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int'l real estate investment - "I Love Maisonettes and so Should You! -Confessions of a UK Landlord" I love maisonettes! This may seem extreme sentiment from a hard bitten landlord and investor and I will explain. But first; a maisonette to the uninitiated is ostensibly a flat, with the unusual feature of having its own front door. This building type seems to have descended from no where during the 1960’s and 70’s to inhabit pockets of our urban landscape. The concept I guess arose out the demand for high density small unit accommodation, suitable for a low-rise environment. The result is t international real estate investment - "Winning Property Investment Strategies - UK Buy to let" There has been a lot written about winning property investment strategies. After many years of investing I’m convinced that there are only two strategies that a property investor should employ. international real estate investment - "FAIR WEAR AND TEAR? - UK Landlords" We’ve all come across it. The tenant moves out and you are confronted with a place that you don’t recognise as yours. The walls are scuffed the appliances are dirty and the laminate floor looks as if the tenants have been having salsa parties every weekend. Your pristine apartment is looking decidedly dishevelled and you get the feeling that this is not right. What can you do about it? international real estate investment - "INVESTMENT FASHIONS - UK Property Market" Apparently fashion goes in 20 years cycles. If true, this means that we should all be attired in fluorescent coloured clothing and flowery ‘dayglo’. For those old or indeed young enough to remember - 1987 was the ‘rave’ inspired ‘Summer of Love’. international real estate investment - "Property as a Pension - UK Property Investment" Many property investors have bought into property over the last few years as a way of providing for or supplementing their pension. This is understandable given the turbulence over recent years in the Stock Market to which many pensions are linked and also the demise of the final salary pension where companies were responsible for providing their employees with an income in their retirement. international real estate investment - "Praying for a Crash - UK Property Investment" This may seem like a strange perspective from somebody that has hundreds of thousands of pounds tied up with the property market. However, there is a logic. Any fallout in the property market would undoubtedly hit my personal wealth hard. However, real investors know that there is nothing like a crash in any market to through up some fantastic bargains for long-term investors. international real estate investment - "When is a Sale not a Sale? - UK Property Investment" When is a sale not a sale…? It was last Saturday that I strode purposefully down the aisles of shirts, jackets, slacks (or if you are young and trendy trousers). Desperately searching for a shirt for a party that night. Almost instinctively I was drawn to the big red signs saying 10% off, or 20%, or even better 50% off. int's real estate investment - "House Prices - Who's Measuring What? - UK Property Investment" I don’t know whether you have noticed, but everyday there seem to be yet another set of definitive house price figures. Who produces them and which one of them is right? Here’s a quick review of the most widely used sources: international real estate investment - "One Lump or Two? - UK Property Investment" Can you imagine going into the pub and asking for 3 spoons of beer? Or visiting the builders merchant and asking for 5 piles of bricks. People would think you were one sandwich short of a picnic! However, in the UK nobody bats an eyelid when you ask for a 2 bed apartment. international real estate investment - "Using a Guarantor" What is a guarantor? A guarantor is simply an individual, often a close relative that undertakes to assume the financial liabilities of the tenant including paying the rent in the event that they stop. Where a guarantor enters into an agreement he or she normally agrees to meet the full obligations under the tenancy agreement on the tenant's behalf. international real estate investment - "The Tenancy Agreement - UK Landlords" An outline of The Tenancy Agreement for UK Residential Landlords. Explanation of both AT and AST tenancy agreements. Helping landlords understand the basic elements used in a tenancy agreement for UK Residential Lettings. int'l real estate - "The Period of a Tenancy Agreement - its Legal implications on UK landlords" How long should I grant an assured shorthold tenancy agreement for? It’s possible to grant an assured shorthold tenancy (AST) for a fixed period, say 6 months. These tenancies are referred to as Fixed Term Tenancy’s. At the end of the term if the tenancy is not renewed, it then becomes a Statutory Periodic AST. int'l real estate - "Downloading Free Tenancy Agreements - things to look out for - UK Landlords" Are you looking for a FREE tenancy agreement? It’s fairly easy to find a free tenancy agreement that you can download. Many new landlords that are looking to rent out a property for the first time will look initially for a free tenancy agreement. However, there are several factors which you need to be aware of in sourcing your free tenancy agreement. int'l real estate invest - "Buying Property at an Auction - How to get BMV Property - UK Landlords" Some buy-to-let chatrooms are full of references and of individuals promising to sell BMV. My advice is steer clear of these, particularly if you are a