The HMO Podcast

What does it take to scale and systemise your HMO business? Today I’m joined by Dan Green of Spencer Lettings and we’re going to talk about how he managed to grow his HMO portfolio to 100 rooms in 3 years using R2R. We will also discuss the challenges and the struggles that he overcame in his career and journey while building a successful HMO business. Plus, we’re also talking about an £86k net case study. 

Building a business is hard work and in today’s episode, we are joined again by John Paul and we are going to talk about how to build a business and not just be self-employed. 

Discover how John Paul started and his motivation to grow his business over the years through hard work, discipline and choice management. How do you know if you have a true HMO business? Find out in this episode.

Hiring the first member of your staff is a daunting task so in this episode, I’m going to share with you the 3-step approach that I use to recruit a member of staff into my businesses. 

This approach will help you determine who, when and how to recruit the first member of your staff, whether it is an office-based staff or even a remote staff.  

Today’s episode is very special because we are talking to Roland Symonds of Sanctum LDN. The company transforms tired old buildings into affordable yet luxurious London homes. Aside from his HMO business and other investments, he’s going to talk about key metrics that he places value on when looking to buy and add to his portfolio. We’re also going to talk about a £920k Case Study so this episode is definitely one that you shouldn’t miss. 

Today’s episode is very timely because we’re going to talk about how to perform in an uncertain market. Because of the pandemic, it’s difficult to decide whether you should focus on growing the business or just focus on survival, and we’re going to talk about that with none other than John Paul of the Castledene Group.  

Join us today as we discuss how to operate your HMO business and what to do in this time of economic uncertainty. 

In today’s episode, I am joined by Tex Jones of Jones Real Estate. Jones Real Estate is a Private Equity Investment company that specialises in identifying, investing and adding value to properties with strong yields and growth potential. 

Tex will share his journey and how he built his 30+ R2R’s, his experience building a family office and discuss how he achieved a £39K Gross Rent for his properties.  

In this episode in time for the new year, I’m going to talk about how to smash through your limiting beliefs and share with you my journey and growth story for the past 10 years in the HMO business. 

I will share with you the challenges and the limiting beliefs that I had to deal with, and how I overcome all of them. 

In this episode I am joined by Jake & Lucy from Innova Property, a property investment company based in Bristol! 

Jake is a property and home improvement fanatic who has worked in the kitchen industry for 10+ years while Lucy has a passion for interior design, creating sociable and functional spaces and bringing life to a properties!

Jake & Lucy share their story, we talk about their property investment strategies, their tips on building  a varied portfolio and we go into detail on a 25% ROCE case study of theirs! 

In today’s episode, John Paul and I will talk about his latest acquisition! If you’re interested in scaling your HMO business through acquisition, then this is an episode you shouldn’t miss! We’re also going to look back and discuss what valuable lessons we’ve learned this year, and of course what to look forward to and improve in 2021.

Building an HMO portfolio can be overwhelming, that’s why in this episode, I will share with you my process - the five-step system to scaling sustainably. Listen to the full episode to learn more about each step and start implementing on your own HMO business!

Here are the five steps or what I call the F-system:

1. Find
2. Fund
3. Fix
4. Fill
5. Flow