One of our themes for this series is taking a professional approach by investing in areas where there's the strongest business case, not where it's most convenient.

For many investors (especially those in the South East), that will mean investing in properties away from where they live – possibly without even seeing them first. And that's why I was keen to talk to Stuart Ball – who's managed to build his portfolio of 6 properties 6,000 miles away from his home in Hong Kong, and has another 5 going through right now...

Listen to this week’s show and learn:

*The research Stuart does to satisfy himself about a potential investment without seeing it
*Why he isn't bothered by not viewing his properties – and it could even be an advantage
*What he'd do differently if he was buying locally instead
*The logistics of buying properties from the other side of the world
*The amount of time he spends on expanding and managing his portfolio as a hands-off investor
*What advice he'd give to other investors who are considering buying properties without viewing them first

How to build a portfolio from 6,000 miles away

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Over the last few episodes we've covered various ways of funding property projects, in addition to the familiar options of cash and mortgages. In this episode, I round off the series by summarising my main takeaways and suggesting how to choose the most appropriate form of funding. See this episode on the Property Geek website: https://www.propertygeek.net/podcast/funding-property-project/

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 mortgages. In this episode, I round off the series by summarising my main takeaways and suggesting how to choose the most appropriate form of funding.

Listen to this week’s show and learn:

*Why I believe investors are irrationally scared of bridging finance
*The ways to use bridging to reduce the amount of cash you need
*Questions to ask yourself before you start
*The two critical elements to securing peer-to-peer funding
*The range of peer-to-peer business models, and a potential "gotcha" to watch out for
*When using a second charge or further advance might be appropriate
*The two different types of joint venture model
*At what stage in the investing lifecycle I think joint ventures make sense
*The factors to consider when choosing between different types of financing
*Why it's important to build up your knowledge in advance
*What I'm working on over the summer!

How to pick the right type of funding for your property project

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 want to do, a JV is a way of solving that problem without going cap-in-hand to the bank. But where do you even start with finding someone who might want to lend you money? How do you structure the agreement? And what happens if something goes wrong? In this episode I'm delighted to welcome Jay Booth back to the podcast, to talk about how he's made JVs work for him – and his friends and family. Jay was on the show earlier in the year talking about how he bought and refurbished nine properties in a year, and in this follow-up chat we get into how joint ventures fuelled some of that rapid expansion. See this episode on the Property Geek site: https://www.propertygeek.net/joint-ventures

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 want to do, a JV is a way of solving that problem without going cap-in-hand to the bank.

But where do you even start with finding someone who might want to lend you money? How do you structure the agreement? And what happens if something goes wrong?

In this episode I'm delighted to welcome Jay Booth back to the podcast, to talk about how he's made JVs work for him – and his friends and family. Jay was on the show earlier in the year talking about [how he bought and refurbished nine properties in a year](http://www.propertygeek.net/buying-refurbishing-9-properties-year-running-business-different-city/), and in this follow-up chat we get into how joint ventures fuelled some of that rapid expansion.

Listen to our conversation and learn:

*What Jay's model is, and what was holding him back
*How he approached his first investor
*The way he structured the deal (and decided how much to offer)
*How he got the agreement drawn up
*Why his first JV worked brilliantly for his partner...but not so much for him!
*The several different types of JV he's used
*What conversations he has with his partners before he lets them invest, and what questions they ask him
*What to be aware of when combining JV funds with a mortgage lender
*The advice Jay would give to someone interested in raising money in this way

How to raise funds with joint ventures

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 or too-good-to-lose mortgage rates, for example. By unlocking that equity, you could grow your portfolio faster – and in this week's episode, I speak to mortgage advisor Dave Cookson about a relatively little-known way to do exactly that. See this episode on the Property Geek site: https://propertygeek.net/podcast/second-charges

How to build a portfolio from 6,000 miles away

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