Buying a property to rent out to tenants can be an excellent long-term investment. Although the prices of property can move up and down, investing your money in bricks and mortar is generally one of the safest things you can do over the long term.

Any investment portfolio should be well diversified in order to minimize risk and maximize return. So having one or more Rental Properties as part of your investment portfolio is probably a wise decision.

But what if you don’t have the ready cash necessary to invest in the buy to let property? If at is the case you can take out a buy to let mortgage, interest only or capital repayment.

An interest only buy to let mortgage can give you a number of advantages. First of all, as long as interest rates remain fairly low, you will be paying back less than you would be on a monthly basis with a straight capital repayment mortgage.

If you can find a property that is suitable for renting out to tenants, then by taking out a buy to let mortgage, you can start to capitalise on the situation almost immediately, because as soon as you get paying tenants, your monthly income from rent should be higher than your monthly outgoing mortgage payments.

And if you bought the property in a good area where prices are rising, you will see a profit or when you eventually sell property.

So buy to let mortgages (interest only) can actually provide you with the means to generate a solid income.