BUY UGLY DUCKLINGS

I visited a property recently with a would-be investor friend who was looking for a property to buy, renovate and then sell – a “trade” in this case, but the same idea applies to buy-and-hold rentals.

The deal we checked lacked a certain aesthetic charm… Well, any charm really. The paint was a weird beige colour, some of the boards had chipped, the driveway was a gravel mess, the paving