Investors Tool Kit
Time management – get good at it
Whether you are full time or part time, don’t waist time, try and concentrate on income generating activities during your core working hours. Have consistency in your time management; you may want to do some activities at the same time each day. I always do my viewings (where possible) in the mornings, that way the agent gets to know my routine and it allows me to be more flexible with my afternoons for any emergency’s or last minute panics. Plus it becomes habit. Here is a list of activities, if you get into the habit of doing will save you time.
Create a to-do list each night for the following day. I know even before I start my day exactly what I am going to be doing, it will save you so much time.
Always have a notebook and pen handy, that way you can write things down as they happen and add them to your to-do list in the evening.
Learn how to prioritise your tasks; most admin tasks can be done at the end of the day.
Don’t waist time on the Internet, set yours a timetable if you have to and stick to it.
Here is a typical day in the life of property investor Deena Honey
8-9am |
School run and personal training |
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9-10am |
Emails, www.rightmove.co.uk research, confirm any viewings with agents. |
10-1pm |
Allocated for viewings, this may vary but is mostly a morning activity |
1-2pm |
Try and take a lunch break |
2-5pm |
This is flexible time and it can include many things such as: Working out offers on property’s viewed Discussing offers with agents Lots of telephone work with JV partners, solicitors, brokers etc etc |
