Hi to everyone,

I am both delighted and thrilled to return to this property forum. My name is Christopher Labinjo. Joined the forum earlier in the year but got distracted. Now I am back. For the last 19 years I have been employed as a secondary teacher in south London, my main subject is Biology. I have always had a passion for this subject since I studied it at school.
My journey into the world of property has been a slow but steady event. Originally I was the world’s most reluctant business man. As I grew up I saw my family devastated by my mum’s dedication to her business ventures, eventually my parents’ split and there is no doubt in my mind that was one of the contributing factor to the end of that relationship. So psychologically I associated business with family break-up. At school I seemed to hit a glass ceiling that seemed to suggest there was only so far that I could go. I refused to accept this and started to consider other ways of earning my living. I decided to do an evening class in complementary therapy, I had always had a real interest in seeing how conventional medicine could be assisted by other forms of treatment.
That was one of the hardest years of my life. Combining study with full time education – no easy feat. However it taught me that I could do more than I thought. Gaining a distinction at the end of the course was truly the icing on the cake. As part of the course we had to set up a business plan. For the first time in my life I had to see myself in a role that I had dismissed. On completion of the course I set up my own therapy company – Sozotouch. Friends and family were very supportive and it was a case of working whenever I had time. As time passed I began to specialise in sports injuries and stress related conditions. My therapy background has helped me consider people from a holistic point of view – body, soul and spirit. This will always be something that I will continue to maintain in any form of business that I engage in.
I added new treatments to the basic package – Aqua detox, trigger release therapy and specialised in dealing with back pain.
With the encouragement of my wife we launched into network marketing, becoming associates in a pioneering range of health products. This was very hard work and in the end I had to consider whether this was the best use of my time.
Property had always been on my mind since purchasing my own home nearly 8 years ago. I actually saw that my house made money for me! All I had to do was live in and pay the mortgage. In the space of 6 years I saw the price of the property double. My education in property was underway at this point in time, any programme on television, any book, any course – I was there. I subscribed to various magazines and my goal was to find out what this world was about. In the course of this process, I attended a course last year (March 2006) run by a company that was offering to source properties for clients and look after all the aspects of management. The new idea that struck me was that I could re-mortgage my home. I was sorely tempted to join this company but felt the time plan they were offering was too long and the cost too high. A week after doing the course, I sat in the reception area of my bank trembling as I contemplated whether they would lend me money or not. You could have knocked me over with a feather as the manager asked me how much I wanted! A week later the money was in my account. Armed with a princely sum of £50,000 I began my property quest.
My property portfolio consists of 10 properties with a total value of over £1.2 million. How did I do it? Well I have to give credit to people like Parmdeep whose course has become the backbone to my strategy in property. Then I have had some support from others who have walked this road for much longer than me. For this I am truly grateful and am determined to do the same for others who are staring out on this journey. In fact I am in the process of staring a property club at school, as many teacher want to but cannot find the time!
I am still in full- time education at this point in time. I intend to increase the value of the portfolio to £3 million within the next year. I would like £1 million of that to come from HMO’s - to increase the cash flow as well as build up equity. Within three years I am aiming to increase this to £5 million. So I have not set myself an easy task. By whoever grows without a challenge?
Having seen my Dad struggle for most of his life and now attempt to live on a pension, I have decided that things have to be different from me and my family. By the way I have a daughter who is 22. I intend to help as many people as possible reach financial freedom. Money is an amplifier of the heart, whatever you are inside money will enlarge that. Accumulation without purpose makes no sense to me. Money needs to have a mission. I have a desire to invest in the community especially amongst the young. On my list of things to do are build up programmes for prisoners, start up programmes for those with interests in business, debt management - just a few.
I am a man of strong passion and determination. Despite what life may have thrown at you I believe it is possible to overcome.
I have been involved in:
- mentoring and coaching individuals
- team building
- teaching communication and presentation skills
- spiritual consultation – dealing with generational curses and spiritual strongholds, operating in words of knowledge and wisdom
- developing marketing plans
I am a keen reader, I am a great fan of Robert Kiyosaki. Rich Dad, Poor Dad made a great impression on me. I believe in financial education whether one pays for it or not.

I hope that I can be an asset to the form and of course I am here to learn as much as I can. If there is anything that I have said that helps anyone and you want to get in touch please do!

Hi Christopher

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Hi Cristopher

Welcome to the forum.

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BACK to the forums ... .....

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Dear Christopher,

wow, that's a splendid introduction, and good for you for having the courage to write about it. Congratulations on building up the portfolio of 10, too. You have what many investors don't have, and that's long term goals and dreams about how to apply your freedom when it happens. Kiyosaki is a master. I really consolidated my own business plans after reading his books. My favourite is Cashflow Quadrant. I bought the games and have played them with my nine year old son. He won!

I particularly like your approach to the "whole being". I get a kick out of this forum, and other networking businesses because you are surrounded by inspirational and postive thinking people. Life is too short to dwell on the negative what ifs.

I trust we will get to know each other a bit better in due course. Thanks for the inspirational intro.

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Hi Christopher

Welcome to the property forum. I believe that the second time around will always be good. You have the right attitude and experience and I can see that you are determined to do well. I can relate to much that you have said and my experiences are similar. I too decided that things must change and that my childhood fears and life in general will never get in the way of my success. I wish you well and if you ever need any help with anything I am here and rest of the forum is here to assist you in the direction you wish to go.

Hi Christopher,

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