mainline security estate management

My name is Terry Clarke and this is my property management blog – I know – how do you make a blog about property management interesting?

I have been involved in property management and business accounting for thirty years – oops – you now think, oh dear, he is a bean counter - property management and bean counting – this blog is going to be soooooo-boring-yawn – do not judge! Read on….

Property management is about making owners the very best return on their investments. This blog is about helping you invest safely in South America. We will endeavor to help you reduce your risk and ensure that you make good returns from property investment in South America – have I got your attention NOW?

WE TURN YOUR PROPERTY INTO A BUSINESS!

Our group does much more than just manage property:

• We find you good value properties
• We offer you advice on purchase
• We assist you to navigate tedious bureaucracy
• We help you with refurbishment and decoration
• We market and rent your property

When you want to sell or it is time to sell because you are moving your money with us or liquidating your assets – we handle the property marketing and our hands-on accounting and management strategy lends credibility to a bumper asking price.  We help you sell your property as an ongoing concern to other investors – this is not rocket science – verifiable income adds value to your property assets.  Annual returns of 7-12% over a period offers other potential investors a very healthy return in a world full of uncertainty.

Are you bored? No, you now realise that Mainline Security is fast becoming one of South America’s most dynamic property management, property marketing and property search engine marketing outfits.  We are not in South America by accident and we focus is on where the money is during the next ten years – South America is a region that will keep generating profits for property investors.

Check out some of our websites that we list below. When our chairman (Andrew McCance) puts a group together every single component of the overall  business, no matter how disparate it might seem, is very important – take a look:

• Search Engine Marketing People
• Argentina Countrywide
• Argentina Countrywide Blog
• Buenos Aires Experience
• Buenos Aires Experience Blog
• Buenos Aires Stay Blog
• Buenos Aires Stay
• BAStay

Want a clue – we specialise in South America for really sound reasons our chairman will happily disclose one-to-one and that I am happy to share with our clients when meeting them, but as stated before, very simply, we help you turn your property into a business. That is right, you sit back, get rid of the hassles and let property managers,  marketing specialists, internet marketing gurus and me, the nuts, bolts and beans guy make you money!

My experience is solidly  based in Housing Finance and Management  within the United Kingdom, having worked as a Finance Director for Humanist Housing Association (now part of the much larger Origin Housing Group  http://www.origingroup.org.uk/ ) and latterly as a consultant with HACAS Ltd  now part of  Tribal Group PLC  http://www.tribalgroup.com.

My clients included many of the large social housing landlords and Housing Securities Ltd responsible for loans to housing associations of almost a £1billion (GBP).  British social housing is one of the most regulated activities of the UK economy and the main thrust since the late 1980s has been development with private finance, this has left me fully conversant with all of the issues surrounding the development management and financing of property for rental.

I hope that some regulation finds its way into the South American property sales and rental markets because property dealing in South America tends to lack credibility – the market needs some regulation – unofficially, we enforce standards and we expect anyone that deals with us to act subject to contract.

“But I never wanted to be an accountant; I wanted to be a lumberjack! “  Seriously, you must be asking, “Why is this person now living in Argentina? “

Well, I wanted a lifestyle change. Buenos Aires is a great city with some wonderful opportunities for property investment.  I felt that the first time I visited in 2005, by the end of my holiday I had made my mind up, I decided to sell up in Europe and move here lock stock and barrel, it is a decision I have never regretted.

Our chairman was already involved in property investment in South America and since 2007 I have helped Mainline Security diversify from providing international security services into a successful property consultancy, that has taken just three years – keep watching this space!

I have invested in both residential and commercial property in Buenos Aires and make good returns on my money and so therefore speak from experience.

Sure, there is the tedious bureaucracy, but life and commerce is no different in South America than any place these days. At the moment, property prices are a lot more stable in Buenos Aires and they are sheltered from the not so stable Argentine peso by being purchased and sold in US Dollars.

In addition,  cash is king and  purchases are generally made without mortgages, so no bubbles to burst.  By and large, the real estate sector in Buenos Aires operates as an orderly market.

More to the point, whilst some rents are charged to overseas visitors in dollars our owners pay their running costs in pesos getting near four to one pesos on the dollar.

With our sister companies Tierra Estates (Property Sales) and a range of marketing outlets for rental property both Luxury BA Stay Apartment and mainstream Buenos Aires Stay as well as Argentina Countrywide our group provides the ultimate one-stop-property-consultancy-service in Buenos Aires and Argentina.

If you would like to explore the possibility of investing in property in Argentina or if you already have a property that should be a moneymaking business, please contact me Terry Clarke at help@sos-prop.com