By Neil Lewis CEO and founder

Timing, as any property investment pro might tell you, is crucial.

In fact, this is only partly true.

If you are investing long-term - buying, re-financing and buying again - to build a property portfolio slowly, over many years, and you're happy with slow but sure growth, then timing actually doesn't matter a whole lot.

Such things as a property market's growth phase, the level of interest rates and shortages or gluts of first-time buyers will all even themselves out over the long run, so long as demand exceeds supply.