I have discovered that just like any other energy form, money has its own rules. When you defy them, you don’t have enough if it. When you fulfil them, you have more than enough. Here are my thoughts but I would value yours too!

1. Money likes flow – what does that mean though? It means that you need to think of money flowing through you. It comes in, and it goes out. As you make it, you spend it, invest it and use it. It is not there to be hoarded. It is a gift and an energy which needs to move to increase.

2. It likes to be used and leveraged in a structured and managed way. If you don’t have a handle on your money you will lose it, and won’t be able to make more. Every month you should assess your personal expenditure against your income and make sure you keep at least 10% for saving. This is not a pot for long term saving but for investing. Never spend more than you earn.

3. It needs to be backed by an asset to be properly magnified! That’s why property is such a powerful compounding tool. Always invest against an asset. Whether that is a fixed asset like property, or a paper asset like stocks and shares. Property is better as you can leverage far better.

4. It comes to people who can manage it and show diligence, competence and discipline. Decide today to raise your investment game by managing money better. Save some, invest a lot and spend as little as possible on wasted items and fripperies.

5. Your gearing (amount you borrow against the asset) should be based on four things

1) how much risk you are prepared to take

2) your long term view about your involvement in the asset (ie: when and what is your exit strategy)

3) how far your cashflow will be reduced and whether that is acceptable to you, and

4) the cost of borrowing.

If you can borrow at a much lower level than you can make (at least 10% difference) then it’s often worth taking the borrowing. Example: Your return on an HMO is 15% yield, and your borrowing is 4%. The difference is 11%. Therefore it’s worth borrowing the money.

Your cashflow after gearing should be double the amount of the cost of borrowing. Eg: Your mortgage amount per month is £476. Your cashflow (profit) should be £952.

6. It grows when you add value. Property is a people game, as such it needs you to be a people person! It’s not about bricks and mortar, it’s about solving as many people’s problems as you can. You do that, and you’ll get rich. You are already wealthy. You just now need to manifest it through the zeros (added to the numbers) in your bank account. But remember – keep it flowin’ and you’ll keep it growin’!

What do you think? What have you learnt about money as you’ve been investing in property?

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