The Progressive Property Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

A special episode in which Mark Homer talks about almost everything. How to invest in different asset classes and manage your time. Having variety, versus being focused in only one thing. Testing, learning from mistakes and manage your emotions. Media, haters, feedback and how to be contrarian.

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On this episode, Mark shares his predictions about the UK property market. He talks about the recent tax changes and how they are going to affect properties and landlords.  Property prices in London compared to prices across the country. Demand in the property market, new technology, changes in landing criteria and Brexit. He also talks about the changes in agent fees and specific sectors of property, such as serviced accomodation and commercial conversions.

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How do you know if you need to buy away from your home and how to do it. Why it is important to understand the reason of being in property at first place, then think about the strategy that allows you to achieve your goals, identify the type of property that can help you undertake that strategy and where that type of property is located. 

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How do you go from being a global cybersecurity expert to running a successful property business as well being an angel investor/business mentor? Well, Chris Jones has done exactly that, in this episode, Peter interviews Chris, on his journey in business, how to make sure that you are diversifying your income streams, and what it takes to make property a business, not a hobby. In this fantastic interview, Chris talks through how he has learnt to grow a property business and how anyone can be a property investor. Learn from his experience on how to make sure you're not putting all your eggs in one basket, and diversifying your income streams.

Key Takeaways

I always wanted to be a spaceman. Having not been able to do that, I started as a 3D designer and fell into computers. I have a brain that stores useless information and 90% of computers is useless information. I have run my own Cyber Security firm for the last since 2003.

World War III is happening in cyberspace. If you are ok with computers I highly recommend getting into the cybersecurity business as their will always be work in the future. But in my business, I came to realise that I was working in the business, not on the business. I didn’t realise the mistakes I made until I went to the Multiple Streams of Income course with Progressive Property. It was successful but I was working 12 hours a day, every day a week.

2008 hit and I thought we had diversified as a business, as we had different customers but they were similar business customers in the same sector. All of a sudden they all stopped spending money, and I had to lay off half my staff. It took me a while to realise that I hadn’t diversified enough. My first foray into property then was 2013.

It was risk mitigation. In 2008 in the financial crisis, I realised that we had put all the eggs in one basket in the shape of my business so I set about learning all I could about property from the best. I realised that I needed to buy an asset. I always wanted to build a new business out of property.

What are the differences between the people that treat property as a hobby or as a business? Two things, systems and teams. When it’s a hobby you don’t need systems. You can be lucky and be successful without systems but I focus on business ability, not on luck. You need systems. Then the second is the team, if you get a team then you can spread the load, one brain is good two brains is better. People think you should train to be better at the things that you at bad at. Whereas you should focus on the things that you are good at and then employ people who are better at you to do that job.

I’ve always been bloody-minded. I don’t allow things to be a problem, they are either a whip to charge me forwards or an opportunity to develop a sense of self-reliance. Persistence is something that is both learned and born with behaviour. Those people who are persistently persistent are people who have worked through adversity.

What happened next when you completed the course? I completed the course in November and then bought a property in January. We were working with a homeless charity to help young men get a house. We started with my wife and two very good friends. We gutted the house and made it a really nice house. This was meant to not have loads of profit, but be a long term asset. We were going to buy a big Victorian house, but one of my friends pulled money from the property and the deal fell through. That set us back at least a year in our growth.  

I completed VIP and it was the best decision I made. Within the IT world, I am very good at what I do, and I wanted to be very good at property. The best way is to learn from the best. VIP is one of those things where the more you put in the more you get out. I turned up every month, completed all my mentor's actions and networked the hell out of the room. This kickstarted my passion for angel investing, which means that I am a professional business mentor, and angel investor now. I’m a qualified business mentor through the Institute of entrepreneurs. I would do that from 5.30am until 7.30 in the morning. Mentoring and investing are both things that have come from progressive VIP courses.

How did Hive start? Like bees, we wanted to have a Hive like mind, where we all working together for the common good. It started as a club with people for mutual support where we would work on our own things but support each other. Made sure we did the planning. The banks would not give us a bank account, and we formed a limited company to buy property, do bigger possibilities. We did ok, and with any venture, we had to change the way we did things so we were all aligned.  Over the two years we have pared down, and we are left with a core group.

