Hello from the uk eager to learn

[Robb Dewey]

hiya guys, my name is Robb.

I find introductions hard.

I've been lurking for a while learning as much as I can. A lot of things seem to be different across the pond; but much seems to be transferable. 

I am currently trying to learn as much as possible as I'm sure all of you like minded people are.

I currently work full time (6 days/ 54 hours) and I am saving 1/3rd of my wages a month towards a 10-15k deposit and a little more for fees/repairs. (Trying I got to cover the education side for free or as close as possible)

I recently found out that not having credit is sometimes as bad as having bad credit so I am trying to raise my credit ahead of God only knows what.

Happy to be here and hope to one day share my "how I turned x into y and z" story with you all.

Kind regards,

Robb

[Richard Dyke]

Hi Robb

I just saw your post and thought I might be able to be of some help (nice to see a fellow Englishman on BiggerPockets!).

I've got some flats in west London (Ealing) which I self-manage (actually from where I live in Bergen in Norway). 4 websites which I found were very helpful for learning more about UK property investment are:

1. www.thepropertyhub.net (similar to Real Pockets but UK based and on a much smaller scale).

2. www.propertytribes.com

3. www.propertygeek.net

4. www.thepropertyvoice.net

Hope you find these useful - I'm sure that you will.

Please let me know if you would like any specific recommendations about resources to be found on these websites (podcasts, forums, articles, books etc.) or if I can be of any further help.

Interestingly, Southampton is one of the places that I've been considering for my next investment as the rental yields in London (and indeed large parts of South-East England) are now so low due to property prices being so high. Also, I remember being impressed with Southampton as a place to live when I worked there for a short period about 12 years ago. I understand that there has been quite a lot of development since then. 

With kind regards,

Richard