About Peter

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Edison

"In 2004, Peter resigned from his job with a high street bank where he rose to the level of corporate bank manager over the 14 years he was there. He previously worked for another bank, but left after 3 years as things weren't happening quickly enough. Despite a number of job opportunities in other cities and countries, Peter has remained in his home town of Manchester.

For over 5 years, Peter has researched property investment, having seen a number of colleagues and customers make money from property and after much deliberation and procrastination, decided to take the plunge and make his first foray into the "buy to let market" Since then he has bought further properties in South Manchester and is looking to expand his portfolio rapidly since his departure from the nine to five.

His experience of property renovation started with his first house, bought in 1995, because he wanted to live in a nicer area than he could afford. He bought a house at a good discount due to the work needed. If he had known then, what he knows now, he would probably have passed on the opportunity! Discounting the usual bathroom and kitchen kind of jobs, he reroofed the house, replaced the ground floor joists and floorboards, re-installed the cast iron fireplaces, rewired, demolished and rebuilt walls, removed lead piping, so that the only thing that remained the same was the house number !

Since becoming a full time property investor, he has gone from strength to strength and in the last 12 months he's bought 30 houses for himself and property sourcing clients. He's also written a book and created many systems to take the strain and hassle out of investing in proeprty.

In his spare time, he likes to play pinball, throw boomerangs, although it's usually a stick, fly kites, play scalextric and anything to do with cars - probably to prove that growing older doesn't mean growing up. His wife has joked that he could talk about cars all day if given the opportunity !