Questions From The Progressive Community Continued...
There’s been a huge demand for Peter to return with more expert answers, to questions from you guys, in the Progressive Property Community and today, he’s back.
Peter shares with you the typical day for a property investor and if you need a permanent office space or not to be successful. He goes on to explore how many hours you should be working when getting into property and who you should include in your property investing power team. Learn all of this and more in today’s episode of The Progressive Property Podcast.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Is there a typical day for a property investor? It depends on your strategy but really all property investors should be out there sourcing deals and finding finance. Now, these two things go hand in hand and as a property investor, you must always be aware of doing both at the same time. If you’re starting out you will need to spend time researching your goldmine area, visiting estate and agents and building rapport with those in and around your investment area. Your network IS your NET-worth.Do property investors need offices or a place to work? If you want to have a mobile lifestyle you don’t want to have an office that ties you down. However, if your particular property strategy scales and grows if may mean that you need offices and a letting agency. If you aspire not to have an office, you need to implement systems and automation in your business so that you can become a more organised paperless office.
How many hours should I be looking to work as a fledgeling investor? If you’re still in full-time employment you’re going to have to juggle your time. This means getting organised and cutting out unnecessary tasks from your daily routine so you can free up an hour a day to work on your new property business. Use this time to arrange viewings, scroll through Rightmove and determine your goldmine area. You can easily start with 7-10 hours a week and if you outsource you can perhaps do it with less.
What services and specialists will a good property investor have on speed dial? Your strategy determines your power team. There is going to be a different makeup of team dependent on the property strategy you’re implementing. However, one of the most important is your mortgage broker. You will want to have a broker that’s a specialist in your particular strategy.
BEST MOMENTS
“We should spend at least half of our time networking to find JV funds.”
“Everyday plan in raising finance and finding the deals.”
“There are tax breaks to having an office.”
“With a mobile phone and a tablet you can probably work anywhere.”
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ABOUT THE HOST
Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was
one, if not the very first, book of its kind which was written for what we’d now call buy-to-let investors. On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investors Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop ,in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.
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