You are right most follow like sheep until the grass runs out then one sheep goes of and finds new grass and the rest follow again.
Buy2let,offplan,guaranteed rental income are great but it has become too overcrowded and so marginalised. The next phase has to be sharing in the developers profit or better still to buy into a buy2let or guaranteed income at an early stage so that you benefit from a share of he developers profit as well asthe buy2let growth. This is the new area to invest in especially if your invetsment is backed by owning a plot that is developed into a villa; so if it goes tits up you at least own the plot. Kim