Someone said recently “The only difference for investors between the horror of Blue Chip disappearing with their money and the Titanic going down is that there was no band playing as they were sinking.”
For years Professional Investment Services has been proud of the fact that our model is about as close to Blue Chip as a apple is to an orange.
Basically they are both food, the are both fruit as well which is often where the confusion begins. Ultimately though we have totally different underlying values.
We have never been a company to criticise our competition but now when it is perfectly obvious to all concerned how bad this company collapse is we think its really time to tell you how Professional Investment Servces are totally different.
The main point is that if anything ever happened to PIS and you were one of our property investors (remember we have people who invest in all types of investments), your money is totally yours and secure in a property in your name.
Here is how we work. (This is relevan to our property investors only as the question is related to property, the process is idential for other investments as well however you would obviously not receive rent if you did not own an investment property)
1. Firstly we are Financial Planners, this means we only recommend investments that are appropriate to meet our clients goals once we have completed a confidential needs analysis including a risk profile and our advice is made in writing.
2. We don’t hold deposits on your behalf like some companies. All deposits are held in solicitors trust accounts
3. We don’t collect rent from your property and put it into our account. Your rent is collected by you or a property manager who also operates a trust account.
4. We use registered valuations from independent valuers, not estimations.
5. We don’t have high overheads. Chances are that if you have heard of us, it is through a referral, an education course or telephone introduction.
6. We don’t recommend just one style of property. Essentially each clients situation is analysed and based upon your information we recommend the type of investment that is appropriate to you. We have no bias towards on investment or another.
7. We have built our company to operate with the same stringent governance as a financial planning company has. That means that we are solid with most likely the best back end system in the market.
8. We want you to sleep at night and we want to sleep too.
The last point is our whole philosophy. Whilst we want to be profitable, have a good business and be able to have holidays and provide for our children like everyone else, we won’t build a business that is so, ‘sell sell sell’ that we struggle sleeping. None of our Directors are ex bankrupts, and all of us have a good public record.
Life is bigger than just collecting money. That’s why we want you to get wealthy. So that you too can not have to worry about financial matters and can focus on bigger things, such as family, health and maybe giving back to the community.