Property investing for Dummies - according to Somersoft
There’s a constant stream of new investors coming on to the forum who seem to ask variations on a few questions.
Thought I’d put together a list of posts that answer the questions they ask, as well as a few general comments.
Don’t rush. The market will always be there. The deal of the decade comes along once a week.
If you feel daunted by your lack of knowledge, don’t feel that you have to go with xyz financial group to hold your hand. If you feel that is the way you want to go, at least get a good idea of what the basics behind property investing are first. If you have a reasonable knowledge , you will quickly be able to tell if xyz company are above board or a bunch of sharks preying on uninformed “investors”
There is no correct way to invest in property, just different ways.
Here are a series of links that cover various aspects of property investing with an emphasis on basic issues.
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14866
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14845
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7437
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14799
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14699
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14707
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7947
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14204
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14065
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13630
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12504
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12136
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7735
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6759&page=2&pp=15
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5649
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6508
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14045
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7943
The story of one person’s success ( Brenda ) , an inspiration to many
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8756
This one is a thread that has been linked to many times since it was written in the early days of the forum some three years ago
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=859&highlight=to+fish
My thoughts on why I invested in one area ( and who disagreed… )
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11656
To show that people don’t always agree….
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13741
Cash bonds / living off capital. You will see the term Cash bonds and the name Steve Navra mentioned with reasonable frequency.
With the first one don’t be deceived by the title. It’s one you need to take a bit of time to digest
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14486
There are many more posts I could have included, and please post other ones if you think they are worth while.
I’m hoping to keep this a thread to post links on rather than become another thread so it can be used as an ongoing " reference post".
For people who are new to the forum, in the individual “sub forums “ eg Where to buy , if you click on Ratings , Posts , Views, that will re rank the threads according to that category . That is a way to bring up posts that have generated interest / activity on the forum.
See Change
BTW There is a search function on the forum
There’s a constant stream of new investors coming on to the forum who seem to ask variations on a few questions.
Thought I’d put together a list of posts that answer the questions they ask, as well as a few general comments.
Don’t rush. The market will always be there. The deal of the decade comes along once a week.
If you feel daunted by your lack of knowledge, don’t feel that you have to go with xyz financial group to hold your hand. If you feel that is the way you want to go, at least get a good idea of what the basics behind property investing are first. If you have a reasonable knowledge , you will quickly be able to tell if xyz company are above board or a bunch of sharks preying on uninformed “investors”
There is no correct way to invest in property, just different ways.
Here are a series of links that cover various aspects of property investing with an emphasis on basic issues.
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14866
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14845
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7437
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14799
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14699
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14707
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7947
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14204
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14065
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13630
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12504
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12136
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7735
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6759&page=2&pp=15
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5649
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6508
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14045
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7943
The story of one person’s success ( Brenda ) , an inspiration to many
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8756
This one is a thread that has been linked to many times since it was written in the early days of the forum some three years ago
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=859&highlight=to+fish
My thoughts on why I invested in one area ( and who disagreed… )
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11656
To show that people don’t always agree….
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13741
Cash bonds / living off capital. You will see the term Cash bonds and the name Steve Navra mentioned with reasonable frequency.
With the first one don’t be deceived by the title. It’s one you need to take a bit of time to digest
http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14486
There are many more posts I could have included, and please post other ones if you think they are worth while.
I’m hoping to keep this a thread to post links on rather than become another thread so it can be used as an ongoing " reference post".
For people who are new to the forum, in the individual “sub forums “ eg Where to buy , if you click on Ratings , Posts , Views, that will re rank the threads according to that category . That is a way to bring up posts that have generated interest / activity on the forum.
See Change
BTW There is a search function on the forum
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