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ASK346: Should I buy a cheap student property? PLUS: How much should I reinvest?

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Student Lets

The first thing that's making me nervous is the sea word, cheap. You can go and pick up really cheap properties in lots of parts of the uk. They can look great on paper, but the reality can be quite tricky. Another thing i'm concerned about is student lets in particular. The demand isn't there any more, and therefore the landlords are looking to sell up. Running a student property is more work. There's more you need to be aware of. So ideally, your first property would be a very boring, standard bitalet by and hold. But if you can't get comfortable with it then i say, don't force it. It might not feel like

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