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About the Author

Matthew founded Your HMO Expert in 2006 and since then have provided the authoritative place on the web to come to find out how HMO Property Investment works and how you can get started.

Jul 16

Property Services

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

I am currently offering the following services:

  • My intensive one-day workshop on how to build your own wildly profitable HMO business www.hmocashflowsuccesssystem.com
  • A one-on-one mentoring programme where I spent a full day with you fine-tuning your strategy, which we then follow-up with a full 6 months of fortnightly mentoring calls PLUS you get free tickets to my HMO Workshop
  • Property Sourcing – Bespoke and Generalist – mainly focusing on UK and American markets.   Discounts of up to 45% with cashbacks, rental guarantees and high yields.  The new website is going live soon – and I’ll put up the url once its ready!
  • Furniture Solutions for Landlords.  I have an interest in a company which supplies landlords with high-quality furniture but at low prices!  Visit www.furnitsure.com for more details
  • My monthly networking session and mastermind group is www.propertysuccessgroup.com – we’re a very friendly bunch and meet in Northampton and London, sign up to receive the latest details.
Jul 16

Brokers

By Matthew Moody | Property Resources

Here are some of the brokers I use on a regular basis:-

Justin  Barton, b3 Partnership 0870 446 2300 – specialist in LTB, BTL and creative financing

Martyn Roberts, Midcheshire Mortgages 01928 724494 – all-round specialist

Warren Morris, The Mortgage Store 01908 867577 – BMV specialist

David Pratley, The Money Centre 01494 895117 – BMV specialist

Both the Mortgage Store and the Money Centre have links with financial institutes who can offer no money down financing.

Please mention my name when calling – I don’t get a commission but its always helpful when I speak to my brokers to know if anybody has called  – means I get even BETTER service!

Jul 15

How Can You Tell If A Property Can Be Used As a HMO? (Part 2)

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

So, you’ve found a property which is near town, near some local facilities, has some element of off-road parking and looks fairly attractive from the outside.  So, you can now buy it?  Right?  Wrong…

What you need to do now is a thorough evaluation of the inside and the more you do, the quicker it will get for you.

Its not as easy as finding the property in the right area, you now need to find the right property.  And this can sometimes be very tricky – in fact, I would go so far as to say that I reject 4 out of 5 properties I look at because they do not meet my criteria.

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Jun 20

Is being a book-worm good or bad?

By Matthew Moody | Property Resources

I read may’be 4-6 books a month on a variety of different topics.

These topics range from property investing, biographies, business, marketing, sales, design and some fiction too (well you’ve got to have a break sometime haven’t you?).

I think that continual learning is really important and by reading books rather than watching television (although sadly I subscribe to that evil beast as well most night after 9.30pm), you can keep your mind occupied and the little grey matter might last a wee bit longer.

So, I’ve decided to share my books with you (if you don’t mind) so that if you’re feeling at a loose end one day and want a good read, something inspiring, something challenging, then you can cast an eye over my selection of oddities, choose one and know that at least you’ll be reading something that you may get some value out of (ie do most celebrities have much of value to tell us in their biographies?).

I will try and do a book review that always gives you pointers on content, ideas, writing style and value for money.  That together with my comments should give you a good idea of whether its worth pursuing or not.

My top tip of the day for book reading is this:-

JOIN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY – its possibly one of the best investments you will ever ever make.

Why?

  • its free (and not a lot in life is anymore)
  • its quiet so you can focus, relax (alas not with a cappucino but hey…) and concentrate
  • they have tons of great books both old and new to choose from
  • you can normally get 10 out at a time (and I always have the full 10 – why wouldn’t you?)
  • you can order books in (practically any book) for about 50 pence
  • you can generally take and return books to any library in the county
  • you normally have at least 30 libraries of differing sizes in your locality to choose from
  • even the smallest library will probably have 50 books that will be of interest to you – thats a good years reading right?

So, get yourself down to your local library today and join up – you won’t regret it.

Jun 20

What does a starbucks latte, HMV and networking have in common?

By Matthew Moody | Property Resources

Experiences are an interesting concept and I’ve partaken in three recently that all differed enormously.

I’m sitting sipping a grande Cinnamon Dolce Latte (indulgent I know but its my treat for the day) at the home of phenomenal experiences Starbucks.

Everything about the Starbucks ethos, promise, atmosphere, staff and products wants me to come back again and again.  If I need a coffee when I’m in a new town, Starbucks will always be my first choice because they have mastered the experience of drinking a cup of coffee whilst relaxing on a comfortable sofa or working on your laptop at a table.  I’m not actually sipping coffee; I’m taking part in a lifestyle experience which appeals to where I am right now in my life and no matter where I go its always the same.

Contrast this to my experience of a long-established British record superstore; HMV and you couldn’t get two experiences more far apart.

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