At the start of this year, one of the goals I set for myself was a book reading challenge. It goes like this: Read at least two books per month 'Read' includes audio and includes the following sources: Traditional paper-based books - as available in bookshops or via Amazon for example … [Read more...]
Property Education: Wisdom and Experience are the Yin & Yang
I have a saying: 'experience is learning from our own mistakes, whereas wisdom is learning from other people's mistakes'. In our property education we need both experience & wisdom. Experience as a part of our Property Education Experience is actually pretty straightforward - it is the … [Read more...]
How to get the best property valuation…according to a RICS surveyor
How to get the best property valuation Guest post by Damien Fogg MRICS, property blogger, podcaster & active property investor. Over to Damien: Happy New Year The Property Voice readers! It’s the start of a new year and inevitably thoughts go to our goals, hopes and dreams for the year, … [Read more...]
Wealth Creation and Income Generation Property Goals
A New Year has started and so setting goals is top of mind...if not, it probably should be! Not enough of us take the time and trouble to set goals. However, for the ones that do set goals, the evidence suggests that they will most likely be more successful in life than those that do not. Setting … [Read more...]
Property Investor Podcast – A New Property Investing Education Resource
Damien Fogg & Anna Harper have teamed up to bring a new weekly podcast to the property community to aid our property investing education. It is called The Property Investor podcast and is available from either iTunes or the podcast's own website. Damien is an experienced property investor and … [Read more...]
Top 15 rental property maintenance tips…plus more bonus tips & insights!
Top 15 rental property maintenance tips to save money on your rental property Guest post by Chris Fitzakerley, managing director from an award-winning letting agency NGU Home Lettings Wear and tear on a rental property is inevitable unfortunately. Sometimes, we find ourselves having to undertake … [Read more...]
Property news overwhelm? Don’t worry: we’ve got you covered
Want to make sense of all the property news chatter? You do, then I have some great news - as I have done the heavy lifting for you! I personally review between 300-400 daily news stories, blog feeds, social media and other online content in the world of residential property investment. I now … [Read more...]
Property Research and Due Diligence is a Whizz with Property Wizza
I was updating the Research Section Section 3 of The Property Voice - Investor Toolkit the other day. I counted something like 33 web links in the section and of course I wanted to a) check the links were still working and b) take a quick look at them to see if anything had changed. I found that one … [Read more...]
Get-rich-quick property seminars make a comeback
"A fool and his money are soon parted" The shame, red face and embarrassment will subside quickly but the longer-term consequences, especially financial ones can quite literally last a lifetime. There are good guys and there are bad guys out there; so how can we tell the difference? Here is … [Read more...]
Property shows, courses and seminars – are they worth it?
This is a sensitive subject. On the one hand, education is absolutely vital to be successful in property inesvting. Not only in the tangible aspects of investing such as the responsibilities of being a landlord or the economics of yields, return on investment and the like but also some of the … [Read more...]