By Tony Booth

Consultants suggest the way to succeed under the current property climate is to diversify the range of buy-to-let investments held, rather than put all your golden eggs in the one basket.

Recent figures seem to back-up this theory as most repossessions comprise 'block portfolio properties' - all the same type of dwellings, in the same city locations, targeting the same type of tenants.

Property investors have a tendency to restrict their involvement in the buy-to-let market to familiar territories and the same type of tenant. There are some advantages to this strategy.

For example, buying in the same local area means an investor usually acquires greater knowledge about the neighbourhood and type of tenant that typically wants to live within it.