Tag: Property investment

Property Tribes trending topics of the week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in...

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The Truth About Buying Repossessed Property

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

18th October 2012, 14 years ago | 11

All the property “gurus” (and I’ve really started to despise that word) advocate buying BMV property – “you make your...

Property Tribes Trending topics of the week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in...

Property Tribes Trending topics of the week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in mind both...

Northern Rock BuytoLet Useful Criteria

Author: Neil Patterson

12th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Northern Rock BuytoLet who are part of Virgin Money have confirmed they will consider “Day One” remortgages otherwise known as...

Exit plan – move in before selling up to avoid CGT

Author: Mark Alexander

28th August 2012, 14 years ago | 23

This weekend I received an email from Cissie asking “If I move into a buy to let property which has...

Tax Treatment of Property Development vs Property Investment

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2012, 14 years ago | 6

With so many buy to let  property investors now considering buy/refurb/sell deals I feel the time is right to explain...

Crowdfunding – To Be Or Not To Be … A Sophisticated Investor

Author: Frazer Fearnhead

21st August 2012, 14 years ago | 1

The phenomenon of crowdfunding (the collective effort of a large number of individuals who network and pool their resources) is...

Property Refurbishment – A guide for newbies

Author: Mark Alexander

16th August 2012, 14 years ago | 14

I spent most of yesterday with a lovely couple from Luton who emailed me asking for some guidance. After exchanging...

Guru crash! UK property scams discussed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th August 2012, 14 years ago | 5

When it comes to deciding where & how to invest, one of the most vital things a novice investor can...

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Perfect tenant of 6 years turns heroin addicted prostitute – EVICTED!

Author: Mark Alexander

10th August 2012, 14 years ago | 14

I first let to these tenants in 2003. They already had a daughter and later gave birth to a second....

Mentoring courses and property networking

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26th July 2012, 14 years ago | 17

Mentoring courses and property networking – have I been a Plonker Rodney? Are landlord mentoring courses value for money and...

My BuyToLet Portfolio “Vintage 2003” – part 8 of my latest series

Author: Mark Alexander

21st July 2012, 14 years ago | 17

My vintage year was 2003. I was followed for 24 hours by a camera crew to make a TV program...

DSS Tenants – another issue

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18th July 2012, 14 years ago | 65

The good thing about being a landlord is that I not only generate a fantastic monthly income from my property...

Leamington Spa – A Warwickshire Property Hotspot by Kingsford Letting

Author: Property Hotspots

17th July 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Why Kingsford Letting believe Leamington Spa is a Warwickshire Property Hotspot With so many different types of property to invest in, contacting...

Landlords, Tenants, Dogs, Pets

Author: Mark Alexander

11th July 2012, 14 years ago | 10

“Landlords, Tenants, Dogs, Pets” is part 7 of my latest series of articles entitled “My first intentional property investment“ Ever...

Expat property investor – the need for professional help

Author: Lucy Richardson Property Search Consultancy

11th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Case study relating to an expat property investor interested in keeping a foot on the London property ladder. Two years...

Lawnmowers – do landlords have to provide them?

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd July 2012, 14 years ago | 25

“I need to use grass cutting machine” said my Polish tenant when he called me one Saturday afternoon. You mean...

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Buy-to-Let Apartments in Salford Quays Manchester

Author: Property Hotspots

2nd July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Situated on the banks of Salford Quays and generating 8% gross rental yields these sumptuous 2-bed luxury buy-to-let apartments could be...

There’s good money in bungalow refurbishment

Author: Mark Alexander

28th June 2012, 14 years ago | 11

Whilst a bungalow isn’t likely to provide you with the highest possible rental yield, bungalows should not be overlooked as...

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My first intentional property investment part 5

Author: Mark Alexander

26th June 2012, 14 years ago | 4

By 1999 I had realised that I needed to put money aside for maintenance. Tenants were moving in and out...