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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Lawpack Publishing Ltd (3 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904053912
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904053910
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Low mortgage rates and under-performance by traditional savings and investment products means that property has never looked a better way to invest for the future. Author Ajay Ahuja divulges the practical and financial techniques that have made him a millionaire. It covers finding the right property, the right mortgage lender, the right tenant, legal issues and tax. Buy-to-let property 'hotspots' by region across the UK are also listed.

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Ajay Ahuja is the founder and owner of the national accountancy practice Accountants Direct. It is the first in the UK that deals exclusively with the provision of references for the self-employed for mortgaging purposes. This experience has led to an in-depth knowledge of mortgages and the property market in general. He currently consults with various local councils and accommodation projects, attempts to provide innovative solutions to problems being faced by the homeless and comments on issues surrounding social housing. He now owns and controls a property portfolio worth GBP3m and provides housing for more than 250 people around the UK.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, easy-to-read from a subject matter expert, 19 Sep 2003
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Its easy to read foundation books on a subject and think that you haven't learnt much, because it all makes sense and confirms your own opinion. Whilst I found myself doing this with this book, I recognised that there is a well balanced coverage and rounded content in here. It doesn't go into tremendous detail about individual areas, for example a tax advisor might identify some pros and cons of your particular circumstances. However, it does include some excellent guidelines.

I found it very reassuring to start with the characteristics required to get into this type of business, and check whether you have them. There were also quick tips about how to calculate if the rent will provide enough cash to cover costs, the higher yields from different types of property, and comments on refurbishment versus lost rent.

Like most of these books, it doesn't highlight all of the potential pitfalls in the business. The author has amassed a 3 Million pound property portfolio in a few years of booming house prices, but anyone starting now has to look to the longer term for substantial payback.

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109 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars basics of buying to let are covered very well with minimum w, 14 Sep 2002
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Mr Ahuja`s book is not the most detailed and comprehensive guide to property letting that is available on Amazon (only 68 pages excluding appendices etc) but the information that is given is extremely useful and relevant for someone with no experience in this area. The basics of buying to let are covered clearly with minimum waffle and many easy to remember tips/rule of thumb calculations are provided. One very useful rule of thumb calculation for example is the "rule of 12" that enables a prospective buyer to quickly gauge without going into complex calculations whether a prospective buy is a likely bargain or not. This can make the difference between making a profit or making a loss.

If you like anecdotes of the sort "Bill bought a flat for £40,000..Etc" then buy another book as there are very few of these.

The thing however that particularly impressed me with Mr Ahuja`s book are the detailed appendices with among other things: mortgage providers, property web sites and UK property hot spots. I have not yet seen another book that has such detailed information.

I felt that my... [money] was well spent and that Mr Ahuja had put considerable effort into distilling his experience in this area into a succinct and understandable form.

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71 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly trashy but very informative & direct guide, 4 Oct 2002
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I don't normally go for this kind of American-style writing, as i do generally find it occupies the pages of the more trashy pop psychology books. However, this is actually what sets it apart from the other books on the buy-to-let market, and is surprisingly its strength. What it taught me is to look at buy-to-let as just another investment, with hurdle rates, sources of finance, and a myriad of highly practical means to extract maximum income as well as capital growth, i suppose simply hammering out the message that you shouldn't appraise buy-to-lets from the point of view of 'would you live in it', but more from 'will you make money'. Being quite anti this kind of approach [ok call me naive], it did take some time for me to even want to appreciate what he is saying!! I do recommend it for its fairly ruthless approach to reaping maximum returns from even this 'booming' buy-to-let market, and it is certainly written in a very straightforward 'expert down the pub' fashion. What particularly sticks in my mind is the lesson of not buying when the yields are too low - an obvious statement - but one that pushes you away from the fantasy land of capital growth as compensation for poor yields.
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2.0 out of 5 stars a bit out dated
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What he teaches in the book cannot be replicated in this market, in some hotspot areas he talks about... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Fiasal Choudrey

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This book is good for investing in property around 8-10 years ago. But cannot see his methods working now as he himself admits that the market has become to high in the country in... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Starting Point, worth the money.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, not bad, good for beginners.
I am currently buying my 3rd buy to let property and bought this book to give me ideas for finacing it and to get some info on the legal side. Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Fox

3.0 out of 5 stars Out of date but worth a read.
Being new to buy to let, this book contains some good information about types of property and the associated risks, ie student letting is more profitable, but more hassle, and the... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2007 by Mark Shaw

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs updating!
OK, so property is a fast moving market, so I guess a book can get out of date very quick. Ajays examples are just so unrealistic in todays market. Read more
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