newbie landlord or don’t know the area. People selling on these sites are not doing it out of charity and the likelihood is that they will know the market and their properties value better than you will. This puts you immediately at a disadvantage when it comes to negotiating a good deal. int'l real estate - "The 3 Pillars of Buy to Let Property Investment for UK Property Investors" The three pillars of successful residential investment I’m often asked by newbie landlords do I have any basic tips about investing in residential property. I respond by highlighting 3 essential aspects to making a landlord’s residential investment a success. These I have called my three pillars of investment and they are: real estate investment : international-"Hidden Negative Equity for Landlords-UK Property Investment" I read over the weekend about the very sorry affair of a novice female landlord. This newbie landlord's problems began back in 2003 when she was enticed at a ‘property seminar’ by the promise of a ‘fast buck’ to invest in 4 ‘off plan’ buy-to-let properties. Now this poor landlord is facing financial ruin as one by one the buy-to-let mortgage companies have repossessed her buy-to-let investments. real estate : international - "Keeping Tenants Warm - UK Residential Landlords Advice and Guidance" How can landlords keep their tenants warm this winter? “Save on heating bills, put them on the fire” I‘ve heard one landlord remark. Property Hawk clearly has a slightly more responsible attitude. Seriously with the last vestiges of the ‘Summer’ disappearing, a landlord’s thoughts naturally turn towards securing their buy-to-let investment property for the Winter. This probably means a landlord trying to get the various outside jobs done before the weather turns. real estate: international investment- "Should Landlords Take a Lover - UK Property Investment Tips" What’s this got to do with buy to let? My point is that landlords when they are looking at prospective buy-to-let investment should not be looking for a “lover”; they should be looking for a sensible long-term partner in which to invest their time, energy & money in. This view has been bought into sharp focus following the tales in recent months of landlords who have got into trouble by buying sexy ‘luxury apartment’ which they can no longer afford, don’t make as much rent as they imagined a real etate invesment: international-"Buy to Retire Analysis for UK Property Investors and Landlords" For many people a property is more than a place to live. It is the start of a whole new lifestyle and better quality of life. What could be better than all of this being financed out of the rent paid by somebody else? For most landlords a place to retire to is likely to be located on or near to the coast or in one of the ‘honey pot’ locations: the peaks, the lakes, the Cotswolds, the highlands, the Norfolk Broads. I set out to find out how practical it might be for landlords to conside real estate investment : international -"Buying Property Below Market Value Advice for UK Landlords" You may be reading this at work on Monday morning thinking there must be any easier way of making a living. I can tell you there is. I secured my financial freedom at the ripe old age of 37. It didn’t happen over night though. A decade of hard work aided by a housing boom eventually secured me the financial FREEDOM that I so desperately wanted. How did I achieve this? real estate investment: international-"The Effects of the Capital Gains Tax Changes on UK Landlords" A tax giveaway for landlords? Landlords are set to be one of the main beneficiaries from the proposed tax changes signalled by the Chancellors Pre-budget Statement last week. This Statement which outlines what changes are to be made for the tax year 08-09 or effectively the tax regime that is to come into force on the 6th April 08. How much is it a give away and are landlords better to sell now under the current capital gains tax regime or should they wait? In this article I set out to inv real estate investment: international real estate- "The Future Of the UK Buy to Let Property Market" The fact is that the future prospects for buy-to-let lie largely in the hands of the politicians. Not because they might implement penal tax charges on landlords as had been feared by removing the ability for landlords to offset the interest on their buy-to-let loans against rental income when calculating their rental businesses profits; or even by continuing with the introduction of more onerous bureaucracy such as the Tenancy Deposit Scheme or Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing. int'l r/e - "Should landlords look to sell their investment property to cashin on capital gains?" Should landlords sell & lock in gains This all suggests on the face of it that a landlord should sell now and thereby lock in the capital gains they have made over the last few years on their residential buy-to-let investments. int'l real estate : "Landlords Looking to Increase Yields thanks to a Rising Property Rental Market" Letting agents are seeing booming demand for rental property as first time buyers and foreign workers defer buying homes amid continued uncertainty over UK house prices. Letting agents around London and the south east in particular are seeing up to 25% more activity in their letting business compared with a year ago. Much of this rental demand is coming from young professionals and City workers who are not prepared to gamble and buy property in a weak housing market.

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