John Cox

I personally have worked in financial services for over 15 years and throughout that time helped many people build their own portfolios.

In 1998 I left Allied Dunbar as a "tied" adviser to set up my own company Mortgage-Desk. In the last full year before the credit crunch hit, Mortgage-Desk was one of the Bank of Scotland’s “100 club” introducers – how times have changed!

In 2003 I expanded my business and set up Insurance Desk Services to offer insurance brokerage services to our growing bank of mortgage customers.

Staying with the theme and my passion "property" I created Its-Property in 2004 to source properties for people to help them to capitalise on the opportunities in Scotland.

I had by June 2010 purchased over 120 properties in the West Coast of Scotland for myself and investors with the average buy price of only £47,000 offering an 11% yield. Due to demand of work it made sense for me to employ my own team which has now been successfully running for few years.

I personally have been attending networking meetings for a number of years and firmly believe that property is a people business and it’s all about who you know.

In Jan 2011 I was one of the founding members of the Bucks Property Meet - it continues to be a great success with a regular attendance of over 60 people with a shared interest in property.

In the coming months I am looking to find some more investors (cash rich, portfolio building and JV partners) as I can get plenty of properties but need more JV investors. I am also looking for more investors to compliment the ones I have – ideally building up a portfolio of 10-12 properties per investor, typically over 2 years plus. I tend to work with up to 10 clients at a time.

I love problem solving and helping people get the same satisfaction out of property investment as I do. If you have any queries regarding mortgages, insurance or general property questions please don’t hesitate to contact me as there is no such thing as a stupid question.

If I do not know the answer I am confident with a few telephone calls I can find it for you.