“Many people look at the average UK figures and think that the market as a whole is rising. This is not the case. The fact is that the London housing market should be seen as separate from the rest of the country, where housing values are actually falling. The rising London market is disguising the falls elsewhere,” said Mr Otton.

London Prices Can Be Distracting

The Guardian reports that a range of factors, including a weaker Pound, increased interest from overseas property investors, and short supply of housing stock have driven the London market up – in contrast to the falling prices in the majority of UK regions. In the north, new build prices have actually fallen 10% in the past five years.

“People outside of London need to exercise caution in developing their property investment strategies. This includes being clear that rising prices in London don’t mean they should overcommit to bank loans to buy a regional property, and be left high and dry should the value falls,” said Mr Otton.

“Likewise, a rising London market means that people trying to get into that market are going to need to embrace more innovative property investment approaches if they are to be on the track to long term wealth.”

“Strong growth in the London market actually means it will be even harder for those people trying to meet bank requirements to take out a home loan. Anyone with not enough saved for a deposit, a poor credit record or unstable employment – such as the the self-employed and freelancers – is going to be up against increased opposition.”

“We need to move away from thinking that the bank’s way is the only way to enable us to make money in property,” Otton added.

Mr Otton’s property investment strategies show investors how to get into the property market without a bank mortgage, existing property equity, stamp duty or a deposit.

To provide an insight into his techniques, Mr Otton is offering no-charge access to a Power Property Profits Pack as a download via his website http://www.RickOtton.co.uk

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property options strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

More information: http://www.RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

“This is yet another example of how buyers, and first home buyers in particular, are being squeezed out of the market,” said Mr Otton. “The very thing which makes the UK market attractive to investors is the same thing which makes it harder to people to buy homes.”

“The UK already has a shortage of affordable housing, with millions of people struggling to achieve their dream of home ownership through traditional lenders – the banks. Now that they are up against US institutional investors as well, it’s clear that alternative real estate investment strategies need to be used if they are to get a foot in the door.”

According to the Wall Street Journal, US investors are attracted to the UK housing market by growing positive momentum, some of which can be attributed to new household formation growing almost three times as fast as additional housing.

“The number of people in the UK who own their own home has been going backwards, with 200,000 less home owners now than four years ago. We know that it’s hard for people to get into the market, and these figures show that it’s hard to stay in the market,” said Mr Otton.

“With increased competition from institutional investors making scarce property less affordable, it’s going to be even harder for people to borrow from traditional banks. This is where my alternative strategies will help people get into, and stay in, the market.”

Mr Otton’s real estate investment strategies show investors how to get into the property market without a bank mortgage, existing property equity, stamp duty or a deposit.

To provide an insight into his techniques, Mr Otton is offering a Power Property Profits Pack as a free download via his website http://www.RickOtton.co.uk

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property options strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

More information: http://www.RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

Real estate millionaire and mentor, Rick Otton, who transacts his own property investment through his We Buy Houses business, says the news is a good sign for the UK rental market. However, he has urged individual investors to not jump on the real estate investing bandwagon before exploring all of the property options available to help them to achieve their property goals.

“With institutional investors pledging to pour in billions of dollars into the UK rental property market, it’s crucial that the man-in-the-street investors educate themselves about how to invest in property using creative strategies that fall outside the norm,” Mr Otton said.

“Property investors who rely on finance from traditional sources may find themselves at the mercy of the banks, and in using existing real estate investment methods they may be negatively impacted by a fluctuating economy.”

According to property consultant CBRE, about 30 institutions are set to develop or buy blocks of homes to let in the UK. They are being enticed to do so by the promise of government financial incentives and stable, sustainable returns (in comparison to commercial real estate).

The total return for UK private rented housing, which includes rental income and rises in property values, was 8.9% in 2012, outperforming the 2.7% return from offices, shops and warehouses, data from Investment Property Databank shows.

Progressive property solutions

Mr Otton is known in the UK as the creator of “How to Buy a House for a Pound” and for his out-of-the-box strategies which do not require investors or home owners to have access to a bank mortgage, equity from an existing property, stamp duty or a deposit to invest in property.

He has just held a highly successful UK property investment conference, the ‘Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference’, where he shared his powerful and easy-to-copy ‘no-money down’ strategies with established and aspiring investors.

“Creating long-term wealth and financial freedom through real estate investing is an art that can be acquired through skilfully applying alternative methods which I have already shared with tens of thousands of students around the world,” Mr Otton said.

