User:Antonyportland

Antony Portland is a property development and management logistics expert. He is the operations Director for Vantage Property Consultants Ltd and is responsible for maximizing the asset values and ensuring that the commercial and residential property management and development divisions are running efficiently. He has over 2 decades of experience within the property industry and has taught many people throughout the years. being the co-author of the highly regarded "Avoid the Void" and "How to set up and Run a Successful Lettings Agency" his knowledge is 2nd to none.

He was born in Northampton and lived there until the age of 5. His family then moved down to London which is were he was schooled and where he spent his formative years. He is very much a people person and thrives in ensuring that people achieve their goals.

He attended primary school in South East London and went on to Secondary school in London. While at school he found that he had an affinity for the more practical creative subjects such as technical drawing and art, although he did do well academically.

After leaving secondary school his first job was at the age of 16 working for a building firm. He began as an apprentice at the bottom rung performing general labouring duties for all the tradesmen on each development site.

He purchased is first property in 1989 at the age of 20 and moved away from the building field into the estate agency field. This is where he began to learn and formulate effective ways to maximise income from property and land assets. This was the time where he also began to form strong strategic partnerships with property developers and investors which still hold strong to this very day. Over the past 20 years he has worked on his own and with joint venture partners on hundreds of property projects which have been successful in the UK, Spain and the USA.

Since purchasing his first property he has accumulated a substantial property portfolio for himself and his clients and he has been involved in the development of hundreds of properties and been involved in counless other deals as joint ventures or in an advisory role. He has worked with the smallest to the largest builders and property development companies in the United Kingdom and his experience ranges from dealing with the smallest of studio flats bought at auction to large commercial buildings in Central London worth millions of pounds. He has also advised many property investors and developers on the logistics of maximising their values whether dealing with land or buildings and is regarded as an expert in the property field.

He currently provides consultation and teaches a limited number of property workshops throughout the year.

you can contact him at mail@antonyportland.com and at www.vantagepropertyconsultants.com