This Week In Property Podcast

In today's show, Richard sat down with Jimmy Acton from Property Booking.

Property Booking is the UK's leading shared ownership portal.

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Shared Ownership, also known by some as 'part buy / part rent', is a solution to getting on the property ladder that is for most people totally unknown, and for some people misunderstood.

Jimmy's chat with Richard addresses both of those challenges by very clearly and simply describing every part of the solution that he wants to see become one of the standard mainstream ways enabling people to get on the property ladder.

Fully backed by the Government, Shared Ownership is a solution that can cater for the needs of customers looking to find their home without the financial constraints of a large mortgage and deposit, and also without the non-owner status of a renting tenant.

It also addresses many of the issues that Housing Associations and Property Developers have with unused and empty stock.

And Property Booking's online portal provides the space for those customers to search for such properties, and for those associations and developers to present such properties...

In our series of shows that put the UK's real property professionals into the spotlight, Richard sits down today with The Corrs.

Husband and wife team, Barry-John Corr and Leeann Corr, are a shining example of what's possible for any listener out there, who is thinking about getting into business and getting into property.

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This power team of a couple opened their doors, opened their books, and opened their hearts to every part of their property journey.

The challenges and the successes, the downs and the ups, the losses and the profits, and the hilarious stories of wallpapered doors to the exciting stories of completion restorations.

No question was dodged by this genuinely open and honest couple doing amazing things in business for them, for their family, and for their investors.

The nuts and bolts of refurbishments, the figures and percentages of deals and profits, and the emotional and human side of bettering themselves, working as a married couple, and enjoying the freedom and luxuries of quality time as a family, and having the flexibility in their private lives.

A fantastic example of inspiration and encouragement that listeners will really resonate with, and a great insight into what can be possible in the world of property for every ordinary couple out there...

In today's show, Richard sat down with Barry Walker and Stuart Wylie from Walker Wylie Estate Agents.

In a very wide-ranging conversation, the guys chatted all about one of the essential positions in your property business's Power Team: The Estate Agent...

• How to build that key relationship professionally
• The top tips for developers looking for the best deals
• The Pros and Cons of the Scottish Home Report
• The last thing that every viewer thinks about
• The areas and the touches to focus on to maximise your property's sale value

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Barry and Stuart were so open and generous with their time.

They were grilled with questions and taken off on tangents, and they offered their opinions and experience on the market in general and topics in detail.

The whole interview was filmed exclusively for PMW's Property Protege training vault, but the content is so useful for property professionals everywhere, that we've extracted parts of the audio for our podcast listeners.

For over 40 years now, there has been a mystical product/service in the financial industry that has managed to keep the secrets of its amazing flexibility and power hidden from the general public.

A financial solution so far reaching and powerful to business owners that once they get to hear about it and understand the options it gives, they can't quite believe it exists, can't believe it's legal, and can't believe it's fully endorsed and backed by HMRC itself.

That product is known as a SSAS.

And in today's show, the mystique of the SSAS was laid bare by expert Paul Barry.

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• Hear about the greatest kept secret in the world of finance, business, and pensions
• Learn about the remarkable power of raising finance, using finance, leverage, and tax benefits that a SSAS can bring you
• Learn how to invest in your own business, invest in other businesses, and buy assets directly
• Learn about the incredible scope in the property world that a SSAS can get involved in
• The ability to tap into those poorly underperforming personal and corporate pension schemes that have previously been kept away from your expert business hands

In today's show, Richard sits down with Andrea Carpenter, author of new book 'High Rise And Fall: The Making of the European Real Estate Industry'

10 years on from the 2008 financial crash, Andrea reflects on how the European commercial property industry transformed from a local, small-scale business to an international, financially sophisticated, multi-billion-euro industry that was ultimately left devastated.

Drawing on her experience as both former Editor of EuroProperty, and Director at the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), Andrea explains how the mid-1990s saw the arrival of a new style of property investing in the European markets.

Seeking high returns, impervious to risk and with a seeming indifference to the buildings at the heart of the deals, US players such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers conquered the European property markets with an audacity that both repulsed and intoxicated the locals.

Fuelled by improving economic conditions in the early 2000s, European investors were keen to emulate all or parts of the US investors’ philosophy. Armed with a wall of capital, the industry expanded into the far reaches of Europe in search of returns, and piled on new risks that it did not completely understand...

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• Hear Andrea's journalistic curiosity that helped her to tell the fascinating story to the latest generation of property investors...
• 10 years on from the global financial crash of 2008, Andrea picks over the wreckage...
• How the single European currency in the 1990s saw the arrival of a new style of property investing...
• How the US players such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers conquered the European property markets with an audacity that both repulsed and intoxicated the locals...
• How the industry expanded into the far reaches of Europe in search of returns, and piled on new risks that it did not completely understand...

