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Hi all, My brothers and I have been very fortunate to inherit a small cluster of properties from our late Grandfather. They are all owned out right and one is currently up for sale as we are looking to gain capital to invest and build our portfolio in other areas. My initial strategy idea is to use the capital from the house sale to purchase two B2L properties on a small repayment mortgage. Mainly to get ourselves set up and running on our own and invest our Grandfathers hard work into something we can then pass down later in our families lives. The second part is to potentially re-mortgage 2 of the remaining properties to open up capital to again invest to build the portfolio. My main concern is biting the bullet. Is it worthwhile to re-mortgage the properties owned outright to open capital? Or is it worth hanging fire and only building the capital via the rental income we gain from then each year (which has taken a huge hit due to refurbs and repairs so will cost us a few years in rebuilding capital). I expect hanging fire will mean we wait for 3 years to purchase another property. All 3 of us work full time but would really like to make a property business out of our inheritance and have always been really interested in property but never had the investment until now to really get ourselves going. Any advice would be amazing. Thank you all in advance,

Hi, i'm a first time BTL investor. I would really appreciate views on whether this is a good investment. 1 bed flat £150k in Saxton Lane, Leeds LS9. It's off plan development to be completed Q3 2022. Rental yield 6.5%. I'm interested to know if Leeds as a whole is worth while and particularly this area of LS9 which is a 17 min walk to the station. Plan is to keep the property for 5 to 10 years. I've heard growth in Leeds is expected to be 3.2% p.a is this correct?

Hi guys so have been on this forum since April but been working on doing my first project since Dec last year. Done some reading (thanks Rob And Rob ). Got my calculator sorted. Got a big chunk of cash saved up (big for me anyway). I am on a couple of property groups on Facebook and constantly bombarded with deals and sourcers. But cant find a decent sourcer or deal. But I feel a little stuck. Even though I only got my cash together in July. My situation is - have about £25k and want to do a flip or two to build up capital. Trying to find deals around S.Wales (I live here) and not looking to do a huge amount of refurb. Thinking to get a commercial mortgage as a first time buyer through a company we set up. Questions: Whats the benefit of putting it through a company? Have set it up as know we will need it for a few family HMOs (not mine). How do you source BMVs? Is there a place to find reliable sourcers? What advice would you give someone in my situation? Is trying to purchase a property for sub £100k and make 10-15k profit unreasonable? How long does it take to find a BMV? Is that like asking how long is a piece of string?

Hello, I’m Adam aged 23 from Solihull, Birmingham. I come from a pretty piss poor family. After several years of hard core study, it’s paid off and I now work full time and I enjoy my line of work. The industry I work in doesn’t appear to be affected by anything Brexit. I do not look on replacing this job to become a; full time, hands on, busy bee landlord. Being young and earning £35k+ I ought to be wise and invest for my later years. I do not wish to get any short term gain by topping up my income as this will begin to push me ever closer to the next Tax (40%) bracket. After careful consideration, I feel strongly about being in it for the long term gain. I want stability in my later years, pension etc. I feel the best for me to operate would be via. Ltd company, however I am novice so would welcome any advice regarding this. What you've done in property so far? I still live at home, however...over the past 12 months I have started by investing my time in researching property and the various strategies. I do not own any property, however I have now saved £20k. What areas you invest in (or want to invest in) I would like to invest in and around the West-Midlands region. What your plans are for the future? I am unsure about the immediate future. Do I invest in my own property first via First Time Buy ISA. I have £5k in this already. I wish to have a small property portfolio of 5 by-to-let’s by my mid 30’s. Any skills or knowledge you've got that other members might benefit from. I work in technology and I love to work smarter not harder (via automation). Once I have an understanding of tedious tasks of being a landlord. I would invest time to automate/ cut-time. Thanks for having me and allowing me to introduce yourself, I look forward to reading other threads on the forum! Please reach out if you are from the Solihull, Birmingham area. I also look to get advice regarding Tax and to also have a sit down with a Broker. Kind Regards, Adam

Morning all Just wanted to ask for some advice off anyone who is a few steps in front of me or is where I want to be. I am a 20 year old electrician and have been studying about property investment/ development for about a year or two simply just reading books, articles, forums you tube videos etc... My best pal and I (who is also and electrician) have decided to partner up on our property investment journey as we both have very similar if not the same goals relating to where we want to be and also feel that we would work very well with each other. We both live in Caterham surrey and between us both have managed to save up around £25,000 and also can get loans if needed. We have been viewing properties in areas such as Crawley/ East Grinstead about a 20 minute drive from our homes. Our strategy is for the first three properties we buy we will sell two and hold one for rent in the hope that we would have made enough capital to afford a BTL investment. Our goals aren't for short term cashflow it is for long term wealth as we both know you cant get rich quick. We have agreed that we will live off our current wages and any money made from the property business will be reinvested back into it in the hope that over a 10/15 year period we would have large property portfolio and leave our jobs as sparkies and become full time property developers as it has always been our dream. I know I have only touched on our goals/ game plan briefly in this paragraph but have one written up going into the depth about where we will be in the future if anyone is interested. Hope you all have a good day and look forward to reading any replies as I think we would both benefit massively from it. Kind regards Will.

