Category Archives for "Property Investing"

New – HMO Vlog Launches for UK Property Investors (Part 1)

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

Launching today is the new Vlog from yourhmoexpert, Matthew Moody.

Featuring a weekly round-up of news, views and commentary on the UK property and HMO market, this weeks edition runs in at just under 22 minutes and features:

• a discussion on the base rate cut and what this means for property investors
• question and answer session on what to do when your tenants don’t pay the rent 🙂
• the launch of Stanford Knight and what the hell this is all about
• how you can make £500+ pcm per property easily – and how HMO’s can help you get there

So, mozy on down, get yourself a good cup of your favourite beverage and spend some time with me on the latest property news that every serious professional investor needs to be aware of.

REQUEST:

I’m after lots more questions to feature on my weekly Vlog so send them through to me. 

I’d also appreciate some feedback and commentary on the Vlog so get those comments down below or on utube (you don’t need to register anymore to comment so please lets start some good commentary going here).

Part 2 coming tomorrow – watch out for it!

“Do You Remember Property Investing in 2009, It Was Like The Gold Rush…”

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

Do you want to be uttering these immortal words about property investing to your millionaire friends 10-20 years from now?

Do you want to be part of a select group of property investors and business people that can look back at these turbulent times with a smile on your face?

Do you want to belong to a community of professional business people who are all committed to being true property millionaires and helping the less fortunate as travel along our journey?

And by true property millionaires, I mean a property investor who owns a portfolio where the equity is one million pounds or more – not an investor who owes one million to the bank!

Well, stay tuned because 2009 will be the year when the smoke is cleared from the mirrors, the shade pulled from your eyes and property investing enters a new area.

For more information and to be part of the gold rush, I urge you to jump over to this site now and enter your details on the pre-qualification form www.stanfordknight.com

Are The Gloves Off Now For Property Investing?

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

Image courtesy of Every Stock Photo.

It all started in the U.S.A. and the credit crunch has massively affect property investing across the world.

Hopefully, it might be all kicking off soon with Fannie Mae announcing that they are lifting their investor cap from a maximum of 4 BTL loans to 10 BTL loans.

This is a fantastic result as Fannie Mae was one of the direct casualties of the credit crunch in the U.S. and shows that unlike the UK banks, they have reassessed their risk assessment for professional landlords and are re-entering the market.

Lets see if its good news for property investing in the UK and hope that some of the banks start to relax their stringent criteria very soon…

Even Ronaldo is Getting in on Property Investing

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

Well it seems that footballers are interested in property investing too.

Not content with being the highest paid Manchester United player, Ronaldo is also quietly stacking up a sizeable property empire with four homes to his credit so far – including a villa and flat in Lisbon.  That together with his £4 million pound mansion in Cheshire means that he’s preparing for his future off the field.

He’s also purchased an £8 million pound hotel on Porto Santo (near Madeira) which apparently has given him the nickname “Ronopoly”.

So as well as spending it on fast cars and gadgets, he’s taking some sound advice and become a prop at property investing.

Why Dancing on Ice is Just Like Property Investment…

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

I’m sat watching “Dancing on Ice” right now with my wife, the lovely Rebecca.  She’s the big fan (at least that’s my story right…) but it got me thinking about why property investment is just like the show.

You see, for each of the participants on “Dancing on Ice”, they have to learn new skills, new techniques and practice, practice, practice for about 3 months before the show gets onto the television.  [ed: for our non-UK viewers, Dancing on Ice is a reality celebrity ice-skating competition where one person gets voted off each week].

Whether you watch it or not, like it or not, you have to be impressed by the fact that these are non-skating people who have learned to do ice skate so proficiently (well apart from Todd Carter I guess…) and perform intricate manouvers which I can’t help but be staggered by.

So, why is this similar to property investment Matthew?

Well, I think there are some great similarities – especially for those who are learning a new skill or technique for the first time.  For anybody that’s getting into property investment, there are always new skills and techniques to be learnt and these can only be honed by practice, practice, practice.

And one thing that I firmly believe in is allowing skilled mentors to help you practice these skills in a safe environment, giving you encouragement and setting you on the right path to success in property investment.

For those that haven’t been living under a rock these last 4 weeks, you’ll know that I launched my HMO Survival Guide on 16th January.  Well, we’re going to be starting the 90-Day Telecoaching programme this Tuesday – and its not too late to sign up for it.

If you’ve been thinking of getting into HMO’s, questioning whether its the right thing for you or wondering how to get started, then my 90-Day Fast Start Telecoaching Programme is where you need to be.

For the next 90-day (or 3 months), I’ll be hosting a weekly telecoaching call where we discuss the plan for the next 7 days, discuss strategies with my team and have a question and answer session.  All of this is backed by a live forum.

For less than a fiver a call, for the next 12 weeks, you’ll receive expert guidance from me on getting your HMO business up and running – and by the end of that 12 weeks (all things going to plan), I hope that you’ll have your very first HMO with tenants paying you upwards of £500+ per calendar month.

To join us (remember we are starting Tuesday 10th February), then you need to click on the paypal button below and get prepped for the telecoaching calls.

Should You be Property Investing in 2009

By Matthew Moody | Property Investing

Only you can answer that question but if you are going to be property investing in 2009, now is the time to ensure that your plans are set in place.

But whats going to happen?

Well frankly, it doesn’t really matter.

The key thing you need to focus on is adding assets to your portfolio that generate cash and plenty of it.  And in today’s market, you need to be focusing on the type of tenant who isn’t going to up and leave when the going gets tough – or if they unfortunately lose their job.

So, what type of property investing should you be looking at?

To my mind, there are several that you could look at but only one that has consistently over-performed any other class of property to date – the humble houses of multiple occupation (or HMO).

How can that be?

• your income is diversified and not dependent on just one family or individual
• you can earn twice, threetimes or quadruple the rent a single let would bring you
• you can use both commercial and residential lending
• you can become accredited and thus benefit from additional grants and assistance

There’s lots of advice I could give you for 2009 but there are 5 crucial points that you must ensure you practice no matter what you end up doing.

1. Have a plan
2. Follow the plan
3. Make sure the plan makes you money
4. Review the plan monthly
5. Let nothing stop you from hitting your planned goals

If you want to make your income goals even quicker, then make sure you have some HMO’s in your portfolio mix that are managed/outsourced to somebody else to manage for you (I can help with this if you need some help setting up your systems).

If you haven’t signed up to my 10-part ecourse, please enter your name in the opt-in box at the top-right – I’ve had many great comments about the course and I feel sure that you would benefit from the knowledge I earned the hard way but succintly put in just 10 easy-to-read emails.