Buying to Rent: The Key to Your Financial Freedom (Financial Times Series) [Paperback]

"A quintessential reference work by a remarkably diligent writer whose appreciation of the enormous personal satisfaction and financial security to be gained through private property investment has served to craft an enthralling read that every prospective or serial landlord will consider to be seminal."

- Peter Parfait, Editor, Property Auction News

 "Timing is crucial, but meaningless if you are not ready to grab the opportunity. This very readable book will help you prepare your thinking in the right direction."

- Ronnie Green, Managing Director - John D Wood & Co. Lettings

"In Buying To Rent, Nick Rampley-Sturgeon shows newcomers and existing buy-to-let investors how to make property a safe and profitable form of investment…this book shows how to build an investment portfolio, one house at a time."

Mortgage Matters Magazine

"A quintessential reference work by a remarkably diligent writer whose appreciation of the enormous personal satisfaction and financial security to be gained through private property investment has served to craft an enthralling read that every prospective or serial landlord will consider to be seminal." - Peter Parfait, Editor, Property Auction News "Timing is crucial, but meaningless if you are not ready to grab the opportunity. This very readable book will help you prepare your thinking in the right direction." - Ronnie Green, Managing Director - John D Wood & Co. Lettings "In Buying To Rent, Nick Rampley-Sturgeon shows newcomers and existing buy-to-let investors how to make property a safe and profitable form of investment!this book shows how to build an investment portfolio, one house at a time." Mortgage Matters Magazine

Investment is not only for experts. Every adult at some point has talked to their friends about owning a second property, but most people never get round to buying any other house than the one they live in for lack of time, deposit and knowledge. But a second income from renting a property can have many advantages:No matter how much or how little you earn, you will always find it hard to keep up with everyday bills, expenses and debts. Wealth generates wealth and you need to make your savings count. Investing in a property to rent can be a solution to your financial problems, enabling you to feel financially secure and free. This book shows you how to generate cashflow with your investment.

In my work as a Speaker and as an Adviser to small businesses, I am presented every day with stories of business owners who have worked all their lives yet have nothing to sell on or to fund their retirement. The same is true for the salaried staff within many of the companies I consult with. They have a small company pension that is linked primarily to equities in a poor-performing market.

Looking at this, and at our own situation of being small landlords for many years, I began to write down the lessons we have learned and the experiences we have gone through since I first became a landlord more than thirteen years ago. Since then we have become more knowledgable and been better able to look after our tenants while enjoying the benefit of regular cashflow.

The book has deliberately been written to help you go from scratch to your first investment property within a short time of you learning that it is all about research and preparation. The contents help you to understand how to find value in the property you buy and how to attract tenants who will take care of the building.

Nick Rampley-Sturgeon became a landlord almost by accident in 1989 when his experience of negative equity encouraged him to take a lodger and then to let out the whole house.  Since then he has bought and held other properties and gained a wealth of knowledge as a landlord during the process.  His work with individual entrepreneurs and family business owners has convinced him of the value and importance to his clients of developing personal financial strategies for investing in residential property.  He is a frequent contributor to magazines and websites.

A professional speaker on his topics of entreprise and entrepreneurship, buying-to-rent strategy, and communication through behaviour, Nick works with businesses and associations to help people recognise and achieve their greatest potential...for a more enterprising life.