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Hi all, This is my first post and I hope someone can help! My gf and I is looking to buy our first BTL property under a limited company and I understand that we will need to do personal guarantees against the mortgage (which is fine). We both have our own residential mortgages , however, she has a help to buy equity loan on hers. I understand that with HTB you can’t own another property until you have paid off your existing equity loan (or sell the property) . Is this also the case if the property is purchased under an ltd company as it is a separate entity? Many thanks in advance, Jordan

Hello! That’s my first post and I’m looking for strategy advice. Here’s a little background to my story. Together with my wife we are planning to buy our first investment property by the end of this year. We live in Bristol and plan to buy in Liverpool a 3 bedroom house and renting rooms ideally around £400 each. We have £10k savings and we can have another 10k by November. In August we are going to remortgage our residential property releasing potentially up to £20k. Our main plan is to become financially independent as soon as possible. I earn 35k and my wife 13k with little prospect for any of us for promotion and pushing us into a higher tax band My first question is: would it be wise to invest most of our savings and convert our loft into a 3rd bedroom hoping to increase value of our residential by 30-40k property and releasing more equity in August? My second question is should we buy the house for ourselves or as ltd keeping in mind that gradually as our portfolio builds up we’d like to slow down with investing and live off the money from rent. Many thanks for all your answers!

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

My Mother is looking to sell one of her properties and asked if I was interested in buying it. On the surface, the deal looks pretty good and I am purchasing through my limited company. The main part of my question is - is there any way to structure the deal, to maximise the tax efficiency of this? The sorts of things I am thinking are; Paying in instalments to reduce her capital gain tax or make better use of the allowance Any ways to transfer property between family members. Different stamp duty rules for certain purchase options. Any tips for anyone that has done similar. Would be really interested to know peoples thoughts.

Hi, i'm new to The Property Hub and looking at starting a limited company with me friend to begin creating a property portfolio. We need to create an Exit Plan for when one of us decide they either want to leave the company and cash out or if death occurs. As there will be significant assets in the company how would we best plan for this? Hoping you can help! thanks