Practical Property Talk

WOWS another week over and that clears up April 25. As you can tell from the drained demeanor in my voice April has been a challenge but we ended it strongly with the sale of two sourced properties.

Our 3-5 bed refurb is pushing forward and the kitchen starts going in on Tuesday next week, our direct to vendor project nears a close with the submission of permitted development planning.

To finish off as the week brought about the end of the month, we had the chance to look at what, where and how we can better April 25 by setting some targets for May 25

until next week

Regards

“You networking your networth” “you are who you surround yourself with”

And property and construction is a people industry still… but how do you find these people.

Networking and social media are a major factor in building a good solid network… and new we have the

Uk Homes Network platform.

So what better time than to bring on board Chris one of the founders of the NEW property platform that they aim to be the largest social media platform for property professionals in the uk.

Jump in and have a listen to Chris’s story and how and where you can get involved in joining the property network platform.

Until next week

Best regards

This week live from our investment area….

Yes we spend time there and yes we spend time away from home… that’s another sacrifice people don’t see.

Checking in on site to find it’s not finished…. Yes it happens and yes trades will tell u they have done it….

But it’s not all bad…. Completed on one deal and getting ready to offer on a couple of others ..Joe and Taylor are working round the clock to fill the pipeline while I’m pushing four projects forward

But next week is the big news week, we’ll keep your fingers crossed

Until then

Best regards

Find out work around. with Ian Mcbain Jnr. This week we are lucky enough to be joined by Ian Jnr, after hearing his Dads story a few weeks back I wanted to speak to Ian to drive deeper into his story in property. Ian talks over how he has gone from doing property on the side when he was a fireman to building a Rent to Rent business of 30 units across Essex.

Ian describes how when his back is against the wall and you have to listen to your gut thats often the times when you perform to the best of your ability.

As we head into Q2 of 2025 Ian see's now as a great time to get going, with so many opportunities presently out there for us investors/developers to find. 'Set out your goals and set out the rules'' then follow the process.

As an added nugget of help, myself and Ian chat over how we utilise our diaries to help us achieve and run all aspects of our days. That not only helps the running of the company, the projects but also helps the family know where/when and what we are up to.

Its always an absolute pleasure to speak with either Junior or Senior McBain so thank you Ian for taking the time to share parts of your journey

until next week

best regards

Happy Easter all….. this Good Friday myself (Gav) Joe and Taylor took ourselves to a direct to vendor purchase lease option project …

Utilising the time to meet some agents, investors, sourcing agents and check the team where on site

So to prove we do some works we jumped on the tools for a bit of a one off…

So we do get our hands dirty some times

Was a good way to finish what’s been a tough week trying to get some deals over the line…

This week let’s find out a little more about Gav….. on this episode I’ll dive into how the 83 name and logo came about, and why I think the brand is soo important

I’ll share more about Journey and my outlook on what makes me tick and how looking back now I see certain parts of my life have helped give me the motivation and desire to push forward..

Hope you learn a little more about my part of 83 property and learn more about us.

Until next week

Best regards

It’s what’s been a up and down week, we have plenty to celebrate in terms of positive responses from our direct to vendor campaign.

One deal completed and across the line that’s been worked on for the last few months.

BUT we have been totally let down by one buyer and they are refusing to answer the phone..

WHY don’t people answer the phone, why hide behind what’s app messages? A way of business I find very bamboozling…

We have found a solution amongst our fantastic community and we are onwards and upwards going into next week.

No such thing as a small job..... This week we had the pleasure of being joined by Dave Forde, who takes us on his journey in property and highlights some very interesting and key parts that most in property overlook.

Dave has great experience as a chartered construction manager and we talk over the importance of health and safety and having the ''right procedures'' and systems in place AS IT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ensure the jobs are run properly and safely.

Dave talks to us about how property networking took his breath away and left him shocked and horrified at some of the advice being given out to those new to the world of property. How many investors dont understand they are in the building game and the importance of the pre qualification of trades and to buy for value not price.

A brutal yet fair and honest conversation that highlights so many great points that many people in property will understand and for those new to the industry truly highlights the importance of listen and taking the right advice from those that actually no the industry.

Thanks for such an interesting chat Dave look forward to catching up soon

until next week

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WOW, week one of quarter 2 of 2025 is over... The first week of each month see's our monthly meet up at the halfway house, brentwood. The ever growing group always give's us great motivation to push forward and do more. A great place to chat over with those that come down all things property and investing.

We have a very productive week with meetins and viewings, but NOW is the time to convert some of the opportunities if we are going to achieve our targets and goals for 2025.

The first week also gives us a chance to look over the previous month and take note of the previous month and lolok to see how we can focus on improving this month, and its clear the new systems and procedures we are introducing are starting to pay off.

Until next week, keep taking them little steps forward.

Gav

''Don't get folded up like a deck chair'' why do we overlook the systems. No matter how fast you have to move, never forget the systems. Yet so many people we meet along the way all end up saying we wish we had the right contracts, systems in place.

What better time than now to get Richard Stone join us for an uncensored chat about implementing project management into the world of property investment and development and the importance behind this side of the industry .

With the amount of information out there it's very easy to get distracted so focusing on and following set out processes can and will aid your journey in property. ''The condom of construction'' using and having the rights contracts in place are a major part of property and myself and Rich talk at depth about this

As always with any chat with Richard your get a no holds real world conversation covering the basis of all things life and property and your hear some absolute bangers of quotes from the man behind property management.

Thanks again Rich and until next time

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