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Housing Slowdowns Are Temporary- Ride With The Tough Times, Don’t Rent
12 May 2008 / category / 0 Comments
For those worrying about the recent drop in house prices- I urge you to think positively and ride with the tough times; visualise the bigger picture. Housing slowdowns and crashes [...]
Top Mistakes I’ve Made As A Landlord
09 May 2008 / category / 6 Comments
They say the best way to progress in life is to learn from your own mistakes. For once, I think “they” might be onto something. During my rather premature property [...]
Tony Blair’s £4million Stately Home
06 May 2008 / category / 6 Comments
Blair certainly isn’t worried about the housing slowdown; he’s just purchased himself a rather cool mansion in Wotton Underwood, Bucks, for a super cool £4 million. There’s always been something [...]
Can You Be Too Old To Invest In Property?
05 May 2008 / category / 0 Comments
It’s a pretty obvious question now I think about it, but interestingly, until last week no one had ever asked me whether there is an expiry date on property investors. [...]
People Are Laughing At Property Investors Right Now Ha Ha
02 May 2008 / category / 5 Comments
My latest fan mail. Lovely “Hi I’ve been reading through your site and I’m sitting here laughing to myself because all your efforts will be pointless when the property crash [...]
Lies That Letting Agents Feed Prospective Tenants
30 Apr 2008 / category / 3 Comments
I’m not sure if I would put letting agents on the same par as estate agents, but if letting agents are behind, they’re not that far behind. Perhaps they’re not [...]
Just Another Reason To Hate Estate Agents
29 Apr 2008 / category / 2 Comments
Ok, perhaps “hate” is a bit strong (or is it, really?), but there is definitely something about the tale I’m about to regurgitate which won’t help the reputation of estate [...]
What A Tenant Should Check Before Signing A Tenancy Agreement
25 Apr 2008 / category / 16 Comments
With the nation fearing a property crash, and with mortgage rates increasing, renting has never been so popular. That means more and more tenants are open to attack, to walk [...]
House Price Crash Forum Member Writes To The Bank Of England
22 Apr 2008 / category / 1 Comment
I admire people that take proactive approaches to represent their stance on a certain subject they feel passionate about. Rally leaders, political figures, even hippy protestors in masses- those people [...]
The Best And Worst Types Of Tenants
21 Apr 2008 / category / 10 Comments
The thing about finding good tenants is that it’s all about odds. Granted, you have to be one assuming son-of-a-bitch and play the game of odds. For example, the odds [...]
Property Investment Project Is Now On Facebook- Join The Revolution
19 Apr 2008 / category / 0 Comments
Just a quick note for the regular readers- Property Investment Project now has a fan page on Facebook. Some of the more observant readers may have already noticed the Facebook [...]
Northern Rock Want Their Borrowers To Remortgage
13 Apr 2008 / category / 3 Comments
I already mentioned in a previous blog article that Northern Rock weren’t going to be offering their customers a competitive new deal when it comes to the end of their [...]
Property Ladder With Sarah Beeny Is Back. Tell A Friend!
09 Apr 2008 / category / 4 Comments
Just a quick reminder for all you Beeny/Property Ladder fans, a new season kicks off tonight: 20:00, Channel 4. I was nicely reminded by one of my wonderful forum member’s. [...]
Documenting One Man’s Journey To Losing A Million By Leveraging Through Property
08 Apr 2008 / category / 1 Comment
Ok, here’s the oddest thing you’ll ever hear in your life; apparently me and my property projects aren’t entirely appreciated by the general public. Yeah, I know, I’m also finding [...]
Factors That Make Potential Property Buyers Walk Away
03 Apr 2008 / category / 1 Comment
I previously wrote an article about Easily Fixable Features That Puts Buyers Off. Since then I decided to go one step further and dedicate a list of features that can [...]
Property Seminars Are A Waste Of Time And Money
30 Mar 2008 / category / 2 Comments
Yeah, I said it, and I’ll say it again. Property Seminars are a big, fat waste of time and money. Pffft. I went to one on Friday for one reason, [...]
Landlord Property Inspection
25 Mar 2008 / category / 0 Comments
Here’s a friendly reminder for all landlord’s to regularly carry out inspections on their properties. Unfortunately, it’s easy to slip into a mindset of a lazy relaxed landlord. A lot [...]
How To Paint A Front Door
22 Mar 2008 / category / 2 Comments
Right, so I got an email the other day about someone enquiring about how to paint a front door. Problem is, I’ve never really self-proclaimed my expertise as being a [...]
Be An Energy Efficient Landlord
17 Mar 2008 / category / 4 Comments
Recently there was a discussion in our Property Investment Forum about energy efficient homes. The questions being asked were, how many developers actually consider energy efficiency when renovating, is it [...]
