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Ever been scrolling through Facebook or another social network to see lots of spammy looking ads about how to get rich quick in property. It’s usually with somebody who has a Lamborghini or Rolls Royce in the background. Welcome to the world of get rich quick gurus! Maybe you’ve heard the terms ‘passive income’ or ‘no money down‘ loosely thrown around.
Usually this is a draw from trainers and educators who teach a lot of fluff, they sell the dream but don’t really teach the substance to help you grow a successful and sustainable property business that you can replace your 9-5 from.
Usually when you check their company accounts you find fresh companies with no history, no charges from lenders to show they have mortgages and you quickly realise from simple due diligence that they’re not really who they say they are.
However – the property investment courses & training world can be good, there’s genuine people out there who love what they do in the industry and want to help inspire and teach others to do the same.
What is a property investment course?
In the UK, it’s very popular for people to get a buy to let for a little nest egg for retirement or just to add a few pennies onto our income at the end of every month. It’s a great way to diversify your investments away from stocks and shares and put your money into solid bricks and mortar, where history has shown every 10 or so years, property prices tend to double.
A property investment course is a way to understand how to step away from being a ‘landlord’ and instead becoming a professional ‘property investor’ running a real business where you grow your income into something quite substantial. It’s hard work and takes time but it’s worth it!
There’s generally 2 ways to learn how to become a property investor
Learn By Doing
This is a favourite method of mine and that’s what I’m doing to a degree. I’m jumping into property projects and building up a property development group over time. However I also listen to tonnes of podcasts, YouTube videos and magazines as well as meeting to and speaking to lots of property investors ahead of me in the industry.
Learn By Education
Alternatively, rather than spending months scraping information off the internet, those who have learned their way and put it into practice share the insights into popular property investment strategies, accessing finance, how to flip a property, working with lenders, solicitors & brokers and are able to put a more structured course together to help you get all of that crucial information – faster.
Property investment courses can really help accelerate your learning and get your feet on the ground quicker, and if a course costs a few hundred pounds – it’s not a bad way to go. Just don’t fall for one of these £12,000 academies where you spend half your time dancing in a hotel room clapping and motivating others.
It’s not uncommon for business professionals and serious owners of companies to pay for mentoring and courses to speed up their learning curve and get their business of the ground faster while learning important tips to help it grow and scale quicker as well.
Are property courses worth it?
Yes and no. It depends on the trainer and their intentions. Property, being an ‘investment’ industry means that we’re not immune to the get rich quick gurus. You’ll often see courses flouting how to replace your income in 7 days, become financially free with passive income.
Seriously – property is not passive. It’s a real business that requires time and effort to build. You’ll need to work with large sums of money which means tonnes of regulation from banks to manage their risk and if you do things wrong, it can often cost time and money. However if you find the right company that is transparent and doesn’t make false promises about wealth and lifestyle – you’re onto a winner.
Property investment courses are definitely worth it if you want a fully structured way to learn how to build your own property investment business and to learn if it’s really for you before jumping in head first.
Here at What The Flip: Property Investing we have loads of free resources, 99% of our content is free for property training and education, however we do offer paid structured courses to help people grow, scale and systemise a sustainable property investment and development company. We’re incredibly proud to provide real value – with no high-fives and dancing in a stuffy hotel room. You can learn from home with our remote online learning courses for property investing which is self-paced.
But we also have hours of free content on Youtube.
Is property investment a good career?
Property isn’t like a traditional career. People tend to get into investing in property from a few specific ways, it comes down to people who are exposed to the industry and see how rewarding it can be.
Being an Estate Agent
Estate agents see all the best houses and watch deals fly through. They work with owner-occupiers and also investors and they see first hand how developers and investors can take an old, unloved house and turn it into something beautiful which creates high returns and great cashflow every month while benefitting from capital appreciation.
Family who work in the trades or already invest in property
If you have family who already do this, whether they in the trades as an electrician, plumber or even a builder – you’ll see first-hand the opportunities the property market has to offer meaning you can get started from an earlier age. This will also give you exposure to how to manage property projects and what things cost when flipping and renovating.
Middle-lifers who want to escape their 9-5
Those who have bought a house or two of their own over a lifetime and don’t want to work in a 9-5 for the rest of their lives and instead begin building up a serious property business of Buy-to-Let and HMO’s to begin creating monthly cashflow to replace the job once and for all.
The problem is – each of these key people miss crucial experience. Estate agents and those who have family who work in the trades might not be exposed to professional business to teach risk management, project management, communicating effectively and other skills.
Likewise, somebody who chased a professional career might not be property-smart to understand how to work with trades, how a house renovation happens and in what order.
Property investment courses can help tie all this information together to refresh your knowledge in areas that you already know, as well as teaching you about the areas you’re not as strong in.
Best UK property investment courses
Here at What The Flip: Property Investing we have loads of free resources, 99% of our content is free for property training and education, however we do offer paid structured courses to help people grow, scale and systemise a sustainable property investment and development company. We’re incredibly proud to provide real value – with no high-fives and dancing in a stuffy hotel room. You can learn from home with our remote online learning courses for property investing which is self-paced.
But we also have hours of free content on Youtube.
When investing your money into furthering your education and knowledge you should consider:
Have they done it?
Are they practising what they preach? Are they sharing their active projects, the figures, their risks, problems, challenges and showing you the REAL side of property investment?
Are they still doing it?
Are they up to date with the latest strategies and industry news happening? Or did they work on a few properties about 10 years ago and now out of touch with the reality of property prices, strategies, working with trades and understanding how to build a sustainable business?
What do other people say?
Have they got public followers on their social media profiles? Do they have good reviews and testimonials?
Do you click with them?
It’s also all about the person! Do them come across as honest and trustworthy, has the brand got a good reputation? These are all very important.
Property investment courses online
Since the pandemic, we now have a way more digital and remote world which is awesome. The old-school property trainers often have multiple day training sessions in stuffy hotel rooms where a lot of the day is filled with clapping, dancing, high fives and a lot of up-selling onto the next level of expensive course that you don’t really need.
We offer awesome online property investment courses where you can learn at your own pace as well as watching the YouTube channel for inspiration and up to date advice on helping you build, scale and grow your sustainable property company and for a fraction of the price.
Learning online, remotely with property investment courses is a great way to kick start your business and propel yourself to get started in the industry, learn some tricks of the trade and begin building your wildly successful business.
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