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@Todd ********
Coop bank Regular Saver account. The downside is, you are only allowed to put in £250 pm max for 12 months. Go to MoneySavingExpert.com, lists all short term high interest accounts.
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@George’s *********************
With that £750 rent pm you need to factor in 20% - 30% for agency fees, voids and maintenance. Annually you will need to pay self assessment tax on any earnings above the annual allowance of £12,500 if there is additional income generated outside of this rental.

True figure is around £525 - £600 p/m before any tax owed, if any.

Also, buying for cash is not the most profitable way to purchase a property. Using the £200k for deposits and refurbishments to then leverage 6 months later via a BTL mortgage can allow multiple purchases and therefore higher rental income. This way that £200k can be turned into £3k to £5k pm if done properly.
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@Andy ********
Hi Andy, agreed. I get between 4 - 5% fixed term and 7% short term with limited deposits.

You got anything interesting you can point me to?
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@Stuart ********
Thank for the detailed reply and back-up plan. My initial thinking was… if I was to use the monthly income method for my second application, why would I need to keep any of the 800k in the bank once my first application was granted. Ok, the agreement says I have to keep it for 3 months after the extension approval. But why does it need to be there after the 3 months. 1. It shouldn’t affect my second application as it doesn’t rely on the 800k being in the bank. 2. There will be 65k transferred every month starting 2 months before the issue of the first extension.
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Wife = Go ahead

Girlfriend = Might as well throw your money in the sh1tter. Either way you won’t benefit from it in the future.
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Just book your flights to not run over 90 days, overstay record is not good if you are a regular visitor.

As far as 60 + 30 see above answers unless you do a border run after the initial 60 days to activate another 60 days.
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@Conny *********
Which IO let you do the 12 month deposits for a first time Non-O? I’m in Phuket and they are saying deposit method is not possible and insisting on 800k in the bank for my first application.
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@Paul ******
Yeees sausages, top of the list everything else is secondary 😂😂😂