The Progressive Property Podcast Vanilla buy-to-lets & the Buy, Refurbish, Refinance model
Welcome to another episode of the Progressive Property Podcast. Today, Peter shares with you the foundational knowledge of buy-to-let property investing. It doesn’t matter if you’re new to property or a seasoned investor these proven models and insider knowledge can help you succeed from the ground up. Learn the vital information to help you build your property empire and grow your portfolio with Vanilla buy-to-lets and the Buy, Refurbish, Refinance model.
If you’re looking for a refresher on the proven property investing strategies you can implement right away, this episode is for you!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The most simple but effective strategy is buy-to-let but do we use interest only or capital repayment mortgages? The answer is either, both have pros and cons and you can use either to get started in property investment. Interest only is normally the preferred route, however, if you’re looking to purchase the property and rent it out, capital repayment can provide you with a safe and secure long-term savings plan. The tenant is effectively buying the property for you!
- Vanilla buy-to-let investing can be for anyone, not everyone wants to become a full-time property investor and own a portfolio. You might just want to put your wealth into property and store your money in an appreciating asset to supplement your income.
- The B.R.R (Buy, Remortgage, Refinance) buy-to-let model. This can be used with a variety of property strategies. All you need to do is, find a property where you can add value, refinance the property and recycle your money back out. To increase your margins you can buy properties below market value (BMV) and negotiate a better deal. As long as you’ve got a 70%-75% loan to value you can make it work and see a profit.
- To finance your buy-to-let property investments to can take equity out of your own home, to provide the seed capital to secure your first buy-to-let and begin building your substantial property portfolio. Most banks will be okay with you using equity from your home to use to purchase other assets such as buy-to-let properties.
- You could also use the Bridging method. Bridging the gap between buying the property and putting the property on conventional finance, this is also known as a short-term loan. It’s possible that you might not meet the bank's criteria, but you could be the bridging criteria as they look at the deal, before the person.
BEST MOMENTS
“The value of a property is what someone is willing to pay for the property”
“If you look at the top richest people, they haven’t made their money through property investment, but they store their money in buy-to-lets, they just want to keep their wealth safe”
“My favourite investing model is B.R.R (Buy, Remortgage, Refinance)”
“In this country, we tend to value properties on the number of bedrooms, so you can take out the dining room and create another room you can increase the property value”
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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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