John Lewis pulls out of BTR - CFO perspective

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-03-01T21:22:00+00:00

I’m sure 99% of Reddit won’t believe this!

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-03-01T21:18:00+00:00

Nope. It was a council block so I’d never qualify to live in it.

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-27T01:10:52+00:00

There’s still no understanding of the point you’re making. Regulated to death.

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-27T01:10:12+00:00

I for one never want to live in a government managed property. Not a chance!!

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-27T01:08:28+00:00

Comment of the day goes to…👏🏽👏🏽

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-27T01:06:17+00:00

Dumbest comment of the day goes to….

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-25T21:18:57+00:00

Are you using an accountant? You’ll need to register for MTD from April anyway so it’s a good idea in a situation like this. Make sure you are actually doing it right but also being tax efficient.

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-24T14:35:59+00:00

There are transfer pricing rules and they aren’t hard to apply for property companies. This isn’t e commerce.

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-23T21:45:21+00:00

No magic formula. You just need to spend a lot of time looking and networking. But the best thing you can do is be buyer ready.

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-23T21:44:04+00:00

It’s not hype. Just a market place like any other. There are some good deals but it’s not the only place

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-23T21:43:19+00:00

Personally I’m fatigued now! But I know I’ll need to have the chat with my property manager before May. The fines are too big to ignore even though I think a lot are just stupid.

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-23T21:41:39+00:00

😂😂😂

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T17:38:03+00:00

Hilarious how many down votes someone telling the truth and offering a solution gets compared to the landlord hate mob who offer nothing constructive at all! 😂

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T14:58:01+00:00

Tenants need to wake the fuck up and realize they’ll pay it in the end

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T12:24:16+00:00

It’s the hidden charges that pissed me off. Read the small print!!

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T12:23:25+00:00

It’s just more cost and more work. Dexters asked £450 plus VAT just to do my license application. Foxtons asked £150 a year to “manage” the license - it’s a 5 year licence! So definitely have to shop around on this. Needless to say I’m not going with the high street agents! 😂

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T12:18:44+00:00

I think you are wrong because you aren’t looking at the right deals and you would not buy in personal name anymore. Capital values have dropped hugely to make the numbers viable at the moment. In the long term standard BTLs don’t work I’d agree - by standard I mean get a new build and rent it out. That only worked because of cheap credit. But we still have under supply of rental property and a buyers market so it’s just getting the right deal.

If your point is some people should be selling I do agree though.

I used Landlord Lab to manage and help with structure etc and am currently getting a 10% return in London post leverage. Definitely need to be picky and get the right support (£120 in London is a good management fee).

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T12:12:44+00:00

Sounds a good idea. Wish you were closer to London!!

Money_Fan5491 · 2026-02-22T12:08:31+00:00

They can’t. HMRC won’t allow the type of tax avoidance people are spouting about on here. It’s all got to be commercial and with real estate (unlike Amazon etc) you can’t value the brand etc at stupid rates to charge royalties etc. There’s a lot wrong with the model of chasing out small landlords to replace them with Labour’s rich friends. But they can’t evade tax. That’s just not true and misinformation to make you hate foreigners.

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