“These including securing positive cashflow from your property portfolio from day one.”

For more information about Rick Otton, visit RickOtton.co.uk

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property options strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

More information: http://www.RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

“From the time the event was announced, we knew that the event would be sold-out” said Mr Otton. “But to have a room full of people who arrived already prepared to embrace a mindset shift regarding real estate investing – well, that was simply amazing!”

“Many of the delegates were those who missed out on securing places at the 2012 conference. Because they asked us to keep them informed about our plans for 2013, they were in an ideal position to snap up tickets at early-bird pricing” explained Mr Otton. “And we will extend the same courtesy to those who let us know that they were unable to join us last weekend.”

Over the three-day real estate conference, Mr Otton took delegates through the different strategies that he uses to buy and sell real estate without bank involvement. For many years he has helped everyday Brits to become property investors, and to grow property portfolios without investing a great deal of their own money.

Two of the most popular of these strategies are Property Options and Instalment Contracts, both of which assist buyers to become home owners, and sellers to get the price they want for their properties.

“I never tire of watching the faces of delegates at my conferences, seminars and workshops” said Mr Otton. “It is wonderful to see the exact moment when the penny drops. When I see that dawn of realisation appear on their faces, I know that they have stepped away from the mindset that the banks want us to have – that one that says we can’t invest in real estate without borrowing their money.”

The fact that Mr Otton’s property investment career has spanned three decades, and that he is considered to be one of the most forward-thinkers in the field, is testament to the fact that the strategies he shares are learnable and workable for the man in the street.

“When people think of the term ‘property investor’ they often picture someone who already has some sizable cash behind them” Mr Otton explained. “But while some of my students are established property investors who are looking to learn some more current techniques, most are everyday men and women who have embraced the non-traditional methods I use to both buy and sell real estate.”

“It has been truly gratifying to be able to share my knowledge with such an forward-thinking group of people.”

To learn more about Rick Otton’s strategies for real estate investing, visit RickOtton.com

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property option strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

Details of Mr Otton’s UK Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference can be found at RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

The well-regarded investor, and one of the UKs best-known property millionaires, Simon Zutshi, said “Rick is really the world expert on property options so he is the best person to learn from. He is also a great teacher and mentor.”

Ben Rogers, who was already active in property investment when he attended Mr Otton’s 2009 conference says he has grown his portfolio by using each of Otton’s strategies to devastating effect.

“Rick is obviously a world expert in his field and he is a pleasure to learn from. A great presenter, a great tutor. Rick is the Godfather of options!” said Mr Rogers.

Mindset Shift Is The Key

Mr Otton believes that those who come to his conference with an open mind, willing to embrace new, somewhat unconventional, property investment strategies, are the ones who will succeed as Simon, Ben and countless others have done.

“Too many people are still locked into the belief that they need to apply to the banks to get a loan in order to invest in property” said Mr Otton. “But these former students of mine are proof positive that this is not the case.”

“I’ve been buying and selling real estate for over 20 years without borrowing a penny from the banks – if I can do it, so can each and every person who is open to learning my techniques” he continued. “At the conference there will be many others present who have learned from past events, but who are turning up again to learn about the new strategies I’ve developed in the last 12 months.”

Mr Otton’s Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference was being held in Maidenhead, England from 19-21 April 2013.

Details at RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property option strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

Details of Mr Otton’s UK Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference can be found at RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

Since Mr Otton introduced the concept of ‘property options’ to the UK real estate market in 2003, has continued to deliver innovative strategies that have seen everyday men and women become property investors, without bank involvement.

His rent-to-own strategies, he says, are an ideal fit for both sellers wanting to get the best price for their properties, and for buyers having problems meeting bank requirements for home loans. But at the property investing conference, he plans to share other transaction techniques that he uses in different situations.

“Rent-to-own is just one of the strategies I use to generate income from property, and in the last 12 months I’ve been developing new systems, that I’ve not yet shared with those in the UK,” explained Mr Otton.

“The property investment climate that exists right now is dynamic, it is constantly throwing up new ways to buy and sell real estate,” he continued. “And it is critically important for both experienced and aspiring property investors to stay up to date with current trends, updates and changes for implementing no money down transactions.”

For sellers, Mr Otton puts forward the prospect and advantages of ‘vendor financing’, including identifying the right potential buyers. For buyers, he reveals how to approach sellers with the instalment contract proposition.

“I will also be discussing special contract clauses. I know, and my past students know, that these could save on unnecessary costs that will impact the profit margin in transactions,” said Mr Otton.

