I have heard it said that the best marketing means being the market leader, so going for the masses and volume, or instead focusing on a niche successfully and therefore commanding a price premium but in a smaller market. I would imagine the idea of mass-market property rentals is not going to … [Read more...]
Forget the Clapometer…here’s the Rightmove Trendometer!
Who doesn't love a cool, easy-to-use, interactive gadget then? I certainly like this one as a simple, visual aid to see at a glance the changes in both national and regional housing asking prices dating back to 2001. See the Trendometer … [Read more...]
Rodney, you plonker! Less than half of all landlords have a clue what they are doing…
“Rodney, you plonker!” The often and mostly unfairly derided Rodney Trotter from Only Fools and Horses in the most part at least tried to look into things a little. His brother and lead partner Del Boy on the other hand was a gung-ho! risk-taking and frankly dodgy (if loveable) businessman. Whilst … [Read more...]
A Slow, Boring, Incredibly Awesome Strategy for Building Wealth Through Passive Real Estate Investing
There are at least a dozen ways to make a turn from residential property investing...here are just some of them: Flips (or buy-to-sell) HMOs (houses of multiple occupation rented by the room) Holiday / short-term rentals (renting by the week) Forced appreciation (the classic 'doer-upper' with … [Read more...]
Maps: Where cheap property prices & cheap commuter train lines meet
One of my favourite film series is The Matrix, where our hero Neo seeks to uncover the system of deception within The Matrix to expose the truth. Here today we have another type of matrix - where the three variables of house prices, commuter travel times and train fares overlap to form a 3-way … [Read more...]