Barry Davies is our headline PIM speaker in October. Lease Options specialist Barry Davies started in property just 5 years ago - just before the property market crashed - so he had a a baptism of fire! His first project was a flat conversion and instead of the projected £40k profit, he ended up with a £7k loss, after a year's hard work. Most … [Read more...] about October 2013 PIM – Barry Davies – Lease Options
Housing Benefit Tenants – Aki Ellahi
Aki Ellahi was our headline speaker at September's sell-out PIM. The room was full as housing benefits specialist Aki Ellahi explained how he and his well known brother and business partner Arsh Ellahi run their successful property businesses in the Wolverhampton area. They have been in business since since 1973 and specialise in letting to … [Read more...] about Housing Benefit Tenants – Aki Ellahi
September PIM – Aki Ellahi
Aki Ellahi is our headline PIM speaker in September. Housing benefits specialist Aki Ellahi runs a number of successful property businesses in the Wolverhampton area - including a property investment and lettings business, together with his well known brother and business partner Arsh Ellahi. They specialise in letting to tenants who are claiming … [Read more...] about September PIM – Aki Ellahi
Double Your Rental Income – Nick Josling
Nick Josling was our headline PIM speaker in July. BMV specialist Nick Gosling started in property 6 years ago - and since then he's built up a substantial personal property portfolio in Bristol - and also invests on behalf of others Nick specialises in letting to tenants who are claiming Housing Allowance. Nick's talk was both entertaining and … [Read more...] about Double Your Rental Income – Nick Josling
July PIM – Nick Josling – Double Your Rental
Nick Josling is our headline PIM speaker in July. BMV specialist Nick Gosling started in property 6 years ago - and since then he's built up a substantial personal property portfolio in Bristol - and also invests on behalf of others Nick specialises in letting to tenants, who are claiming Housing Allowance The topic for his talk is "How to Double … [Read more...] about July PIM – Nick Josling – Double Your Rental
Mayhem Murder and Multi-lets – Francis Dolley
Francis Dolley was our headline PIM speaker in May. Francis Dolley was a really entertaining speaker - and gave some great tips, as well as a very amusing presentation, showing everyone some of the realities of property investing - especially if you try to go it alone. Francis bought his first investment properties in 1995 and had a baptism of … [Read more...] about Mayhem Murder and Multi-lets – Francis Dolley
Property Prices Up – Rents Up
This week has seen a number of reports on the property market, all showing increases both in property prices and the number of sales - and also ongoing increases in rental demand and rents. In this article, I'm going to look mainly at the rental side. New ONS Index The Office for National Statistics has just published an index showing the changes … [Read more...] about Property Prices Up – Rents Up
Property Investment Prospects Improve
It's been an interesting week or two as we look at the prospects for property investment. Of course, we've had Bank of England Governor Mervyn King reporting expected growth and falling inflation over the next 2-3 years in the last couple of days - a welcome change after what seems a very long recession. Within the property world itself there have … [Read more...] about Property Investment Prospects Improve
May PIM – Francis Dolley – Mayhem, Murder and Multi-Lets
Francis Dolley is our headline PIM speaker in May. Francis Dolley bought his first investment property in 1995 and had a baptism of fire. The next two years would have tested most people to the limit, but as Francis says “I refer to this time as my 'Wild West Period'! I was lucky to be blessed with the skin of a Rhino and allow most things to go … [Read more...] about May PIM – Francis Dolley – Mayhem, Murder and Multi-Lets
Property Myths Busted – Ant Lyons
Ant Lyons' talk at our March PIM was a revealing and engaging presentation that had the audience buzzing. Ant is a property investor with a portfolio of properties here in the West Country. He is also founder and editor of Your Property network magazine, a specialist magazine aimed at investors seeking to grow and improve their portfolios. YPN is … [Read more...] about Property Myths Busted – Ant Lyons