The Key to Property investment

The Key to Property Investment

What we will cover:

• How to buy property not on the internet or open market
• Improve due-diligence, valuation, and wealth creation skills
• How to identify deals and calculate the numbers
• Overcoming the primary investment challenges & threats
• How experts use ONS Data to find undervalued postcodes
• Auction legal packs and how to avoid common auction pitfalls
• Property negotiating tips from a seasoned property trader
• How to source, configure and manage a profitable HMO
• Improve your focus, mindset, motivation, and organisation
• Includes a workbook written by developer 34 years in property
  
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Surrey Property Exchange

Our November event has self build as the main focus.

The subject has attracted much more interest in the last few years, fuelled by Grand Designs and other TV programmes, regional exhibitions and institutions like the Self Build Centre in Swindon. Even so, the UK lags well behind Western Europe, where the strategy is far more widespread and very well established in local communities.

Our speaker to bring the subject to life isPhillip Russell, who has huge experience within the construction industry. He is now specialising in sourcing and securing small development plots in our local areas, whilst getting prefabricated units built to order. They are designed and constructed to a high specification in the Czech Republic, and transported to the UK for immediate installat... read more

Energy Efficiency

What we will cover:

• Drivers of energy efficiency in UK
• The energy efficiency regulations 2015
• Other statutes affecting energy efficiency including Housing Act and Climate Change Act
• Green Deal and grants funding streams
• Energy Performance certificates (EPC) changes
• The exemptions to the energy efficiency regulations and the need for care when using the exemptions register

Specialist Landlord Tax

What we will cover:

• A complete analysis of Income tax and its relationship with Section 24
• Allowable expenses and what to offset – which allowances and reliefs are you losing every year?
• Full explanation of Section 24 tax implications and clear worked examples
• An explanation of why 20% taxpayers are possibly the most vulnerable - how often do you hear the soundbites that a 20% taxpayer will not be affected?
• Templates created by our trainer will be shared to enable landlords to complete calculations on their own personal portfolios and to understand their tax liability
• Your 20% tax reducer (interest relief) may not be your finance costs!
• Whether to operate as a company or individual investor (pros and cons of incorporation... read more

Inheritance Tax

What we will cover:

• Concepts and principles of IHT
• Key reliefs and exemptions and the impact of lifetime planning strategies
• Lifetime gifts to reduce an estate
• Key importance of wills, their validity and resilience
• How to reduce your estate’s liability during your lifetime
• When IHT is due and who is responsible for reporting and paying it
• How an estate is valued on death
• How business structures and planning strategies can mitigate IHT liability for families
• The relationship between CGT and IHT – strategies to manage your IHT
• The use of trusts in managing IHT liability
  
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Letting to Students

What we will cover:

• Right to Rent checks
• Management Issues
• House contracts/meetings
• Guarantors
• Communal area management
• Replacement tenants & deed of assignment
• Common parts
  
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Agents Fundamentals eClassroom

What we will cover:

• Maintaining relationships with both tenants and landlords 
• Agency services 
• The lettings process 
• From marketing, sourcing tenants, tenancy obligations and ending the tenancy 
• Terms of business and contracts 
• Drafting contracts and CMA guidance on the Law of Agency 
• Tax obligations 
• Dealing with complaints 
• Requirements for redress
  
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HMO Fundamentals

What we will cover:

• Overview of licensing and HMO definitions 
• Pre-tenancy including EPCs, tax, insurance and accreditation in line with HMO 
• Responsibilities and liabilities of a landlord or letting agent including gas safety and other tenancy start-up provisions 
• Setting up an HMO tenancy including types of tenancy, agreements, deposit and rent setting 
• Property standards including HHSRS, fire safety, repairs, dampness and risk assessments 
• Managing the tenancy including periodic visits, tenant obligations, entry/refusal and anti-social behaviour in HMO 
• Ending a tenancy including continuing tenancy, tenant wants to leave, landlord wants tenant to leave, possession and eviction in line with... read more

Landlord Business Seminar on Universal Credit changes

Caridon Property to host Free Landlord and Agent Seminar with Bill Irvine on
‘Preparing for Universal Credit Migration’

Caridon Property is hosting a series of free landlord and agent seminars. The first event, due to take place on Tuesday 24^th October, will focus on preparing landlords and letting agents for the migration of Housing Benefit to Universal Credit, delivered by ex-Government Advisor on Housing Benefit, Bill Irvine, and CEO of Caridon Group, Mario Carrozzo.

Over the next 18 months, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to transfer a further 2.5M claimants, many of whom are currently claiming Housing Benefit, paid direct to their landlord, over to Universal Credit where differe... read more

LANDLORDS – How to survive: A no-nonsense, straight talking and practical education day

With the turmoil and the uncertainty in the market for landlords, Paul Shamplina hasteamed up with Property118 to put on an event for the 19th of October in Central London, with a host of experts in Tax, Company Structuring, Finance, Legal, Legislation ( Renters Reform Bill), Lettings Management and Expert Portfolio Landlords speaking.

This will be a no-nonsense, straight talking and practical education day by experts with over 200 years of experience in Property and Buy To Let.

