Low interest rates set to stay as economy hangs onto hopes of a recovery, property investors let out a sigh of relief

Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England in a report to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, today said that he is more interested in supporting the UK economy recovery than using interest rates to slow down the rate of inflation.

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I first met Steve Green in late 2008 I think – he has a superb dry wit and given his day job a great deal of insider understanding into the minds of our tenants and the general population. We all know that we should avoid ‘red lighters’ and the philosophers of the Sun

Steve’s article was posted on one of the forums I belong to and I thought so insightful that I asked if I could repost it on my blog. Both hysterical and obvious – I hope you enjoy – please leave some comments so I can persuade Steve to write more frequently

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I thought I would just share with you my new plan to buy property at discounted rates and remortgage at full market value within a week, with the banks full agreement ….. Read the rest of this entry

When you use it to patch up a property deal …. I have been working with a mentee for the last 3 months or so, on a complex but potentially very lucrative property deal. He is planning to buy a large property already converted into three flats. You may recognise this a the ‘freehold-leasehold strategy’. Briefly the deal is as follows … Read the rest of this entry

This is a long running debate for people who live in London…. where should I invest? Rob and Mark from Progressive Properties recommend staying close to home – and in some ways I agree and certainly wish I heard this idea before I started The point being if you live in London, depending on your strategy, it can be challenging to find an area that works. Obviously you can use Lease Options etc but if you are looking to buy traditional buy to lets, then where can you get cashflow? Read the rest of this entry

I received an email recently that really shocked me. We all know that relying on the government to fund our retirement is very dodgy logic, well I hope we all know that. Certainly if you have been reading any of Robert Kiyosaki’s books you will know that.  Anyway I received some figures in an email recently about the return we are getting on our compulsory pension contributions.

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Last Sunday I went to see Rob and Mark from Progressive Property. They were running one of their MasterMind special events in Peterborough. I wanted to video them as contributors to my forthcoming book Using Other People’s Money – How to Invest in Property. (Very excited it has just gone to the publisher – watch out  for opportunity to pre-register for a copy). Anyway …. Read the rest of this entry

I live such a fortunate life – for so many reasons. (Not least because I managed to get back from South Africa – and the volcano to attend this event!). On Saturday Bob and I attended an amazing event with Dr Rohan Weersinghe which both raised our game and raise money for Make-A- Wish Foundation. Over 13 hours we considered our values, beliefs, the rules we make to aid or hinder our success, how we support our minds through our bodies, the power of relationships (with our selves, our partners and others) and then climaxed with ….

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For those of you that know me – you will know how much I like to plan, even great spontaneity needs a plan my next favourite activity is delegation. One thing you can definitely guarantee about a plan is that it needs to be flexible and to be updated – as you can imagine I planned our South African Adventure to cram as many activities in as possible and that is exactly how the first two weeks of the holiday worked. We have had loads of fun, made new friends, worshipped the sun and spotted wild animals galore on various safaris. Then the volcano erupted …….. Read the rest of this entry

I am exhausted but elated I had a full on 15 hours of back to back networking yesterday! The day started at 9 am in Wandsworth with the Entrepreneurs from MAPs a brilliant and supportive mastermind group of property investors, business entrepreneurs and all round nice people. Lindsay Hopkins hosted an excellent group mastermind session and in two hours I met, helped, shared, was helped and developed my passion and focus with 20 other entrepreneurs.  After a short coffee break we started the next with Read the rest of this entry