In this section I’m borrowing heavily from ideas put forward by my friend Ed Atkinson in his April 2015 report, “House of Cards? How property investors can avoid future recessions”. You can download a copy at thepropertyhub.net/crash – along with a spreadsheet that allows you to model how your portfolio would have performed during the last five major recessions. Hold property that yields well A portfolio that yields well will keep you out of trouble by giving you plenty of “headroom” for expenses to increase while you still remain profitable.

