Failure to make a profit is a stepping stone to success A friend of mine worked in the city of London many years ago. He’s told me plenty of stories about his time as a stock trader, but I recall ...

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Avoid the disaster of buying the wrong property According to an October 2016 survey published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the UK is facing a ‘critical rental shortage’. Its report reads like a promotion for investment property, ...

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Where are London property prices heading now? In the UK, property investment is seen as the preferred route to wealth by most people. Even those who aren’t investing (home buyers) gauge their wealth by how much their house has increased ...

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Four property investment strategies for difficult markets I met a young couple a week or so ago who own a couple of investment properties. It was a chance meeting. I had coffee, and they noticed that I was reading an article about ...

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Tips to ensure your property investment is a success Last week, a new property investor called us in a pretty anxious state. He was about to buy his first rental property but was getting cold feet. It is a natural ...

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Property investment strategies for flexibility It’s probably not realistic that any buy-to-let property investment will be cash flow positive 100% of the time. As I discussed in my last post, three fundamental tactics to prepare for negative cash flow on buy-to-let ...

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Don’t be caught short and lose your investment In my investment blog, I described why you should invest in buy-to-let property for positive cash flow and not capital gain. Most of the property investors I know buy with the aim ...

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