As an added feature, Mr Otton will be inviting to the stage people who are already using instalment contracts in the property investment businesses. They will be sharing not just their successes, but also pitfalls that should be avoided.

Limited places are still available for the conference, details of which are at RickOtton.co.uk/conference.

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property option strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

Details of Mr Otton’s UK Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference can be found at RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

The Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference is being held over 3 days in Maidenhead from 19-21 April 2013.

“The February figures indicate that lenders remain cautious about who they grant mortgages to” said Mr Otton. “It is a sobering fact that the figures just released are about half that of the monthly average in the decade leading up to 2007 – when the global economic situation took a nosedive.”

Mr Otton has for over 10 years been teaching the U.K. public proven ways that they can enter the property market without bank involvement and mortgages. He first introduced the concept of the now widely used ‘property options’ strategy back in 2003, and has seen many of his students create impressive businesses based on this alone.

“We will certainly be discussion property options at the Conference, but since 2003 I have developed a whole suite of techniques that have given the average man-in-the-street the opportunity to invest in real estate” said Mr Otton. “In fact, we will be devoting a whole day to Instalment Contracts.

“These help property sellers to get the price they want for their homes in this volatile market, and, and the same time, give those who would not qualify for a mortgage the opportunity to become home owners.”

Mr Otton believes that the traditional method of buying and selling houses is outdated, and that it disenfranchises a great many would-be home owners.

“In the current climate, regardless of the Government incentives recently announced in the Budget, both borrowers and lenders are treading carefully” said Mr Otton.

Mr Otton’s three day real estate investing conference is being held in Maidenhead from 19-21 April 2013. Registration enquiries can be made at RickOtton.co.uk or by phoning, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property option strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

Details of Mr Otton’s UK Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference can be found at RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.

“We are all led to believe the buying a property can takes weeks, even months” explained Mr Otton. “Not only that, but we have been taught to think that we need to have cash – a substantial deposit – in order to buy a home.”

“In fact, neither is true, and I have proven this by purchasing over 300 houses using very little of my own money. Not only that, but over the last 10 years I’ve shown hundreds of people in UK how they can do the same thing” said the property millionaire.

Mr Otton is proud that his strategies are often described as ‘unconventional’ – because they are just that. He believes that walking the conventional path disadvantages too many prospective home buyers and property investors.

The Zero-Debt Property Cash Flow Conference, three full days of Mr Otton sharing his strategies, techniques, case studies and tools, is being held in Maidenhead from 19-21 April 2013.

His 2012 UK real estate conference was sold out well in advance, and his team has revealed that this will likely be the case this year as well.

Conference Program

The conference program will feature Fundamentals of the Rent to Own System on Day 1 and Proven Property Strategies on Day 2.

“Day 3 is a powerhouse day when I will take delegates through the process of ‘How To Sky-Rocket Your Income Using Instalment Contracts’. You see, rent-to-own is just one of the strategies that savvy investors use to generate income from property,” explained Mr Otton. “and on Day 3 I will be revealing new techniques I’ve developed over the last 12 months, particularly my innovative approach to instalment contracts.”

His commitment innovation is the reason, Mr Otton says, that already-successful property investors have registered for the conference.

Information about the UK real estate investing conference and last-minute ticket availability is available at rickotton.co.uk

About Rick Otton

Rick Otton has spent decades making money by snapping up inexpensive real estate and putting it to work building wealth, and teaching others to do the same.

He is the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and through this business he puts his strategies to work every day.

Mr Otton received his start in alternative real estate investment in 1991 in the US, and within a year acquired 76 properties. In subsequent years, he made a fortune using his low-risk, high-reward strategies to inexpensively acquire real estate. He continues to do so.

As well Mr Otton travels between his home in Australia, and the UK, sharing his wisdom and teaching others how to buy and sell real estate, free from the constraints imposed by traditional lenders.

In 2013 Rick is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of introducing his property option strategies to real estate investors in the United Kingdom – the first person to reveal these ground-breaking strategies. In 2008 he created the first of his ‘Houses for a Pound’ strategies, upon which he grows as markets and laws evolve.

Mr Otton has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines and in 2013 he published ‘How To Buy A House For A Dollar’ for the Australian market. This book has been named in the list of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013, as voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores. A UK version is on the drawing board.

Details of Mr Otton’s UK Zero-Debt Property Cashflow Conference can be found at RickOtton.co.uk or phone, in the UK, 0207 000 1027.