Hi all - nice to meet you via the forum. I’m Whitney and I’m based on London. I have 10 months left of my maternity leave and now have the opportunity dedicate time to put together a long term strategy on starting a limited company in property business. A bit of context: Seven years ago a relative asked for advise on how to get young professionals (like myself) interested in their rental property. On visiting, I advise him to renovate the property so it would appeal to his desired tenant. Surprisingly he asked me to run the project and then fill it with tenants. Six months later, after a slash of paint and adding in some new furniture, the property was filled and he was getting an increase of £800 a month. Since then I have continued to mange the property /tenants, I have fluffed and buffed two other rental properties (based on his recommendation) and currently working on another relatives rental property. All properties have been able to increase either rental income or the property values (one it has been both - it’s currently being valued at £475k). I realised about a year and a half ago that I have a bit of a knack for this and want to look into doing it for myself (as well as for others). So now I have some free time, I am very interested in setting up a Limited Company offers multiple services (starting with fluff and buff projects for landlords looking to increase their rental income or property value). However, the mid to long term goal own a portfolio investments/property alongside - mostly including renovations and developments to either sell or rent out. I would love some advise about how to start?, what I should be doing to build my network? And opinions on if this even do able in the current market? Or any opportunities to work with others. In a nut sell: How do you want to work in property? Offer a renovations service to landlords looking to increase value, with an aim my own property to fluff & buff so it can be sold or rented. How much do I have to invest? £2,500 - over five years experience of small renovations, finding and managing tenants and overall project management. What time to do I have? Currently twiddling my thumbs. However, back to work beginning of next year. I enjoy my demanding job, as an Event organiser within the music industry, so I am looking to use my property skills as an extra income for now. Plan for the next 3 years? To have a minimum of 2 buy-to-lets and a minimum of 3 fluff and buffs completed. Again really enjoy my job so interested in working collaboratively or working on projects that offer a quick turn around financial and time wise. I look forward to reading other threads on the forum. Please get in touch - I am open to advice, opinions and opportunities to work with others. Kind regards Whitney

Hi guys, This is my first post in the forum! A bit about me and my situation to begin. I'm 24 and live in Chelmsford, Essex. I bought my own flat BMV in May 2018 and have just completed a full refurb on it to add value. I am hoping to finance to the new value and pull out equity to invest in April 2020 when my mortgage product runs out. I have also saved £17k cash that I am looking to put towards a BTL investment now. I am investing mainly for cash flow for the time being. I'm a fitness instructor and teach around 20 exercise classes a week as well as seeing sports massage clients, teaching swim lessons and managing a gym in central London. My job is very physically demanding and I want to have a revenue stream from property that I could fall back if I were to get injured and be unable to teach. I have been concentrating my search in Liverpool as it has seen a lot of growth and development in recent years but is still cheap enough that I can afford a starter two bed terrace or apartment, around £60k. I am going up on Monday to visit but am looking for some insider knowledge before my trip as all my own research is producing contradicting views on how rough some areas are! I have booked to view some properties in Bootle, Wavertree and Wallasey but have heard mixed reviews about all three areas (which I suppose is understandable as they are clearly the cheaper areas of the city). Do any of you currently invest or live in these three areas? Have you experienced any problems with tenants or struggled to let out properties in these areas? Are there any other postcodes I should be looking in to with my £60k budget? Any advice would be massively appreciated

Hello, I have purchased a property in auction and am now looking at mortgage options in time for the completion of the purchase. This will be my first property. I am looking to understand the actions I need to take to secure a BTL mortgage on this property (if even possible), and how long it can all take as I have around 4wks to completion. I know I have done this in the wrong order but am hoping someone is able to advise me on how to proceed... Thank you in advance, Manny

Hi my name is Jacqui, my husband and I have decided to invest our money by doing up, renovating property's for profit, not for let and would appreciate help from the community, having read the book 100 property investment tips we will be off to the auction after lots of research, thanks.