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"Property Investing - A Numbers Game Or As Easy As 123?"



- by Peter Stanley



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People think that property is complicated and that you need

to be a rocket scientist to get involved, but I can promise

you it's an urban myth.



Other people think that my finance background makes it

simple for me, but whatever you're good at can be used in

the property arena - you can use spreadsheets for the

numbers.



I was talking with a novice investor recently about how to

get involved and we spent some time talking about the

investment process.



Let me spell it out for you - work out the cost to buy, add

the refurbishment costs, then take that number away from the

value when you've finished your work.



See, I told you it's simple.



I'd go a step further and say that if the numbers don't

stack up, then don't buy it. There are many people who are

looking for a renovation project and when they run through

the simple calculation above, they find out that they've paid

more, in time and money, than it would have cost them to buy

a house in good order. As my dad says, if you want to work

for free, you'll never be short of work!



As some of you will already know, I try to manage the

systems rather than work on the houses myself. Whilst I can

do the work, I'm slower than a tradesman and the results are

noticeably that of an amateur - so I price in for someone to

do the work for me.



Again, it's a matter of calculating the costs for each of

the jobs, but it also means I can leverage my time more

effectively and run more deals at once.



For other people, this means that they can build a

portfolio, whilst holding down a day job, which also means

they can invest without needing an instant income.



When I speak to my clients about a new deal, they ask me for

the numbers first and the detail second.



But going back to your individual skills, I still take the

opinion of someone who was a local visiting chiropodist, as

she knows all of Tameside like the back of her hand and can

tell me in ten seconds what an area's like.



If you're still not convinced, read my book or get in touch.





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