Investors Guide - Specialist Property Development

For me, property investing is all about proactively adding value to a property in order to maximise returns. Property development is a fantastic way to add value. Although I started my property career with rental properties (and rental strategies still make up a huge part of my portfolio), property development has given me a chance to diversify my portfolio and generate shorter-term returns as well as long-term income. Over the years, my business has successfully completed an array of development projects, from straightforward refurbishments to building entire blocks of apartments and a whole lot of stuff in between. Here, I look at the essential thought processes that go into a development project at the outset, plus the basics of keeping a project on track. You won’t find step-by-step instructions on how to refurbish or build a property as that would fill an entire book. Instead, consider this an overview of property development something to whet your appetite, demonstrate how property development feeds into other property strategies, and help you decide whether property development is right for you as an investor.