Renting.  Dread, anxiety, late night phone calls, problem tenants, burst pipes, and relentless stress.

That's some of the negative connotations that make many in the property world think of chaos.

And that's where "Arthur" steps in.  To bring sanity to the chaos.

Marc Trup, the founder of Arthur Online explains how that's achieved...

In today's show, Richard dials into the busy and successful office of Arthur Online, to hear Marc's story.

From a surprising start in the world of dentistry, through some funny chat about featuring in a BT advert with one of the UK's first mobile phones, and deep into the story of how he solved many of the problems with his very own portfolio.

And how he has built a business that now solves those very same problems for many other people.

For the tenant and for the landlord.  For the property manager and for the large portfolio owner.  And even, for the farmer and the Uber driver!

Listen in to find out more...

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• Rent out ANYTHING!  From a farmer's field to an Uber cab, to a portfolio of BTLs...
• How Arthur integrates and assembles, rather than having you distracted across many platforms...
• Using the power of tech as a tool to do business better...
• Putting power in the hands of tenants to increase the positive perception of your business...
• Marc's thoughts on the London market, prices, rental demand, capital appreciation, and how he sees the future of the UK property world...

Business - a 'commercial activity', 'an activity that someone is engaged in'

Those are some of the dictionary descriptions for what business is.

In one particular area of business, I personally came together with 3 other gentlemen: Paul McFadden, Barry McEwan, and Ian Brierley, to get involved in property investing many years ago.

Very quickly, and ever since that time, it became something much more than just business...

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In this special video edition episode, that group of 4 business partners and dear friends, sat down to chat.

No agenda, no topics, and no preconceived ideas.

Different people, different locations around the UK, different ages, different backgrounds, and different starting points.

But all connected at the outset with a common goal and common intentions.

Very quickly, that path evolved into a relationship much more than just business.

The chat was immediately very open, very honest, and often funny.

The group discussed the ins and outs of the ventures, the problems and challenges faced, how decisions are made, how problems are solved, and how those basic business bonds have strengthened into a tight friendship.

Property, investment, business, outlooks, family, and life.

It's all covered in the chat.

And it's all very much more than just business...

There's just not enough female voices. When it comes to business, and property in particular, the quota is not high enough. On today's show, we've got two powerful female voices that are able to help in that area. Carol Watson and Lisa Smith, are not only inspirational business women, but are causing waves of success in different parts of the property world, and they've now launched their very own podcast too! The Life Balance Podcast. Carol and Lisa chat about their lives, their businesses, their strategies, their experiences, and their desire to have more female voices speak up, and their mission and legacy for using property and business to leave a positive mark on the world and help many people benefit from that success.

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• Don't ask why. Ask, why not...
• Women in business, women in property, glass ceilings, the maternal piece, and wanting it all...
• From the odd one out at a networking event, to speaking at the front of the room...
• Sourcing, refurbs, investors, and land developments...
• Working with someone with the same values and principles...

How resilient are you really?

How confident and optimistic do you feel?

How would you really cope if it was all ripped away from you?

Your business, your connections, your very freedom itself...

'The Inside Track' is the best-selling book from Peter Sage, covering his incredible journey of being a non-criminal sent into Britain's toughest prison, Pentonville,

One of the world's top experts in Personal Development would face his toughest challenge yet.

Tales from the book not only show how he coped with the challenge, but how he used the 'opportunity' to help others while there, and ending in being commended and awarded for his work by the prison service itself.

In this, his 2nd interview on This Week In Property, Peter sits down again to be grilled by Richard, this time with the questions coming from the listeners themselves...

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• From non-criminal prisoner to best-selling author...
• Life's classroom and how we face the lessons...
• Nutrition, exercise, sleep, and morning and night routines: revealed...
• The hidden tribe of Indigo Children...
• Why the Sage Business School has an ending planned...
• The Primary Fear that lies underneath every fear, doubt, and decision we have...

Rather than start with your property products and services, start with understanding who exactly you're going to be selling to.

Who is your market?

What do they want?

How do they think?

Where do they live and move?

What value can you deliver to them...

In today's show, Richard sits down with James Miller to discuss the art and the science of marketing.

James' experience and background enables him to give our listeners some incredible insights into the workings, tools, and strategies that are employed by the big boys of the marketing and retail world.

And he shows us ways that we can use those same secretive techniques to supercharge our own property businesses and deliver real value to our specific customers.

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• Are you indulging in a hobby, or running a professional business...
• To succeed like the big boys, you have to market like the big boys...
• The offline world of property, the online world of property, and the bridges between the 2 worlds...
• Some of the tricks and the tools of the big marketers revealed and explored...
• Royal Mail: quaint and traditional, or a secret weapon we can use in the modern world...
• Secret ways to pinpoint your end customers and get your tailored message to them...