This event is for new, part-time, and full-time, portfolio landlords and CPD accredited upon request.

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Surrey Property Exchange

Our forthcoming October event has Serviced Accommodation as the main feature – a strategy that has been grabbing lots of headlines ever since the Covid lockdowns.

Grant Amos has made it a central element of his property business in and around Southampton, and he will give us a real insight into the key elements of the strategy that has worked so well for him and his colleagues. Attention to detail is essential in establishing and running a successful serviced accommodation business, and Grant will outline how it evolved as a business from an HMO business portfolio.

During the evening, John Cox will give us an up to the minute guide on the fast moving mortgage scene, and Graham Faulkner will highlight some topical elements on the lettings front. We’ll also have some more hot deal... read more

The Property Investor Show

The Property Investor Show is the UK's largest and longest running property investmentexhibition. It is the event for anyone looking to make money from property – in the UK or a selection of international locations - in the short or long term.

Are you a property investor or landlord? – this is the place for you. Better still, entry to both the show and seminar programme sessions arefree of charge.

It is the ideal place for networking, obtaining reliable and up to date property market information and, of course, property to buy. The show caters for all levels of property experience. So whether you are a property novice or a seasoned veteran you will find theanswer to your questions from amongst the 100+ exhibiting companies or 80+ seminars/debates.

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The Property Investor Show

The Property Investor Show is the UK's largest and longest running property investmentexhibition. It is the event for anyone looking to make money from property – in the UK or a selection of international locations - in the short or long term.

Are you a property investor or landlord? – this is the place for you. Better still, entry to both the show and seminar programme sessions arefree of charge.

It is the ideal place for networking, obtaining reliable and up to date property market information and, of course, property to buy. The show caters for all levels of property experience. So whether you are a property novice or a seasoned veteran you will find theanswer to your questions from amongst the 100+ exhibiting companies or 80+ seminars/debates.

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"Landlord Lens"

Back in the summer of2020, the NRLA and Property Tribes weredelighted to announce a content collaboration featuring a regularinterview and discussion between Ben Beadle, CEO of the NRLA and Vanessa Warwick, Landlord and co-founder of the Property Tribes forum.

We are calling the collaboration “Landlord Lens” and, every month, Ben and Vanessa will be looking at the trending topics - the most popular discussions - on Property Tribes and discussing them, as well as turning the landlord lens onto one particular topic for more in-depth analysis.

The Landlord Lens aims toserve up the very latest intel for property investors in this rapidly-changingworld and act as a guide and signpost towards the most important information to help landlords stee... read more

Surrey Property Exchange

Our September event will be a standout occasion because it offers an afternoon workshop, followed by the main evening event which features 2 speakers on crucial subjects for nearly all of us.

We begin with one of our periodic workshop sessions which will focus on property finance and tax. This follows up on the terrific presentation given byPaul Underwoodat our July event. On that night, Paul drew on his extensive knowledge and experience of property finance as an accountant in highlighting a number of aspects that could not be addressed thoroughly in the time available. That will be put right in the small group setting of a workshop, with 90 minutes at hand to do so. There will be a limited number of places available, so book your seat now if ,you want to save more o... read more

Surrey Property Exchange

Ever since we established the Surrey Property Exchange back in 2011, our Augu... read more

Somerset and Gloucestershire Property meet

Check out this new (Free) 'in person' Property Networking event in Bristol starting in early August.

THE UNITED KINGDOM PROPERTY NETWORK.
Somerset & Gloucestershire Property Network: Event information.

The Somerset & Gloucestershire Property Networking event is planned to be monthly on the second Thursday of each month. We are part of the United Kingdom Property Network.

You are cordially invited to attend.
The first one will be Thursday the 10th of August with a start time of 19:00 each month.

Please take time to register for free tickets on the following link:
Eventbright link:

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PT x NRLA "Landlord Lens"

Join NRLA CEO Ben Beadle and Property Tribes founder Vanessa Warwick for the next monthly 'Landlord Lens' as they discuss trending topics and the impact on private landlords. Ben and Vanessa will be taking questions.

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How to improve energy efficiency in short term lets and sustainability travel trends

James L Tanner will give a talk on how to improve energy efficiency in short/medium term lets and sustainability travel trends.

He will discuss practical tips about how to reduce heating, hot water and electricity usage, starting with no and low cost measures.

He has been a full time professional portfolio landlord for 15 years, energy efficiency consultant and a member of the Short Term Accommodation Association.

Surrey Property Exchange

Our next event, on Monday 10 July, has finance as the main focus.

Our main speaker will be Paul Underwood, who is a qualified accountant and a director of Morris Crocker, which has many years of experience as a company, in working with landlords and property developers.

Paul has extensive background in advising property investors on the ever-changing aspects of accounting and tax legislation. He has an indepth knowledge of both the residential and the commercial property markets, and in his presentation he will offer lots of advice and pointers on how to minimise our tax liabilities and run our property businesses on a better financial basis.

Rory O'Mara will head up our regular Deal Clinic feature, and Graham Faulkner will give us an update on the national and local Lettings scen... read more