The Gauci Magri & Partners Academy is a free place to learn how buying and letting property in Glasgow and Edinburgh works, before you spend anything. No sign-up, no sales pitch.
Put a real price and a real rent through the sums before you commit to anything.
Illustrative, on your own figures. Not a forecast and not advice.
The seven steps from brief to tenant, and what each one costs.
Read the guideLBTT, ADS, missives and the rest, in a sentence or two each.
Look up a termFrom £15,000 to £1 million of deposit, and which lenders were lending.
See the scenariosScotland, England and Wales, tax, finance and lettings law.
Browse the guidesIf you have an evening, read these six in this order. Each one builds on the last, and together they cover what most first-time investors ask us on a first call.
Every guide on the blog sits under one or more of these topics. Pick one and the blog shows only those guides.
Yields, costs, voids and how to judge a deal before you look at a single listing.
See the getting started guides →Purchase tax, the offer process, rent rules and the deposit scenarios for Scottish buy-to-let.
See the Scotland guides →Stamp duty, the Renters' Rights Act and the deposit scenarios, for comparison.
See the England and Wales guides →Income tax on rent, Making Tax Digital, and the rules for landlords who live abroad.
See the tax guides →Mortgages, stress tests, deposits by budget and what rents and prices are doing.
See the finance and markets guides →Registration, tenancies, deposits and the standards a rented home must meet.
See the lettings law guides →We run six-hour online masterclasses on request, for 3 to 12 people. See the masterclasses.
Ready to look at real deals? Our weekly property deals send you two deals a week by email, one in Glasgow and one in Edinburgh, with our figures on each.
Start with the guide to your first hands-off buy-to-let in Glasgow or Edinburgh. It takes about nine minutes and covers the cash you need, the Scottish buying process, the landlord rules and our fees. Then run your own figures through the calculator.
Yes. The guides, the calculator and the glossary are free and need no sign-up. The masterclasses, on their own page, are paid and booked by email.
No. It explains how buying and letting property in Scotland works and lets you test your own figures. We are a property firm, not financial or investment advisers, so take your own tax and legal advice before you commit.
Ready to talk about your own purchase? A first call is free and takes 30 minutes.
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