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Terrible suffering in BTL land reported daily...

FungusFighter
FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
....but not for the BTLers on this board:rolleyes: Hmmm...

Martin wants us to behave and get real, so how about a bit of honesty?:beer:

Come on BTLers, anyone going to own up to beinig deep in the do-do?:confused:
You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
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  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    where's your sources - or is it just another soundbite?
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    Dan: wrote: »
    where's your sources - or is it just another soundbite?

    Everywhre mate, just name your media :beer:
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • Dan:_4
    Dan:_4 Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    FungusFighter wrote: »
    Everywhre mate, just name your media :beer:

    Hows business this week anyway?
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Dan: wrote: »
    where's your sources - or is it just another soundbite?
    Links? Too lazy to Google?

    Here's some terms that you might find useful when searching.

    BTL Nightmare.
    BTL dream turns sour.
    BTL disaster
    BTL rip off
    BTL wrecked my marriage
    BTL turned me gay

    It's all out there Dan.
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    Dan: wrote: »
    Hows business this week anyway?

    Business is booming like I told yer alst week:beer:

    Peeps is dropping like flies cos the weather keeps going from mild to freezing;)
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • Geenie
    Geenie Posts: 1,213 Forumite
    The BTLers I know are doing very well, and wanting to buy more now that interest rates have dropped! :eek: :D

    Sorry if this info isn't what you wanted to hear, but where, what and when you bought has made a difference.Some were canny then others!


    "Life is difficult. Life is a series of problems. What makes life difficult is that the process of confronting and solving problems is a painful one." M Scott Peck. The Road Less Travelled.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    FungusFighter wrote: »
    Come on BTLers, anyone going to own up to beinig deep in the do-do?:confused:
    Fungus you need to learn that no BTL can fail.

    Firstly they are all in it for the long term and no one can argue that over the long term (we could be talking half a century here) house prices will rise.

    Next that even if house prices have dipped, not that they necessarily have, but even if they do then obviously they will just buy more, and be even more wealthy.

    On the yield front (bit complicated this) basically it means rent v. mortgage, then yields are always good. Not specified necessarily, but definitely good.

    All BTL owners on here are blessed with uncanny good fortune, having always bought and sold at the ideal time. They also have the blessing to have bought in areas unaffected by such trivia as a global housing crash.

    You must finally appreciate that it is not the done thing to raise objections such as BTL's pricing out FTB's from the market. Far from it. The truth is that they stepped in when prices shot up in order to provide the FTB's with cumfurtable and luvverly below market cost rental accomodation.

    In short the BTL's are saints, and the rest of us are not worthy.
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    Geenie wrote: »
    The BTLers I know are doing very well, and wanting to buy more now that interest rates have dropped! :eek: :D

    Sorry if this info isn't what you wanted to hear, but where, what and when you bought has made a difference.Some were canny then others!

    They all say thaat :beer:

    Trouble is it's mostly botox to cover up that they are in the pooh;)

    Trying to find an honest BTLer is like trying to find a thing that's very hard to find:rotfl:
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
  • ad44downey
    ad44downey Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    Links? Too lazy to Google?

    Here's some terms that you might find useful when searching.

    BTL Nightmare.
    BTL dream turns sour.
    BTL disaster
    BTL rip off
    BTL wrecked my marriage
    BTL turned me gay

    It's all out there Dan.
    'BTL spivs ruin world economy and get off scot free' is another good one
    Krusty & Phil Madoff, 1990 - 2007:
    "Buy now because house prices only ever go UP, UP, UP."
  • FungusFighter
    FungusFighter Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    ad44downey wrote: »
    'BTL spivs ruin world economy and get off scot free' is another good one

    You missed out "greedy":rotfl:
    You can't win an argument with a stupid person.

    I'm dyslexic ie I can't be @rsed to check for typos
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