Buying a a buy to let property in just 2 days It’s been a hectic few days and we have gone from viewing a property to having an offer accepted in just 2 days. Below is a quick recap of recent events. Saturday 03/03/12 – We view what might be our Buy to Let property…
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Buy to Let property 3 now rented
Buy To Let rented and making a profit Great news, our Letting Agent has found a tenant and they have moved in today. So lets do the sums, is this a profitable buy to let property: Purchase price = just over £37,500 Cost of Renovations = £2,700 Legal Fees = £600 Council Tax, Electric and…
Passive Income and Buy To Let Properties
Passive Income and Buy to Let Properties We have some investment properties, also known as buy to let properties, so we think its worthwhile highlighting that the two main ways to make money when investing in buy to let properties: You earn a surplus from the rental income verses the monthly mortgage repayments you have…
Using Property professionals and how they can slow things down
Using an IFA to help obtain Buy to Let finance In order to fund the new Buy to Let property we had agreed to pay just over £37,500 for, our intention is to fund the purchase of by taking out a mortgage on to raise equity against one of our other existing properties. In order to get the new…
From Notice of Interest to Making an Offer
Notice of Interest and Making an Offer We viewed what might be our 3rd buy to let property on Saturday 24th September 2011 at 9 AM. Another potential buyer had also arranged to view the property at the same time as us, but was running late so we didn’t get chance to see the potential competition!…
Two potential Buy to Let flats, which one to buy?
How to choose a Buy to Let Property We have just came back from viewing 2 flats for sale. Either may make a good Buy to Let Investment, so with a limited budget, how do we decide which, if any of these advertised But to Let properties to buy? This simple and easy to follow guide will help…
Finding another buy to let property
We are just recovering from losing out on the purchase of another good buy to let property (see our previous post). However whilst we were parked in the street, we spotted some other properties for sale by other estate agents. So less than 5 minutes after hearing the property we were targeting had sold, we…
Estate Agents and how they can waste your time
Estate Agents – are they a waste of time? Well it’s Tuesday 26/07/2011 and 11:06 AM and we have recently returned from viewing a new buy to let property. We just spent some time reviewing the home inspection report, looked at how much previous properties in the street have sold for and I’ve agreed with…
Google Alert on a Buy to Let Property opertunity whilst we are on holiday
Buy to Let investment notification via Google Alerts Having deciding we were going to buy another Buy to Let property, we did what every other entrepreneur does at this time of year and went on vacation. Whist on holiday on the lovely island of Majorca, we received the following Google alert. “1 bedroom Flat for…
Our first Google Alert whilst searching for But to Let Property number 3
Other properties to rent in the street where we have our buy to let investment Having decided to purchase a third buy to let flat and having set up Google Alerts to notify us when information and websites in our target area had added webpages which included our preferred streets, you can imagine our excitement…