While everything around us seems to be falling apart, some investor landlords have devised their own ‘survival package’ and are actually doing rather nicely, thank you very much. UK buy to let landlords surviving the credit crunchAccording to the best sources, the crisis causing havoc in the housing market and […]
Disputes with your contractor can arise for a huge variety of reasons, though there are, of course, a list of usual suspects that come up again and again. Unnecessary delays, additional ‘unforeseen’ costs, and producing substandard work are common problems faced by the property developer. There are many ways to […]
It is estimated that up to an alarming 50 per cent of units on some new developments are being purposely left empty by investors waiting for prices to rise, so they can make a profit by selling them on. How to evict squattersThis leaves these dwellings at risk from squatters […]
Antisocial behaviour is a pain and can be very hard to sort out. It could be your tenants who are causing the problem or it could be neighbours causing the problem for you or your tenants. Problem tenantsSo, how do you sort it out and what options are available for […]
One of the strategies I talked about previously was making pre-auction offers. If you go in at 20% or more below the guide price, you only need a few of those to be accepted every year for you to make a tidy profit from BMV property. Underwriting is a step or […]
The Holy Grail of property investment is a ‘distressed seller’ – someone who is under severe pressure to dispose of a property and prepared to reduce the asking price to sell it quickly. Desperate people will do desperate things – but very few will admit to it when potential buyer […]
