This third volume of the Best of Mainly for Students includes articles published within Estates Gazette from 1998 to 2002, covering a range of topics of relevance to students, surveyors, lawyers, economists, planners and property researchers.

Best of Mainly for Students

Imber, Austen

Blake, Leslie

Business

Estates Gazette Ltd

Graduates undertaking the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) often find that, in addition to the general information provided by the RICS, guidance is needed on specific areas of their work as general practice surveyors. How to Pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors has been built around the needs of general practice surveyors, and guides you through the APC process in line with your own competencies - including valuation, marketing, landlord and tenant, estate management, rating, and planning and development work, together with more specialist areas. Accessible and easy to use this book gives you comprehensive coverage to the fundamental elements of the APC. Detailed consideration is given to the subject of the critical analysis, including a real life example. It takes into account your individual circumstances, and how this affects assessors' questioning on the day of the interview. How to Pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors highlights the essentials, showing you how to approach the presentation and interview. A bank of examples of real APC questions, together with illustrative responses demonstrate how the interview process works. The book has been written by an expert. Austen Imber MRICS is a West Midlands based surveyor also involved in graduate training. He is a former APC candidate and more importantly he is an APC supervisor, counsellor and assessor.

How to pass the APC

Business & Money

Economics

Estates Gazette

Business Skills for Surveyors

To get ahead, surveyors require business and managerial acumen as well as technical skills. Business Skills for Surveyors is published specifically for general practice surveyors. It demonstrates how surveying and business skills can combine to help fee instructions to be won; clients to be better served, surveying businesses to optimise efficiency and profitability, and individual surveyors to reap the due financial rewards. The book is suitable for younger surveyors seeking to develop business skills, while for more senior surveyors, a comprehensive overview is provided on issues such as strategic corporate planning, and starting as a sole practitioner or partnership. *Includes personal and business development information *Specifically for the commercial property surveyors market *Provides understanding on how property investors, developers and others make their money *Tips on negotiation and presentation skills for property people

Following How to Pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors, this further publication, APC Casebook: Case Work Illustrations for General Practice Candidates, examines surveyors' work in practice. The case work is based mainly on examples of APC candidates' critical analysis, and is supported by additional guidance on the key issues arising in practice. In a clear, practical way the case work covers the public, private and corporate sectors and enables graduates to understand the roles of the various participants in the property industry. Subjects covered include investment valuation, development valuation/appraisal, profits valuation, Red Book, lettings, sales, rent review, lease renewal, estate management, rating, planning, development, regeneration, compulsory purchase, telecoms and insolvency. The hands-on style of the candidates' critical analysis, clearly shows the detailed reasoning behind the initial strategies and decisions throughout a case. Examples of APC interview questions and tasks for study are invaluable in assisting graduates to consider further issues - including the many practical issues which graduates need to understand in order to succeed in practice and with their APC interview. Professional ethics are also represented within the cases featured. APC Casebook is an essential tool in preparing for the final assessment stage of the APC, as well as being an important reference source for candidates throughout their APC training.

APC Casebook

Finance

Routledge

Starting and Developing a Surveying Business shows how surveyors can develop their own successful small business. For surveyors thinking of taking the step, guidance is provided on the pros and cons which will help the right decision to be made, and the key factors which help see the business through its early stages. For surveyors already running their own small business, consideration is given to factors which will help profitability and growth potential. *Specific to general practice surveying/consultancy services whereas other books in the same vein are for small businesses in general *Reflects the many different circumstances of self-employed surveyors *Tips are given on business development, and issues associated with business growth *Examples are provided on the contents of a business plan, and how the business can determine its markets and working methods. *Guidance provided on accounting issues, including self-assessment and the option of limited company status

Starting and Developing a Surveying Business: For Sole Traders

Graduates undertaking the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) often find that, in addition to the general information provided by the RICS, guidance is needed on specific areas of their work as general practice surveyors.  How to Pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors has been built around the needs of general practice surveyors, and guides you through the APC process in line with your own competencies – including valuation, marketing, landlord and tenant, estate management, rating, and planning and development work, together with more specialist areas. The author highlights the essentials, showing you how to approach the presentation and interview, providing a bank of examples of real APC questions, together with illustrative responses to demonstrate how the interview process works. Accessible and easy to use, this book gives you comprehensive coverage of the fundamental elements and is a must read for anyone taking the APC.

How to pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors

Real Estate

Following his succesful How to Pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors, Austen Imber's latest publication examines surveyors' work in practice. The case work is based mainly on examples of APC candidates' critical analysis, and is supported by additional guidance on the key issues arising in practice. In a clear, practical way the book covers the public, private and corporate sectors and enables graduates to understand the roles of the various participants in the property industry.Subjects covered include investment valuation, development valuation/appraisal, profits valuation, the Red Book, lettings, sales, rent reviews, lease renewals, estate management, ratings, planning, development, regeneration, compulsory purchase, telecoms and insolvency. The hands-on style of the candidates' critical analysis, clearly shows the detailed reasoning behind the initial strategies and decisions throughout a case. The examples of APC interview questions and tasks for study are invaluable in encouraging graduates to consider further issues - including the many practical problems which graduates need to understand in order to succeed in practice and with their APC interview. Professional ethics are also represented within the cases featured.The APC Casebook is an essential tool in preparing for the final assessment stage of the APC, as well as being an important reference source for candidates throughout their APC training.

APC Case Book: Casework Illustrations for General Practice Candidates

Starting and Developing a Surveying Business shows how surveyors can develop their own successful small business. For surveyors thinking of taking this step, guidance is provided on the pros and cons which will help the right decision to be made, and the key factors which help see the business through its early stages. For surveyors already running their own small business, consideration is given to factors which will help profitability and growth potential.

Starting and Developing a Surveying Business

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

To get ahead, surveyors require business and managerial acumen as well as technical skills. Business Skills for Surveyors explains how the property market works, how investors and developers make their money, and how business objectives interrelate with property strategies. Economic, financial market and accounting issues are explained, and guidance is provided on negotiation skills, presentation technique and other ways to accelerate personal development. The book is suitable for younger surveyors seeking to develop business skills, and for any surveyors looking to get the best out of their business and themselves.

Management & Leadership

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Best of Mainly for Students

How to pass the APC

Business Skills for Surveyors

APC Casebook

Starting and Developing a Surveying Business: For Sole Traders

How to pass the APC: Essential Advice for General Practice Surveyors

APC Case Book: Casework Illustrations for General Practice Candidates

Starting and Developing a Surveying Business

Business Skills for Surveyors