BF April 2010 Issue

132
Franchises over £300,000
Platinu m Property Partners
Investment level:
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£300,000 available equity
(£60,000 for passive options)
Website:
www.platinumpropertypartners.net
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Email:
info@platinumpropertypartners.net
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0845 293 2877
classification:
Professional services
PPP’s founders, Steve Bolton and Nick
Carlile, have both been in the property
business for most of their lives – Nick
is a qualiﬁ ed quantity surveyor, with
considerable experience in development
and negotiating discounted purchases, and
Steve has invested in both commercial
and residential property for many years,
primarily focused on achieving signiﬁ cant
cashﬂ ow. PPP’s core investment strategies
combine Steve and Nick’s expertise to
Hoimng in
offer their franchise and passive investment
partners the training, ongoing support and
access to joint venture opportunities that
result in everyone proﬁ ting, both today and
Secure your ﬁ nancial future with property investment for the long term. Steve and Nick ﬁ rmly
franchise Platinum Property Partners
believe in sharing both the risk and the
reward, so that all parties have a vested
interest in ensuring ongoing success.
D
ESPITE THE current uncertainty has tightened, buy-to-let investing has gone
“Property
Suky Walia, based in Nottingham,
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n the UK economy, Platinum from a ‘no money down’ proposition to
is not a ‘get
joined the PPP franchise in 2008. He had
Property Partners (PPP), one of the one requiring signiﬁ cant capital input at the worked for a number of years as an ofﬁ ce
UK’s most successful property companies outset. As a result, many of the amateurs
rich quick’
equipment engineer before setting up
and the world’s ﬁ rst investment franchise of and opportunists have dropped out of
business...”
his own company, employing a team of
its kind, believes property remains one of the the market as they don’t have the skills, engineers and salespeople. Although the
most secure wealth creation and retention resources, experience or desire to make it business was very successful, throughout
vehicles available to us. work for them long-term. his working life Suky had also made various
Property has long been a key investment property investments and began to realise
choice of the wealthy. Even where it the potential returns that could be made if
hasn’t been their primary business, he dedicated himself to it full time.
most millionaires and multi-millionaires Although he had some experience in
have signiﬁ cant portfolios, because they property, Suky hadn’t been making anywhere
understand that – unlike many other forms close to the returns PPP partners were
of investment – property always retains achieving and realised he had a lot to learn.
some intrinsic value. “Buying into proven systems for generating
PPP has reﬁ ned systems and proven cash ﬂ ow and having the enormous bank
strategies for building a property portfolio of knowledge, experience and professional
that delivers both cash ﬂ ow and an asset advice on tap whenever I need it is well
base that will almost certainly appreciate worth the investment in the franchise,” says
signiﬁ cantly. The uptake of both its hands-on Suky. “On my ﬁ rst buy to let purchase with
franchise business and passive investment PPP – which I got signiﬁ cantly below its true
opportunities certainly suggests property value and which I would never have bought
is the solution to long-term wealth and if I’d stuck to my old methods – I am making
pension provision that people have been £2,200 gross proﬁ t per month, and I have
looking for. just ﬁ nished renovating my second, which
In any business, cash ﬂ ow is king. The trap should gross over £2,500.”
too many amateur investors fell into in the Suky’s ﬁ rst two properties have estimated
past – particularly in the 12-year boom to current equity of £135,000, £50,000 of which
2007 – was a reliance on capital growth is clear proﬁ t, in addition to the £50,000
with little attention paid to monthly proﬁ ts. plus annual gross proﬁ t from rental income.
Property is not a ‘get rich quick’ business, it’s Needless to say, Suky is already in the process
a ‘get very rich, steadily’ business, and now of buying his third property – the ﬁ rst of four
that the availability of mortgage ﬁ nance
Founders Nick Carlile and Steve Bolton
purchases planned for 2010. ■
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