If you are just starting out in your property investing journey, perhaps you have gravitated to one of the popular strategies being touted as "the way to go" for building a portfolio. These strategies include Rent2Rent, Rent2SA (serviced accommodation), Comm2Resi (commercial-to-residential conversion), Buy-to-Let, HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupation), BRR/BRRR (Buy-Refurbish-Rent-Refinance) and Purchase Lease Options.

Yet, despite this wide diversity of strategies, they all have one thing in common: they are heavily dependent on either, 1) being able to borrow money, 2) having ready-made savings, or 3) both! Even the way lease options are promoted requires the investor to be able to cover upfront costs, perhaps get a bridging loan, and later take out bank finance if the property is not being on-sold

So, where does that leave you? As a new investor with limited funds and working knowledge, how can you realistically get started? What if someone, like me, could introduce you to a proven strategy that was once the most popular way in property when the banks stopped lending after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis! Read on!

Let's look at the consequences of "groupthink" and how "following the herd" can lead to being blinded from the warning signals over the horizon that the masses can't see. We need to step back and look at the ramifications of what builders, developers and investors can incur when their strategies are responsible for creating an oversupply of a certain type of housing. Have you not noticed in the big cities across the country how the word "house" has been morphed into the word "home", and how that word is really a misnomer for something that I call a "shoebox apartment", while others call it a "coffin apartment"?