Although Iโve been a landlord for nearly two decades, ten years ago I decided to make property my full-time career and run it as a business. Today marks ten years since my property business became incorporated.ย ๐๐ฅณ๐๐๐๐ Hereโs some lessons learned, which I hope will be of benefit to you! Enjoy! X —————————————- 10 Things IโveContinue reading “10 Things Iโve Learned About Running a Business in 10 Years”
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Easter Lessons… and Blessings!
A very Happy Easter to you! Easter is my favourite holiday, and I have many happy memories of Easter as a child, and loved learning the stories of it. It reminds us of the lesson of due diligence today particularly, and I hope you have a happier Maundy Thursday than Jesus didโฆ If you remember,Continue reading “Easter Lessons… and Blessings!”
A Top Ten Countdown of The Naughtiest Things Tenants Have Done in My Properties:
Iโve got the old-skool Top of the Pops countdown theme tune in my head; you know the one: Der derrr der der derrrrrrrโฆ. Anyway, hereโs a top ten countdown of the naughtiest things tenants have done in my properties so farโฆ. In at 10โฆ 10. Let someone sleep in the shed in the front gardenContinue reading “A Top Ten Countdown of The Naughtiest Things Tenants Have Done in My Properties:”
MY RULES OF PROPERTY INVESTING
1. Never buy a house I wouldnโt live in myself A nice simple self-explanatory rule to start with! With all my houses, even the ones in the less popular areas of the city, I would still be content to live in them myself if I had to. Because if Iโm not prepared to live inContinue reading “MY RULES OF PROPERTY INVESTING”
THE BENEFITS OF GROWING UP SKINT!
The other day I was musing about how I rarely get sick, or have never been seriously ill, and I surmised it was because of this reason: I grew up as a child on a council estate in the 1980sโฆ so my immune system is pretty much immortal! It seems being mainly outdoors as aContinue reading “THE BENEFITS OF GROWING UP SKINT!”
3 Things in Property that I found SHOCKING!
3 Things in Property that I found Shocking: Having been in property for several years, there are still many things that surprise, shock and baffle me. Here are three things in property that shocked me when I first learnt or realised them: 1.โโโโHow much prices, cost and values vary. Something is worth what someone isContinue reading “3 Things in Property that I found SHOCKING!”
THE TOP FIVE BOOKS IโVE READ
THE TOP FIVE BOOKS IโVE READโฆ in the last few years, of a self-development nature, although two of them were audiobooks I listened to but Iโm still counting themโฆ Well, the title pretty much tells you what this blog is about! Iโve always been an avid reader, but I switched from fiction to self-development books whenContinue reading “THE TOP FIVE BOOKS IโVE READ”
How Do You Know When to Walk Away From a Deal?
Itโs a very rare occurrence, but I rarely walk away from a property once Iโve had an offer accepted on it. But thatโs whatโs happened recently. I was initially very excited about this property โ but also, a little baffled about how quickly the vendor accepted my low offer. Further due diligence revealed that thereContinue reading “How Do You Know When to Walk Away From a Deal?”
BLOCKBUSTERSโฆ. How do you bust through those blocks?!?
For weeks and weeks Iโve had a block. Not just a writerโs block, although that too has been an issue too as Iโve put off and put off writing a blog. A mental block, if you will. Some sort of life block, which is stopping me moving forward, and I canโt work out what itContinue reading “BLOCKBUSTERSโฆ. How do you bust through those blocks?!?”
What Iโve Learnt from My House Getting Trashed
You might have seen on social media over the last couple of months that a tenant left one of my rental houses in a horrific state. Despite the tenant only being in the property two years, and the first/only tenant since it was all newly refurbished, poor choices meant things spiralled out of control inContinue reading “What Iโve Learnt from My House Getting Trashed”
Reality.
Having read this morning about yet another โproperty investor scammerโ extorting millions from people, itโs important to recognise in this industry whoโs a good guy – because sadly there are a lot of sharks. So let me reintroduce myself. Iโm Kellyann, and I buy property using investment loans from private investors. I have real tangibleContinue reading “Reality.”
LOOK AT WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON!
In my property career I have a couple of regrets and disappointments over a couple of properties that I didnโt buy. In fact, I have a folder, with a name inspired by Bullseyeโs Jim Bowen, entitled LOOK AT WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON! This folder holds sales leaflets or details of around ten properties that IContinue reading “LOOK AT WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON!”
3 THINGS I HATE ABOUT PROPERTYโฆ
But propertyโs awesome all the time, right? Wrong! And hereโs my top three reasons why! PROPERTY HATE NUMERO UNO: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE Repairs and maintenance is my number one pet peeve in property โ I just hate hate hate it when things break – and sometimes itโs not even the tenantโs fault. Then you haveContinue reading “3 THINGS I HATE ABOUT PROPERTYโฆ”
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โ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ฌโฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐’๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด!โ โฆis now available to purchase on Amazon. ๐ช๐๐ข ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ? People new to property and who are looking to buy their first residential house(s) to make rental income. ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก? Things I wish Iโd known at the start of myContinue reading “๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐, ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โฆ ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ!”
Private Investorsโฆ Whatโs In It For You?
You might know that I help people build wealth passively, through the vehicle of property. But have you ever wondered why people invest? Why would people with funds want to work with me? In this blog Iโll be exploring the reasons of whatโs in it for them as private investors. First of all, a keyContinue reading “Private Investorsโฆ Whatโs In It For You?“
KELLYANN MARTIN 