{"id":62924,"date":"2004-07-24T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2004-07-23T23:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-diary-of-a-buy-to-let-virgin\/"},"modified":"2017-08-06T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T05:29:43","slug":"the-diary-of-a-buy-to-let-virgin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-diary-of-a-buy-to-let-virgin\/","title":{"rendered":"The diary of a buy-to-let virgin"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAre you mad to invest in a buy-to-let property at a time when prices are so high? Are novice landlords squeezing out other buyers, or even making people homeless, as we highlight in our cover story? In a series beginning this week, Jobs & Money will chart the success – or otherwise – of a first-time investor in buy-to-let. This is Vanessa Whitting’s story so far …Last autumn, I received some alarming projections of what I can expect to be living on in retirement. Imagining myself warming my meal of cat food on a camping stove (is warm cat food better than cold?), I decided to explore what could be done to improve my prospects. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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