Prior to introducing the Section 24 legislation “restricting finance cost relief for private landlords to the basic rate of tax” in his Summer 2015 Budget, the Chancellor at that time (George Osborne)...
Happy New Tax Year!
For those property rental business owners we have helped to restructure over recent months and years, they will know exactly what we mean when we say “Happy New Tax Year!”
For others, those...