Small Asset Yields

Rents, void risk and returns on genuinely cheap property

Small assets such as garages, lock-ups and storage units can be bought for the price of a used car, but whether a particular one is worth buying depends on the numbers. This book teaches you to work them out honestly before the money moves. It picks out the few figures that decide whether a small asset is worth owning, and shows where to find reliable local data for free. You will learn why the rent is the number that decides your fate and the one people are least honest about, and why the guide price in an auction catalogue is only the start of the full cost stack. The appraisal is stress-tested for a bad month, a long void and a rate rise. A complete worked example appraises a single lock-up garage from start to finish, and the final chapter reduces the method to a repeatable sequence and names the legal questions it cannot answer, from title to access. Next in this series: “Titles, Access and Planning”.

What’s inside

• The only numbers that actually matter
• Where to find reliable local data for free
• Working out true income, not optimistic income
• The full cost stack nobody mentions
• Stress-testing for the bad month, the long void and the rate rise
• A complete worked example, start to finish
• Your deal calculator, and the legal questions it cannot answer

Educational material only, not financial, legal or tax advice. Results are not typical and are not a guarantee of income. Freedom Property Academy LTD, registered in England and Wales.