An Introduction To Property Investment

• An overview of residential property investment
• Property versus other investments
• The Golden Rules Of Property Investment

Why Are You Doing This?

• An essential step to prepare you for entering the market
• A look at why you are getting into property investment
• Who? What? Where? When? Why? And How?
• Examine if property investment is for you
• Match your strengths with your plans

Finance and Legal Stuff

• Your "Power Team"
• Get ready to buy
• How best to finance your portfolio
• Mortgages, mortgages, mortgages
• How to make conveyancing work for you
• Personal versus Ltd
• Buying your property – the process

How To Find The Right Property

• Location Location Location
• Buy in the right location, the right property, at the right time
• How to choose the right location
• How to choose the right property
• When to buy?
• Look at off plan, auctions etc

Refurbishing and Preparing Your Property

• DIY or Builders
• Working with architects and tradesmen
• Planning permission and building regulations
• More legal stuff
• Keep people informed – Council tax, utilities etc

How To Find A Good Tenant

• Should you use a letting agent
• How to find tenants yourself
• How to screen potential tenants and take references
• Checking the new tenants into a property

When To Sell

• What is the best time of year to sell?
• How to sell successfully?
• Sell yourself, using an agent or at auction
• Preparation, preparation, preparation

How To Manage Your Tax

• The black art revealed
• Income tax
• Capital gains tax
• Tax on holiday lets
• Rent-a-room
• Stamp duty
• Investing via a property company
• What are SIPPS and REITS?

How To Manage Your Portfolio

• Managing the nice people – your tenants
• Keep the cash coming in - Managing DSS
• Managing letting agents
• Paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork
• Keeping up to date

How To Deal With Difficult Tenants

• How to manage when things go wrong
• How to evict a tenant
• How to make a claim for money owed