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Buy to Let the Key Steps, Stuart Powers
An excellent little guide for anyone considering a Buy-to-Let investment. The author goes through the 5 key steps he feels are needed to be successful as a residential landlord. |
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Retire Rich with
a Property Pension by Nick Braun
PhD. This highly acclaimed new book shows how you can save thousands in tax by investing in property through your very own property pension fund. The calculations in the book reveal that you could end up with as much as 140% more income by using a pension plan and cut the income tax on your entire salary to zero. The book covers all the April 2006 changes and is written in plain English with numerous clear examples. The changes to the pension rules will have an enormous impact on how much wealth and income you can accumulate by investing in property so this book is essential reading. |
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Buying Bargains at Property Auctions
by Howard Gooddie
Every week, hundreds of commercial and residential properties are sold at auction in Britain, often at bargain prices. Author and property auctioneer Howard Gooddie spells out how straightforward the auction route can be and divulges the tips and practices of this relatively unknown world |
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Be Your Own Financial Advisor by
Jonquil Lowe (Which? Guide)
Shows you how to clarify your financial needs and create a plan to meet them, just as a personal financial adviser would do for you. Profiles the different products (investments, pensions, savings, insurance and mortgages) and explains how they could fit into your plan - covers new schemes such as ISAs, Buy-to-Let etc. Take control of your money, with "Be Your Own Financial Adviser". |
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The Intelligent Investor by
Benjamin Graham
An investment classic which lays down the foundations of value investing. This book inspired Warren Buffett to become the world's greatest ever investor! |
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One Up On Wall Street by Peter
Lynch
Peter Lynch successfully managed Fidelity's Magellan fund, the largest mutual fund in the world. The book relates his experiences and he suggests the common-sense basics of where to look around for good companies, and some of their hallmarks. |
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The Warren Buffett Way by Robert
G Hagstrom
This fascinating book covers his life and his innovative, highly successful investment theories and tactics that encourage investors to act like owners - some lessons here for property investors as well as stock pickers. |
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The Warren Buffett Portfolio by
Robert G Hagstrom
In The Warren Buffett Portfolio, Hagstrom shows how Buffett and others use the idea of focus investing to organise a winning portfolio. This book looks at the mathematics, the psychology, and the mental models necessary to build a successful portfolio. |
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Buffettology by Mary Buffet
& David Clark
A guide to the techniques and strategies of Warren Buffett, the successful American investor. Using his system to assess a company's potential economic excellence and the right price to pay for its stock, the book demonstrates the actual mathematical models and equations. These techniques can be directly applied to property investment. |
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Buffettology Workbook by Mary
Buffett and David Clark
This workbook guides readers step-by-step through the same process millionaire investor Warren Buffett uses when deciding what to invest in, and when. |
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Value Investing by Bruce
Greenweld et al
Bruce Greenwald is one of the leading authorities on value investing. Some of the savviest people on Wall Street have taken his Columbia Business School executive education course on the subject. Now this dynamic and popular teacher, with some colleagues, reveals the fundamental principles of value investing, the one investment technique that has proven itself consistently over time. |
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The Essays of
Warren Buffett: Lessons for Investors and Managers,
Revised Edition by Lawrence Cunningham
Lloyd's List,
10 May 2002 |
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Probate Guide by Gill Cockburn
Probate is the process whereby the deceased's executors apply for authority to handle the deceased assets. This guide provides the information and instructions needed to obtain a grant of probate, or grant of letters of administration, and administer an estate without the expense of a solicitor. |
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Don't Pay Too Much
Inheritance Tax by Tony Foreman
Help and information to reduce or even eliminate the impact of inheritance tax. Sets out in detail which assets are taxable and which are not, explains how assets are valued, and how to minimize the liability to pay inheritance tax. There are case studies, advice on how wills and trusts can lessen exposure to inheritance tax, and guidance on the role life assurance and pensions play in further reducing inheritance tax payments. |
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Buffett by Roger Lowenstein
