FC Business – May 2011
The Most Profitable Property Investments in the UK today…
Platinum Property Partners is a franchise opportunity that enables its franchise owners to buy, refurbish and rent out residential UK buy-to-let investment property in the most profitable manner possible.
The PPP business model is unique in franchising because it combines a proven and highly profitable business model, with safe, secure and appreciating property assets, that also provide for future capital growth.
Case Study: Paul & Linda Cronin -Market beating returns and a better quality of life…
After building an impressive corporate career, Paul Cronin felt the urge to run his own business. He and his wife, Linda, now own a Platinum Property Partners franchise, through which they are building a highly profitable property portfolio in Berkshire and Surrey.
Paul explains: “When we first ventured into the world of property investment, a few years ago, we were buying and selling property as well as steadily building a buy to let portfolio. What we found was that our buy to lets were only breaking even or making a small profit each month and trading property was a time-consuming and risky business. In the end we realised it was a lot of effort for not as great a return as we might have hoped. The benefit of long term capital growth attracted us but it did not provide a great income. At that time we didn’t realise that there was a better way.”
“Before setting out on our own again, Linda and I recognised that we needed a better return on investment in respect of both our time and money. The PPP Franchise and other Platinum Partners investment options on offer, have provided us with the types of financial returns from property that quite frankly, we never knew existed and, at first glance, appeared to be too good to be true.”
Paul and Linda joined PPP in mid-2010 focusing on the investment locations of Bracknell, Camberley and Frimley. In less than a year the couple have now bought, refurbished and rented out three PPP properties that now generate a combined profit from rental income alone (after all operating costs – mortgage, maintenance, bills, allowance for voids, etc) of £4,200 every month (£50,400 per annum). A superb return from just three buy to let properties and a testament to the profitability and unique nature of the PPP Franchise business and its underlying investment strategy. Paul and Linda’s total capital investment on the three purchases was £264,000. An overall return on investment of 19 per cent is market leading and one of the reasons why PPP continues to be the fastest growing premium franchise brand in UK history.
Linda, comments: “A large part of our decision to join PPP was down to the integrity of the founders and quality of the network – both professional advisors and the other franchise owners”.
Paul says, “Linda and I are enjoying more time together while giving something back; we’ve found a way to address the balance between input and return and are enjoying all the personal and financial rewards of running our own business”.
Paul and Linda are planning to continue building their PPP property portfolio and they were attracted to the fact that the business can be fully systemised and operated by staff, allowing them to have a passive income stream. Like most PPP Franchise Partners, Paul and Linda expect to build a £2 to £5 million portfolio within the next 2 to 5 years and generate a six figure passive income from their portfolio. Unlike most buy to let investment strategies, Paul and Linda know that future capital growth on their portfolio is a bonus, as opposed to the foundation of their financial security.
Paul comments: “We are in a very unique group of property investors who do not have to wait for many years to see our portfolio rise in value to make a good profit. Month in month out our properties produce an income that we can rely upon and one that helps supplement our lifestyle. Future growth on our portfolio is an added bonus and once our portfolio is complete we expect to have £3 million of market leading income producing property.
“Whilst we don’t rely on capital growth, it is very reassuring to know that just 10% capital growth on this portfolio would produce a £300,000 capital gain. We have a 10 year plan and it would be an extremely negative person who does not believe that the UK property market won’t experience more than a 10% gain in the next decade.”
The PPP Franchise model is very well explained and documented in the Amazon best-selling book – The 7 Biggest Mistakes Made by Property Investors and How to Avoid Them.
