Property investing guides
Practical, plain-English guides on analysing UK property deals: how to work out GDV, how to estimate refurb costs, what makes a below-market-value deal actually stack, and how to source and package a deal.
What is property sourcing? (And how to become a sourcer)
What sourcers actually do, what they charge, the compliance the law requires, and the setup order for starting in the UK.
Read the guideProperty sourcing compliance: the UK legal setup
HMRC AML registration, redress schemes, ICO, insurance and sourcing agreements: what a sourcer legally needs before the first fee.
Read the guideHow to work out rental yield
The gross and net formulas, a worked example, what counts as a good yield across UK regions, and the traps that flatter bad deals.
Read the guideHow much below market value should I offer?
Size a BMV offer from sold comparables and your deal numbers, and know when 10%, 20% or walking away is the right answer.
Read the guideHow to work out GDV on a UK property
What gross development value means, how to calculate it from comparable sales, and the mistakes that inflate it.
Read the guideHow to estimate refurb costs on a property deal
A room-by-room method for pricing a refurbishment, the rates to use, and where to add contingency and VAT.
Read the guideHow to analyse a Rightmove listing
The eight-step method from listing to offer: facts, condition from photos, refurb budget, sold comparables, GDV, rent and the deal maths, on worked numbers.
Read the guideWhat makes a BMV deal actually stack
How to tell a genuine below-market-value deal from a cheap listing, and the numbers that decide if it works.
Read the guideProperty deal sourcing: how to analyse and package a deal
The end-to-end workflow for sourcers: find, analyse, stack the strategy and package a deal for an investor.
Read the guideBRRR explained: buy, refurbish, rent, refinance
How the BRRR strategy recycles your cash across deals, the four steps, and the money-left-in figure that decides whether a deal works.
Read the guideHow to analyse an HMO deal
Per-room income, licensing and Article 4, the running costs that catch people out, and judging an HMO on yield on cost.
Read the guideScottish Home Report explained
What a Scottish Home Report contains and how to read the surveyor valuation, condition scores and EPC when analysing a deal.
Read the guideBridging finance explained for investors
How bridging works, what it really costs once fees are in, and when speed or access is worth paying for over a mortgage.
Read the guidePut it into practice
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