This is one of the all-time-great books on a true investment genius. A truly gripping read - I can highly recommend it to anyone interested in making money make money - Editor. |
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Value Investing in Real
Estate by Gary W Eldred
The US book shows investors how to select property investments that meet the proven and universal investment criteria first explained by Ben Graham and later made famous by his one-time student at Columbia University, Warren Buffett. It reveals why, at current relative prices, value investing in real estate will likely out perform value investing in stocks. |
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Making Money in
Real Estate: How to Build Financial Independence with
Residential and Commercial Property by Carolyn Janik
Overcoming naive notions of a "sure thing" and constantly appreciating assets, a guide to real estate investing helps readers navigate the tricky waters of property ownership and all its investment potential. Another US title with more than a little relevance to the UK property market. |
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The Allied Dunbar Pensions
Handbook by Anthony Reardon
A secure, good performing pension is no longer a luxury but a necessity. The complexity of pension schemes currently available has left investors needing guidance. Where should they turn to manage their own wealth after retirement? The Zurich Pensions Handbook. |
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The Which? Guide to
Pensions by Jonquil Lowe
This guide covers topics such as: how much to save; what the state provides; the employer's schemes; alternatives to pension plans such as ISAs; choices if you change jobs; dependent relatives, redundancy and divorce considerations; tracing old pensions; claiming pensions, and tax issues. |
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Financial Mail Complete Guide
to Planning Your Retirement by Stephen Womack
A comprehensive guide to all aspects of pensions and planning your retirement that delivers a wealth of information and expert advice in jargon-free language. Stephen Womack shows how to plan for a secure and more prosperous future by following a few simple steps, and provides summary checklists of do’s and don’ts. |
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A Simple Guide to Pensions by
John Claxton
Providing up-to-date and objective advice, this guide is written for anyone looking at pensions, from first provision to those nearing retirement. The author details the choices surrounding pension options: state pensions, personal pensions and occupational schemes. |
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Building Wealth by Russ
Whitney
US book for those wanting to turn a dream of wealth and financial security into reality, this book describes exactly what it takes. It reveals self-help techniques for changing one's attitude to money, and how to achieve a positive credit rating, regardless of credit history. |
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Starting &
Running a B&B: A Practical Guide to Setting Up and
Managing a Bed and Breakfast Business by Stewart Whyte, Nigel Jess Written for would-be and current B&B owners, this guide helps you assess the viability of starting and running your own B&B, with tools to make the most of your opportunities. |
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Open Your Own
Bed and Breakfast: Completely Revised and Expanded by
Barbara Notarius
This fourth edition guide to opening and running a bed and breakfast covers all the bases, including evaluating a home's assets and liabilities, determining charges for services, insurance, taxes, legal liabilities, advertising and promotion, working with reservation services, and much more. Now features: new chapters on using the Internet and online marketing resource considerations; and a completely updated appendix on marketing and promoting. |
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Starting and
Running a Holiday Cottage Business (Small Business
Start-ups S.) by Gillean Sangster Many people dream of buying a house in the country or near the coast, with outbuildings that can be converted into holiday lets; or of taking over an existing holiday cottage business. Gillean Sangster did it. She moved to Scotland with her husband where they started their own successful holiday cottage business. In this book she tells you how you can do it too. |
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Making Money
from Holiday Lets: A Start Up Handbook for Buying and
Letting Holiday Homes by Jackie Taylor
This handbook gives practical advice on all aspects of buying and letting holiday homes - including holiday flats, cottages and larger self-catering complexes. It includes useful addresses, web sites and further reading. |
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Downshifters Guide to Relocation
by Chris Sangster, Gillean Sangster
According to recent research 40 per cent of the workforce under the age of 35 are making serious plans to downshift, with 1.3 million people hoping to make the break before 2013. As with the thousands who are already living the dream, most will think it's the best thing they ever did. But some may miss the sophistication of city life. It's not easy to move back so you really need to think whether you are making the right decision. If you are, this book will help you prepare properly. |
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