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New to Investing in Property?

Pop into your local Maidenhead Estate Agents and buy the first house that catches your fancy. I suppose that you think that's a crazy idea? Let me tell you that it's just about what a lot of extremely naive property investors actually do. I did a long stint in a Maidenhead Estate Agents and saw some very naive people who wouldn't listen to advice and did just that. They bought the house that they liked the look of.

These new 'investors' didn’t know about potential pitfalls and therefore didn’t have any idea how to avoid them. If you are just beginning to consider the idea of investing in real estate you need some instruction to avoid losing your shirt…and probably your pants and everything else to boot.

Determine what your strategy will be in investing. Do you want to buy and sell quickly? (flip it) Fix it up and a bit and then sell it quickly or do you want to buy and hold it to wait for the market to increase its value?

If the latter option is for you then you are probably going to let it out to tenants. That's known as buy to let. Either way you need to decide before you invest in any property.

Learn how to investigate the value of properties. You could use Maidenhead Estate Agents to show you some properties and get some rough valuations at the same time.

There are also many online sites that can help to determine the real value. You can find a real estate agent that you can work with and you can easily find recommendations for these estate agents online.

After you have established your property values and have chosen an estate agent to work with, the next thing that you need is a good mortgage broker that you can work with. Your estate agent should be able to give you names of three mortgage brokers.

Then you will need to find out what interest rates and closing costs each one charges. (Check out your local bank or credit union as well). Take copies of your three credit reports and choose a sample property for each broker to run hard numbers on.

Now you are ready to make an investment. Choose the lowest price house in the best possible area and put in a bid.

All things being equal, say the cheapest property in a good area costs £300,000 and the next cheapest, comparable home is listed for £340,000. If you buy the home with the lower value immediately gives you a profit even without blinking.

I'm sure you now see that the reason for having a strategy is vital.

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