Why am I telling you this! Because it has a direct bearing on some decision you will, or have already made; to become rich as a property developer. Oh I don't mean owning half of Westminster, but rather whether you want one student letting property or a chain of hotels. This principle will quickly form the basis on which you will succeed, and succeed you will.
I make no promises nor guarantee's, you will become richer than you are today. It will be fun and sometimes you will pull your hair out, but if you are going to climb that mountain you will have to rely on yourself and develop your own style and motivation. There are ten million sites on GooGle, ( I just checked), so I'm not going to tell you what most of the others try to say. I offer my personal experiences including some failures as well, and I do so with integrity and the hope that you will take those first steps.
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The first time I seriously considered buying into the investment property market, I was unaware of the level of commitment needed to overcome the many pitfalls that will surface in these early times.
There are many 'books' on the subject of 'how to make millions in property', and to be truthful there is nothing new. It is a practice that has been going on for centuries. The formula is buy cheap and sell high. That hasn't changed, what has changed is this, many more investors are in the market place and there is greater stress to get to those “golden properties”.
I believe that one area where advice is lacking is about you, what makes you tick , what makes you think you have what it takes. Remember this, it is a very individual thing and wrong decisions in the early days will cost you dearly in cash and relationship stress! The harsh reality is the actual amount of time you will be required to put in to a property either in physical work or in coping with mistakes made by others
It consisted of a kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. I bought the following: bed and bedding, 2 flat pack chairs, set of shelves, cooker and separate oven, kitchen table and 2 chairs, flat screen TV, and three sets of ready made curtains, and new floor covering for kitchen and bathroom.
I then scheduled the delivery and installation of kitchen/bathroom additions set to be done all on the same day. It was a very quick turn around and I estimated 72 hours to complete.
I've covered this in more detail in my book, along with other successes and yes, a few dismal failures as well.
The grounds were overgrown, rubbish strewn all over, verandah with rotting boards and guttering hanging down with growth life established since the dark ages. The front door was open, mistake 3. The interior was even worse, rubbish and broken furniture blocked my way and my nostrils recalled the stink of well established damp and decay, walls crumbled, windows missing, wiring handing from remains of a ceiling crying out to join the remainder which has already migrated to the piles of rubbish.
I didn't venture upstairs, a final quick wander around the outside and cursory scan of neighboring properties was enough, switched off the torch and got back into the car and left Michigan.
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Here are a few things to remember when your looking for an investment property remember you do not need to live in the area to buy a positively geared investment property so if you think of an area where you wouldn’t want to leave do not let this stop you from buying an investment property many of the places are these best investments for cash flow positive returns on your real estate investment
When your working out your finance if your planning on holding this as a long term real estate investment look into interest only home loans as this will leave you more cash flow at the end of the day.
Using a buyer’s agent may be a good idea if you do not have time to research the real estate market yourself and they will usually dig up the best deals as they have pretty good knowledge of the property market.
If you stick to your plan then in a few years time depending on your investment property choices you will be able to fund other things you could not before or even retire most of your friends will tell you are crazy for buying several houses and having such a large mortgage remember if there cashflow positive that they will basically be paying for themselves so 10years down the road you may well retire while those friends will be jealous call you lucky etc because they did not take the same opportunity to buy realest ate as you did.