Mistake 1: Investing without knowing your objectives It’s amazing how many people invest without first knowing what they want (or need) to achieve. It’s like getting in your car and driving off without a destination in mind! This must be the first thing you think about before even considering your choice of investment….
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Manish was interviewed by Ryan Carruthers, of Venture Property, on his latest podcast. Ryan is an award-winning developer, who Manish once had the pleasure of interrogating on a development project – with positive results!  Ryan also brings an abundance of energy, drive and technology knowledge to the property world. In this interview – accessed here…
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As investors, we need to analyse the opportunity and derisk it before deciding to invest.  This post takes a deeper dive into a assessing a development deal – it goes through the steps I undertake before making every investment decision.  The content is relevant for both debt and equity investors but the return analysis is most…
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  Have you been offered a great property investment opportunity – great location, exciting development potential, attractive returns?   What about the development team itself – have you done enough due diligence (DD)?    This part of your DD should come before analysing the deal itself.   Here are those essential questions …   1….
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  Profiting from Property Development Development has become the favoured strategy within the property space.  Particularly so because vanilla buy-to-lets have become much less profitable, even before factoring in the new tax changes.   Furthermore, the government is on the side of developers with its target of building 1 million new homes by 2020. To profit…
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