Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
LettingFocus observed that property gurus usually do not help other property investors out of the kindness of their hearts. It never ceases to amaze us at LettingFocus that some would-be property investors, instead of getting a good book on property development/investment/letting and then speaking to independent experts, choose instead to go on expensive education courses costing tens of thousands of […]
Read moreThere are many duff courses on property education around and financing programmes. And with the renewed interest in residential property as an investment their numbers are proliferating once again. Most claim to offer the route to “financial freedom” usually by getting the punters to buy overpriced properties supplied by the same education company that is supplying the course or by […]
Read moreAbout a quarter of my work is still focussed on helping private landlords make a success of investing in residential property. (The rest of the time, I am either managing my own residential property investments or I am helping organisations make a better job of their dealings in the private rented sector – I have helped mortgage companies, local authorities […]
Read moreThamesmead encapsulates a lot of what has gone wrong with housing over the years – from poor local planning, to bad mortgage lending to yet worse property investment decisions by amateur investors says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com A few weeks’ ago I had cause to visit Thamesmead where my boy was playing in a kids’ football match. I mention the […]
Read moreThe thirst from “property investors” for supposedly great returns from houses in multi occupation will make for a harder job for town halls housing departments. Often the returns from HMOs are illusory says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com Every day at the town halls, junior front-line housing staffers spend a lot of their time dealing with single adults who “present” as […]
Read moreThough I try very hard to make sure I’m not on mailing lists for the “Buy Property Below Market Value with None of Your Own Money Down” brigade, I still get the odd email coming through. Naturally, once you are on one mailing list, you quickly end up on lots of others – most of them flogging the same “Get […]
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