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Every body knows if they have kids it’s back to school or university, now buy-to-let students it’s your turn. First of all well done, you’ve successfully made it to the first class. I hope you are sitting comfortably – we shall begin. This advice is aimed at buy-to-let novices. People who it is assumed have no experience of prope According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product rty development or investment but are keen to know. First of all why buy to let? The most obvious answer is the returns. The returns from investing in residential property have been phenomenal over the last 10 years, even over the last five the price of the average UK house has almost doubled. But you knew that. We’re all aw ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in are that some investments go up at phenomenal rates. Gold has risen by 100% since September 2001. However, closer inspection of the statistics show that if you had bought gold at its peak on 21st January 1980 for ?371 per ounce you would have had to wait over 26 years to May 2006 to get your money back. Even then if you had held o lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. n to the investment, it would have come down to ?308 by September 2006 - a fall of 17%. It’s therefore not just about gains it’s also about stability, a characteristic that can definitely be attributed to property. In fact, residential prices have fallen only twice in real terms since records began and these falls were rapidly rev here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe rsed by subsequent rises. This particular characteristic is very important if you are investing for your pension or for the future. Shares have performed well over the long-term but their values can be subject to dramatic and sustained falls. This means that if you are just about to cash in you holdings; to fund a purchase or your d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro retirement, you may find that because of a sudden fall you could be suddenly short of your investment goal. The other attractive aspect about ‘buy-to-let’ is that returns can be derived from two sources: capital increases as property prices rise over the long-term and income from rent. One of the attractions to many investors is t ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc hat they can ‘gear up’ their investment by raising a mortgage. This can be significant; as much as 90% in some cases. There are ways of borrowing 100% of purchase costs and I will go into detail about this in the next article. Be clear about your objectives If you are thinking about ‘buy – to –let’ its important that you are easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi clear about your objectives. What do I mean by that? If your aim is to buy for your pension than you should be thinking long-term. Generally, property should be viewed as a medium (5-10 years) to long –term (15+ years) investment. Why is this? This is because transaction costs are relatively high. Purchase and selling costs can nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically amount to between 2.5% and 6% of the value of the property, so you are looking at it going up that much just to cover your costs. Equally, if you are purchasing something just for your kids to live in during their education. Buy somewhere that is conveniently located for the university, but also consider it attractiveness to purcha and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ sers upon resale. If you are buying as an income stream then it is important that you look to the type of investment that will give you the highest rent in relation to your costs. This relationship between income and capital cost is generally known as the yield. A ?100k apartment generating ?6k in rent would have a gross yield of ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi 6%. The current UK average for yield according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents was 5.24% (2nd qtr 2006). Have a look at LINK mystery of the yield for more information about this. It’s a business not an investment Where most new landlords come unstuck is in their initial approach. That is they equate being a ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a landlord as being a property investor. It is not. You are a small businessman, a small businessman with an investment business. If you approach the whole undertaking with the ‘light hearted’ view that it is just a case of handing over the cash and then 20 years later collecting the profits; you will have an unpleasant shock and wil dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod also potentially fail. But I thought property investing is easy? It isn’t difficult, but to be a successful landlord you need to approach the whole undertaking in an organised business like manner to secure the maximum benefit. This means being prepared to put in time and effort to get your investment off the ground and then furt cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin her effort to effectively manage it effectively. It’s no good thinking that a property investment is like have money in the building society. There are things that you will need to do to ensue once bought that your investment keeps on track. If you accept this you will probably be surprised at how little effort is involved one you tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen are organised. But start with the right approach and you are half way to securing your investment goals. How much time do I want to spend? The time involved once you have bought your property will depend to a large degree on whether you employ an agent to manage your investment or not. In my book Landlords Bible, I actually t? As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel go into some depth on the time you can expect to spend on this and compare the different approaches. One of the tables is included below examining the time implications of managing the initial letting. DIY MANAGEMENT – TIME IMPLICATIONS Step no. Description No.hrs 1 Drawing up a marketing plan 0.5 2 Placing your add & ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust ayment 0.5 3 Setting up viewings 0.75 4 Viewings 4* 5 Selecting preferred tenant 0.5 6 References, credit checks 0.5 7 Organising move 0.25 8 Property hand over 1 Total 8 * possibility of reducing it to zero My personal view is that unless you buy a property in another part of th y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products e country making ‘day to day’ management unfeasible; then I would always advice an ‘absolute beginner’ to manage their first property themselves for at least the first 6-12 months. Why? So that you can get to grips with what it’s all about. You will learn quickly about: getting tenants in, tenancy agreements, what management is al . As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de l about and what happens when sometimes things go wrong. This all means that you are in a better position should you subsequently decide to employ an agent; to know what to expect and whether they are doing their job properly. It should also give you the experience and the confidence to take matters back into your control to rectif elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip y the situation. If you don’t get this experience early on; the danger is that you remain in the dark about how the business operates making your more vulnerable of being exploited by unscrupulous agents and other ‘shadowy’ figures in the business. You are more vulnerable to coming a serious ‘cropper’ if things do start to go wrong tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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