My first blog ever - apologies if this has been discussed before if so please refer me to where ever I need to go.
Strange one this - tenant looks to have has gone. But most of her stuff is still there. House in a right state. Neighbours say havent seen her for 3-6 months. We have called her, called friends, spoke to neighbours - no sign at all.
It's funny. When people find out that we're involved in property, their faces take on a sad frown and they say "oh it must be so difficult for you at the moment". That makes us smile. We had a call from the BBC earlier this week asking us to contribute to a forthcoming programme called "Property Watch". In the course of the conversation, the Producer asked us if we were feeling negative about the business we were in. "Far from it", we replied, "there's never been greater opportunity for those who choose to see it that way". But while property is our main focus, and it's great to feel so passionate about something, we'd be the first to admit it's not the be all and end all of everything.
We were driving back from speaking at the Lincs Property Investor Network on Friday, when we had a phone call to tell us that our seven year old niece Alicia, had been involved in a serious accident and was in hospital. From being jolly and looking forward to the weekend, the atmosphere in the car changed instantly. It was a wake-up call for us to hear our family members in such distress, and, as we changed course to drive to the hospital, we pondered about what matters most in life.
When he began teaching at Cornell, the Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov said he knew just two things: One, life is beautiful, and two, life is sad. The reason life is sad, he said, is because it's going to end.
Don't believe the pessimists who predict a drop of 40 per cent. They forgot we don't have the right homes in the right places.
I found this the other day on The Times Online written by Yolande Barnes, I think it is a very compelling piece of writing, especially the last section.
In December last year, we recognised what was happening in the U.K. property market. We had previously been focussing on 3/4/5 bed houses in single occupancy with a few in multi-let format. However, we realised that we needed a new strategy to generate cash flow so we started researching holiday lets on the South Coast.
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