Episode 85: How to pick the right type of funding for your property project
Over the last few episodes we've covered various ways of funding property projects, in addition to the familiar options of cash and mortgage...
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The Property Geek Podcast
Every episode, I interview someone with expertise in a different area of UK property investment - discussing the issues in their field, and teasing out their top tips for investment success.
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Episode 84: How to raise funds with joint ventures
Joint ventures (JVs) get talked about a lot in property, with good reason: after all, if you don't have the cash to do all the deals you wan...
Episode 83: Releasing locked-away equity from your portfolio with second charges
If you own your own home or have buy-to-let properties, you might find yourself with equity you can't access – due to redemption penalties o...
Episode 82: How to use peer-to-peer to finance your property projects
You've probably heard of peer-to-peer (or P2P) finance, and you might be aware of the bigger platforms like Zopa and Funding Circle. But you...
Episode 81: Bridging finance: What it is, when to use it, and how to make it work for you
We're going to spend the next few episodes exploring ways you can finance property projects other than using a mortgage. In this first episo...
Episode 80: My main lettings and management lessons (series wrap-up)
In this series on lettings and management I've been lucky enough to be joined by some fantastic guests – both experts at the top of their fi...
Episode 79: What gets landlords calling for help? An interview with Adrian Thompson from the Guild of Residential Landlords
Adrian Thompson from the Guild of Residential Landlords spends much of his time talking to landlords in distress – so who better to tell us...
Episode 78: Building a successful rent-to-rent business – run by staff overseas
Petra Romero only moved to the UK a year and a half ago, and she's already built up a thriving rent-to-rent business. That's already serious...
Episode 77: Managing 21 properties in under 2 hours per week
Richard and Susie Trow have property management down to a fine art. Thanks to some effective systems and a commitment to quality from the ve...
Episode 76: How to stay out of trouble as a landlord - with Tessa Shepperson from Landlord Law
As a landlord, your social status is somewhere between "bankers" and "solicitors" – and you can't open a newspaper without being told how gr...
Episode 75: How To Be A Landlord: Special launch episode
For years, landlords have been telling me that there's nowhere they can go to find the information they need about letting and managing prop...
Episode 74: Using the personal touch to bridge the worlds of self-managing landlord and hands-off investor
Sam Jones had a terrifying experience very early in her self-managing career – but she didn't let it put her off, and she's spent 17 years m...
Episode 73: How an HMO landlord harnesses his "core competency" to avoid tenant dramas
My guest this week, Tom Charrier, didn't intend to have anything to do with managing his properties when he started out – but after one awfu...
Episode 72: How to self-manage – from another country
Self-managing can be tough. Self-managing HMOs can be really tough. So, self-managing HMOs from abroad...surely that's not a good idea? Well...
Episode 71: Getting up-to-date with the ever-changing world of lettings
This episode kicks off a new series about lettings and management: not the glamorous part of property that it's easy to pack out seminars ab...
Episode 70: Series wrap-up: The essential elements of turning pro in property (plus: what's coming up in the next series)
In this series of the podcast we've been looking at "turning pro" – how to embrace the mindset of a professional investor, so you can contin...
Episode 69: An investor with over 300 properties shares the difference between an amateur and a professional
The theme of this series has been "turning pro" – so what better way to wrap it up than to speak to someone who's been a professional trader...
Episode 68: Changing strategies for a changing market – three investors share their stories
In this series so far we've been talking about all the changes affecting our sector, and what investors should be thinking about as a result...
Episode 67: Two very different experiences buying away from home
Buying in an area you're unfamiliar with is scary enough – but David Barker bought his first without seeing it, and his next was a complicat...
Episode 66: Selling a London portfolio and buying a new one further north
All the signs are pointing towards London's incredible price growth of the last few years coming to an end – and the gap that's emerged betw...