Hi Everyone, this is
a great idea, well done Jade!
So far I have spoken
to a neighbour who is a Mortgage Broker (calls himself the 'yes' man!), he gets
a lot of people who he can't help or they turn him down because of the
high interest rates.....I have suggested to him that he might point them
in my direction, and once they have sorted themselves out and got to a position
where they want to take up their option to buy, I can send them back to him
again for their mortgage.
Another
neighbour's mother has had a stroke and will not recover enough to be able to go
back home - what does she do with her house? She doesn't want to sell it,
its a loved family home built by her and her husband 60 years ago. Would you
want to rent it out not knowing if a tenant will look after it? Perhaps not.
Leave it empty? No. They are not quite ready yet to focus their minds on the
house issue, but I see an ideal solution where we could do a sandwich lease
option, where we might, say give a minimum time of two years before we could
take up the option, put a tenant buyer in there who, because they have a vested
interest in keeping it good, will take care of it - they don't need to worry
about maintenance etc - why would you
not do it?! Will keep you posted on progress......
The
other thought I had, and I have asked Dean about this is - whats to stop your
trading trust from taking a lease option on a rental from your LAQC (we
have a rental we not too enamoured with) and putting a tenant buyer in that?
I need to get further advice on this but I will let you all know when I find
out.
Love to know
what you're all doing, we can all help each other.
Regards,
Marion Cornthwaite