The Crowd with Us Podcast

"I don't think the property market actually, unless you are a forced seller, is going to be too negatively affected." - Akhil Patel

Akhil has professional experience in audit, central government and international banking and has worked on a range of issues from reviewing large infrastructure public private partnerships (PPP) deals to helping establish the UK's £3 billion International Climate Fund. He has two Masters Degrees (in Finance and Public Policy) and a first degree in the Classics from Oxford. He is also currently a principal policy advisor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Listen to this podcast to better understand economic cycles, where Covid-19 fits into this and what will be the impact on property prices as we surface from Lockdown.

In this podcast :

01:19: Introduction to Akhil - his experience and expertise 07:02: An overview of economic cycles and where we are now 08:30: Covid-19 : meltdown trigger? 09:39: Characteristics of a mid-cycle recession 11:04: The key variable is, how long is lockdown? 13:04: The impact to property prices 16:11: Application of the theory 20:05: How to stay informed? Publications to read and tune into

Contact Akhil: Instagram (@akhilgpatel)| LinkedIn | www.theascendantstrategy.com

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"There's a lot of changes coming and happening right now and I think the businesses that will do well are those businesses that are easily adaptable" - Rod Turner

This is an unprecedented moment in time where all of our lives and livelihoods have been affected. 

We invited a highly experienced panel to join Co-Founder Rob Wilkinson to give you an insight into the impact Covid-19 and living in lockdown is having on property professionals and investors.

In this podcast you'll hear how social distancing is affecting their businesses and informing their development and investment strategies, now and moving forward. They candidly discuss the precaution measures they are putting in place to be able to navigate these unique times we find ourselves in.

Contact Helen:

Instagram (@helenjane888) | LinkedIn

Contact Antony:

Facebook (Linea Homes) | Instagram (@lineahomes) | LinkedIn (Linea Homes) | www.lineahomes.co.uk

Contact Rod:

Facebook | Instagram (@rod.turner) | LinkedIn

"Life..is just one big chain of failures that get you closer to success".- Fran Boorman

Fran Boorman is without doubt an accomplished woman. Recognised as the UK's No. 1 Female Business Influencer 2019, her business, Goal 17, has been featured in Forbes, she's a TEDx speaker, winner of the National Mentoring Awards, she was a competitive skier and is a radio contributor. She has scaled a very successful Networking Marketing business, written and published a book about it and is part of a non-political government steering group focused on women in enterprise.

In this podcast: 03:00: Network marketing : building a team of 1000 05:40: Connection Marketing : writing a book and beyond 06:42: Setting up Goal 12:40: Competitive skiing from a young age and translated those skills to business 17:13: #purposeoverpouts : UK's No. 1 Female Business Influencer 23.15: Where does the business go from here? 24:54: Mentors, success buddies and good advice 27:16: Every problem creates an opportunity 28:44: Balancing time between a successful business and parenting 34:04: Women in enterprise: a governmental steering group 36:39: Sharing knowledge and personal development

Contact Fran: Facebook | Instagram (@franbglobal) | LinkedIn | www.fran.global/

To find out more about Crowd with Us please visit our website. Simply register an account to receive updates and details of upcoming project launches at www.crowdwithus.london/register/.

"I think investment is all about reward versus risk and effort and everyone always forgets about the effort." - Rod Turner

Rod has had an unconventional career, at the age of 16 he started working as a bouncer which unexpectedly snowballed into building a 100-man security business. He also set up a sports nutrition company on the way before turning to property development, purchasing his first property sharing a party wall with Wandsworth prison!

Since then he's structured and pulled off creative property development deals in major UK cities, he's built a sustainable and sizeable business by analysing and adapting to market conditions.

In this podcast: 00:57 Humble beginnings 04:15 The appeal of property 06:00 Structuring creative deals 10:20 Importance of adapting to market conditions 13:30 Using rental yield as your barometer 14:00 Focus on sustainable growth and portfolio diversification 16:40 Different angles of finance 16:55 De-risking a deal 21:00 Staying informed

Contact Rod: Facebook | Instagram (@rod.turner) | LinkedIn

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"What we look for is to make our money work the best it can to maximise the site value at the end"

The developers behind HGS Properties, Paul Goodsir and Philip Howard join CWU Co-founder, Rob Wilkinson, to share their decades of combined property investment, planning and construction experience. They discuss their most successful strategies and share how they've been able to mitigate risk in their developments. Listening to this podcast you get a glimpse into their vast experience and development capability. Predominantly focused on projects in and around London they made their success in areas such as Clerkenwell before they were trendy.

In this podcast: 00.20: Paul Goodsir shares his background and vast property experience 03:35: Philip Howard's career into property and HGS Property Group 06:00: Combining forces to form HGS 06:30: Their first deal together 09:20: Winning the Evening Standard Best Boutique Scheme 2013 11.25: Property development projects and experience 16:40: Mitigating risk on development projects 20:50: What strategy would you take if you were starting in property today?

