As a quick glance around any well attended auction room will easily testify, property investors come in all shapes and sizes, with a wide diversity of age groups, races and nationalities regularly being represented. And there are also many differing ways in which one can profit from investing in property, with some of the niche strategies proving particularly profitable for those who take the time to develop the required expertise.  

Many readers will of course be focusing primarily on creating and managing a portfolio of residential buy to let and/or commercial properties, however in this edition we have two articles which highlight just how substantial income and profits can be made at the same time as managing a rental property portfolio.