Where do you go next when you already have your own show on Channel 4? Well, to HTLMTS apparently 😁

In today’s episode, I speak to the founder of Prestige Pawnbrokers and star of Posh Pawn, James Constantinou. It was a slightly left-field booking for me when the idea was first floated, but then I realised that the much-maligned pawnbroking model can also be a disruptive approach to asset-backed lending. What would you do if you needed funds to start a business?

Mortgage your house?

That’s often your only option, but what if you don’t need that much or you don’t need the money for all that long? Why can’t you leverage your smaller assets? Maybe you have a nice watch or some jewellery, a painting, or a signed first-edition you inherited from your gran. Why can’t you take those into the bank to borrow against? The simple answer is because no bank manager is going to go through the trouble of valuing your stuff… but a pawnbroker will and therein lies the rub.

You can learn more about Prestige Pawnbrokers on their home page, or on their Twitter or Insta

They also have an app for Apple and Android

I watched the show Posh Pawn on YouTube, but it’s probably easiest to find it via their site here

You can learn more about myself, Brendan le Grange, on my LinkedIn page (feel free to connect while there), and if you have any feedback, questions, or if you would like to participate in the show, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]

A full written transcript with timestamps can be found on HowtoLendMoneytoStrangers.Show

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