Mastering Property Investments

Buy property that pays for itself.

Most people buy property on emotion and hope the numbers work out. Master Property Investors do the calculation first, and buy only what pays for itself from the day the tenant moves in.

In this practical guide, accountant and property investor Peter J.A. Jansen van Rensburg sets out the seven-step Roadmap to Financial Freedom Through Property he developed over more than twenty years. At its heart is one test, the Formula For Profitable Property Investments: does this property grow your wealth fast enough to reach your financial freedom goal, and can you hold it if the market turns against you?

You will learn how to:

• Work out your Financial Freedom Goal and the growth rate your investments must beat


• Find motivated sellers and the deals other buyers miss


• Test any deal before you sign, with a clear BUY or NO BUY answer and a Worst Case reserve


• Buy properties that need no cash at the start and pay for themselves every month


• Choose between your own name, a trust or a company, and why a company held by a trust with an independent trustee protects you best


• Finance deals when the banks say no, including instalment sales and seller funding


• Negotiate, build your team, choose tenants and complete a full due diligence


• Keep every property through rate hikes, vacancies and bad tenants, so you never have to sell

Includes the Property Max Investment Software. Enter any property and the Excel-based software calculates the return, the monthly cash flow, the tax for a company, trust or individual, and the cash reserve you need to stay safe.

With five case studies, worked examples, a due diligence checklist, example agreements of sale and leases, an instalment sale agreement, a business plan for the bank, a glossary and answers to the questions investors ask most, this is the book for anyone who wants property to fund their financial freedom, from the first-time buyer to the seasoned investor building a portfolio.

Written for South African investors, with principles that apply wherever you invest.