Imagine if your child was already financially independent by the age of 25. How proud would that make you feel?
With the UK’s massive housing shortage, rents are being pushed higher and higher. This means more private landlords are urgently needed, and buy-to-let is the ideal business to begin at a young age.
Your child can buy a property as soon as they turn 18, and by starting with low-value, high-yield homes, they can slash the costs of getting going and earn excellent short-term returns to reinvest.
Whether or not you’re an experienced landlord yourself, you can help your child begin their rental investment journey towards a happy and successful life - surely every parent’s dream.
With that in mind, this week’s blog is packed with tips for supporting your child to save up, secure their first rental property, and build their own successful buy-to-let business for a solid financial future.
The Bank of Mum & Dad has become the only way many first-time buyers can get on the property ladder, but there are various ways you can give your child a helping hand.
As well as helping your children into property ownership, incentivising them to save and seeing the rewards will give them valuable skills in financial management that they can use forever.
While buy-to-let is much better viewed as a long-term investment strategy, there are short-term ways to get to the first 2 or 3 properties that can set your child up for life.
The key is to look at yields rather than capital growth to begin, and the areas of Scotland, Wales and North East England that currently offer yields of around 9% are a great way to build up a savings pot for the next purchase.
Remember that we’re only talking in the short term here. You can change the house prices, yields, mortgage terms and locations that work for you, but that’s a pretty solid plan for using buy-to-let to speed up the process of owning more than one property.
Owning our own home is a top priority for us Brits, but depending on their circumstances, your child might be better off buying their first property as a rental investment. Here’s why.
So while home ownership is certainly a dream worth holding onto, becoming a landlord first could prove a faster route to a secure financial future.
If you have a child at university who’s renting in a house share, you could flip the idea on its head and help them buy a property to live in as a landlord with other students as lodgers.
So as well as providing them with a home, starting out as a live-in landlord can teach your child how the property market works for both sales and lettings.
As well as great entertainment and distraction, social media has a remarkable amount of information and inspiration about becoming a landlord. Some of the best we’ve come across include:
With so many young people feeling they’ll never own a property, it’s all about showing them that it is possible. And as soon as your child starts following investors and experts, the platforms will feed them more similar content to plant the seed of becoming a successful landlord.
What’s your next step?
If you’re unsure about any of this and want to talk to a real person about becoming a landlord on the Wilton & Salisbury area or anywhere else, why not get in touch?
We’d love to answer your questions and help your child begin their journey as a property investor, so call us on 01722 580059 or email us at info@piccoloproperty.co.uk to set up a time to chat.
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