Easily Fixable Features That Puts Buyers Off
10 Mar 2008 / category / 3 Comments
Are you struggling to shift your home? Perhaps the problem is that you’re committing one of the property selling deadly sins. Here’s a list of reasons that can potentially make [...]
Inform Your Tenant When You’ll Be Out Of Contact
05 Mar 2008 / category / 1 Comment
To me, this is a no-brainer, but apparently it’s not so obvious to some people. The message is simple- whenever you’re going to be out of contact in any shape [...]
“House Price Crash Is Cancelled” Screams The Psycho
29 Feb 2008 / category / 0 Comments
I’ve come across a lot of crazy property people in my time, but none quite as extreme as my most current find. My latest find makes Michael Jackson look like [...]
Halifax Asked Me To Review My Northern Rock Mortgage- WHAT A WASTE OF TIME
26 Feb 2008 / category / 1 Comment
On Saturday I went into my building society, Halifax, just to deposit a few cheques. As I walked in, I noticed a freestanding whiteboard, scribbled on it with a felt [...]
Why Are Classified Property Websites So Useful?
19 Feb 2008 / category / 3 Comments
I often reference websites like rightmove, primelocation, findaproperty, and propertyfinder in my blog entries. They’re probably the most popular property portals online that assist thousands of estate agents to market [...]
Letting Agent Isn’t Passing On Rent To Landlord
11 Feb 2008 / category / 9 Comments
I received an email earlier that virtually got my blood boiling. While reading the email I started to grit my teeth and develop mental images of certain snakes in cheap [...]
How To Extend Your Lease
05 Feb 2008 / category / 56 Comments
This is probably the one single question I get asked the most frequently- “how do I extend a lease on my property?” The thing with leases is that they can [...]
Shark In A Roof- Crazy Or Compelling Property?
02 Feb 2008 / category / 5 Comments
Apparently I must have been living under a sea rock for the last God knows how long, because I’ve only just been made aware of the fishy resident of Headington, [...]
I Avoided Buying A Property That Needs Renovating
31 Jan 2008 / category / 4 Comments
I was recently put into a situation where I had the opportunity to snap up an extremely undervalued property. It was undervalued by 50-60k because it’s in dire need of [...]
Why Do Subprime Lenders Get Blamed For Serving Their Purpose?
27 Jan 2008 / category / 2 Comments
What is subprime lending? It’s the practice of making loans to borrowers who do not qualify for the best market interest rates because of their deficient credit history. During the [...]
The Average Person Doesn’t Know Shit About Money
25 Jan 2008 / category / 0 Comments
I went out last night to a seedy club in Chelmsford (Essex) to celebrate my mate’s 25th. The place smelt like feet. Literally, stunk of cheesy feet. I think it [...]
Approaching The Vendor Directly
24 Jan 2008 / category / 1 Comment
I’ve mentioned a few times that I plan on buying another property this year, even with all the talk of recession and an approaching housing crash. I still think there [...]
Amusing Interview With Sarah Beeny On Scott Mills Radio 1 Show
23 Jan 2008 / category / 0 Comments
Although I’m a huge Sarah Beeny fan, I don’t usually record her interviews because even that’s a bit too extreme for me. However, having listened to her on The Scott [...]
My Property Investment Strategy
22 Jan 2008 / category / 12 Comments
I’ve recently received a few emails from curious beavers asking me what my property investment strategy is, and what the best way to invest in property is. I’m always reluctant [...]
How Interest Rates Affect House Prices
20 Jan 2008 / category / 5 Comments
It’s said that the last housing crash in the UK, 1990-1995, was due to two main factors- low employment and record high interest rates. If people aren’t employed and interest [...]
Birmingham Midshire Finally Lowered My Mortgage Interest Rate
19 Jan 2008 / category / 4 Comments
For those of you who remember, last month I had a moment of despair when I broke down into tears, bitching about how Birmingham Midshire Didn’t Lower Their Rates when [...]
Letting Agents Tenancy Renewal Fees
12 Jan 2008 / category / 120 Comments
What is a Tenancy Renewal Fee? If you’ve used a letting agent to source a tenant, the chances are you’re going to be inflicted with a tenancy renewal fee if [...]
How To Spot The Next Up-And-Coming Area
11 Jan 2008 / category / 0 Comments
This is a continutation of a previous post of mine, ‘There’s Never A Bad Time To Buy-To-Let‘, where I discussed how there’s always money to be made in the buy-to-let [...]
I initially started this website because I wanted to document my every step from property idiot to property landlord,
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when I started this website.