Contact Paul Goodsir & Philip Howard https://www.hgsgroup.co.uk | [email protected] | LinkedIn

To find out more about Crowd with Us please visit our website. Simply register an account to receive updates and details of upcoming project launches at www.crowdwithus.london/register/.

     

"If you combine the power of the mind and body you're boundaryless" - Mark Stokes

Mark is an experienced entrepreneur, business leader, investor and published author. He retired from corporate life at Board Level after 26 years deploying global infrastructure projects. Alongside his business partners he established EquaGroup in 2015, focusing on his passion for creating shared and sustainable value through property, driven to build multi-generational legacy.

In addition to growing EquaGroup, Mark is Author to three books, founder of the SSAS Alliance and a keen endurance sportsman. In this podcast Mark share's his view of property, of pensions, diligence and the power of the mind.

In this podcast: 03:40 Business leader & corporate troubleshooter 05:45 Re-dressing life balance through a hard underlying asset business - property 08:45 Creating a multi-generational legacy 13:20 Discovering SSAS 14:30 SSAS as part of your overall wealth 34:00 Starting the SSAS alliance 39:00 Marathon des Sables : finding out what you're really capable of 45:00 New Book : Advice to Your Younger Self

Contact Mark: https://www.markstokesuk.com Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram (@markstokes.stokes)

To find out more about Crowd with Us please visit our website. Simply register an account to receive updates and details of upcoming project launches at www.crowdwithus.london/register/.

Rod has had an unconventional career, at the age of 16 he started working as a bouncer which unexpectedly snowballed into building a 100-man security business. He also set up a sports nutrition company on the way before turning to property development, purchasing his first property sharing a party wall with Wandsworth prison!

Since then he’s structured and pulled off creative deals in major UK cities, he’s built a sustainable and sizeable business by analysing and adapting to market conditions.

"Rule of thumb for a million pound deal: the cost to buy a property hold it and sell it, if that's the exit, [generally] the cost will be about 15-20% of the purchase and the development cost."

Thor has been investing in property for over 20 years, having bought his first property at age 19 in Australia. He worked in the UK construction industry for five years up to 2010 as site foreman and project manager.

Thor started investing in London in 2009 and bought and/or sold 50 properties totalling over £17 million in value before creating Crowd with Us with his co-founders. His key skill sets are mitigating risk & structuring deals to be profitable and win/win for all involved.

In this podcast: 00:50 - Holy grail question: What makes a great deal? 02:15 - What does CWU look for when accepting deals onto their platform 10:00 - The market and how the timing can be the benefactor 16:30 - Making sure your deal stacks and willingness to walk away is fundamental 19:30 - How are investors finding amazing deals that seem to stack

Contact Thor Portess: www.crowdwithus.london/site/contact-us

To find out more about Crowd with Us please visit our website. Simply register an account to receive updates and details of upcoming project launches at www.crowdwithus.london/register/.

 

Risk Warning: Capital is at risk and returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Please read the full risk warning on https://www.crowdwithus.london/site/risk-statement  before deciding to invest.

"SSAS is a bit of an undiscovered market with so much potential"

A New Zealand Chartered Accountant and Project Manager, she has vast experience in Financial Services. Michelle spent a large proportion of her career working on massive financial transformation programmes before building a buy-to-let property portfolio.

More recently Michelle's focus has shifted to investing, with a particular interest in SSAS - small, self administered scheme. As an advocate of crowdfunding she began investing personally before exploring the possibilities available with SSAS.

In this podcast: 00:25 - From NZ to the UK 01:50 - Banking and project management to property investing and buy-to-let 03:10 - Navigating Section 24 04:00 - Discovering SSAS (small self administered pension scheme) and diversifying investment 06:15 - Creating a SSAS and becoming a SSAS trustee 07:00 - Investing with your SSAS 10:25 - Types of investment you can use your SSAS for + Michelle's own experience 11:00 - Crowdfunding with your SSAS 13:00 - Advice for getting into SSAS 14:45 - What are you reading and listening to?

Contact Michelle Bryant LinkedIn | Instagram (@eastendkiwi) | Facebook - Messenger www.michelle-bryant.com

To find out more about Crowd with Us please visit our website. Simply register an account to receive updates and details of upcoming project launches at www.crowdwithus.london/register/.

"It all comes down to risk mitigation. You don't know what to expect or what you're exposed to on a construction project until you've put a spade in the ground, and very early on developers are making assumptions".

Deeply passionate about the construction industry, Michelle started working on site at just 17. Since then she's worked and trained as QS, EA, CA and PM (listen to the podcast to find out what these mean!).

Michelle established Redshell Consulting in 2013 as an independent construction consultancy of cost, project and development managers, working holistically with clients to support them going beyond cost and project level results and providing strategic solutions to construction challenges.

In this podcast: 00:22 - What is a Quantity Surveyor? 01:00 - Starting out in construction at 17 03:05 - Project delivery from a holistic perspective 04:00 - When to employ consultants 06:31 - What does your project really mean? 09:20 - Creating a cost plan

Contact Michelle Lowe: LinkedIn | Facebook | @michelleredshell @redconsult www.redshell.org

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