What is your vision for the property business? We are continuing to do buy-to-let as it’s a really good money earner, which I hadn’t realised they are so profitable before getting into property. We are doing some HMO’s, and looking at some commercial property as well.

I’m always looking for investors. If we are talking about property investing, then we are looking at 70,000 onwards, either as a loan or a joint venture. The wider angel investing, I’m working with a wide range of business, from media to print. We are looking from £250,000, up to £2.5 million, in different ways. They either need to be sophisticated investors or individuals high net worth.

Why start a property business in Hartlepool, and Middlesbrough? The attraction is the low cost of access, and the rental we get is very good. The property which would cost us £60,000 we are able to rent out for £500 a month. There can be little property growth, however. Part of the Tees Valley has had a lot of investment recently which has seen higher property prices. There is a lot of things happening in the northern parts of the country which can sometimes be ignored if you only look t the media.

Where are you going to be in five years? The intention is to leave a legacy of properties that we own and manage. I find it difficult to find a vision in five months, I work in dynamic markets so I focus on 6-12 months. But the long term vision is to have a substantial property portfolio and to have each sector of the property portfolio which allows me to do things better.

Best Moments

‘It took me a while to realise that I hadn’t diversified enough.’

‘Reality is never the same as your perception.’

‘We can all see the same thing and see very different things.’

‘You have to treat property as a business.’

‘You need systems, to make a business of property.’

‘Getting the systems, and the team in means it’s not a hobby or a business.’

‘Mind-set is really important.’

‘People who have been through adversity either collapse or rile against it.’

‘The more you are determined to carry on the more you will carry on.’

‘If you carry on doing the right things, then you will be successful.’

‘Having to restart after a deal fell through taught me a lot.’

‘I turned up every month, completed all my mentor's actions and networked the hell out of the room.’

‘What I have to offer is how business work and globally, and my wide networks.’

‘Part of the difficulty is being focused.’

‘It took me a long time to learn to say no.’

‘You can’t help poor  if you are poor yourself.’

ABOUT THE GUEST
Chris Jones is a successful Company Director, Serial entrepreneur, Angel Investor and Board level advisor for many startup companies. Co-author of the latest International standard for Business resiliency and disaster recovery.

CONTACT METHOD

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.jones.7549185

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-jones-b01442/

ABOUT THE HOST
Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider's Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors. On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investors Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator's Workshop ,in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.

CONTACT METHOD - Peter Jones
http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/

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The progressive community is a vibrant and dynamic one so listeners are always sending in some great questions. In this episode, Peter answers some of your burning questions about property. Should I Buy Property Abroad? Do property investors specialise in one type of property? or How quickly can I buy a house or apartment? All important questions for anyone looking to develop, start or grow their property business.

Key Takeaways

Should I buy property abroad? If you are familiar with progressive you’ll know the answer to that. We have our REASON model, these are the things that we shouldn’t be buying. The A in REASON stands for abroad. In the past, I put down some hefty deposits in Romania and I didn’t do my due diligence. The rent had to be closer to double the average rent in Romania to make any money. The difficulties abroad are that there are local rules which you won’t know, as well as the currency exchange rates which are constantly fluctuating. There is one exception to this rule, however, where you buy a property abroad as a lifestyle choice.

Do property investors specialise in one type of property? There are different views on this. The difficulty in specialising in one thing is it’s a bit like putting all your eggs in one basket. Mainly specialising in one thing however means that you are going to get better at that one thing. I became really specialised in buy-to-let for instance. That was great until the credit crash. I knew that my one strategy of buy-to-let wasn't going to work anymore and I needed a new one. There is the 70/20/10 model, where you have three strategies and you divide your time/resources up into three things.

Do property investors sell directly or use agents? Both, some sell directly, to other property investors. The answer it depends on your strategy and what you are trying to achieve. You need to do the best for you. There is scope to do all sorts of stuff. There are lots of creative ways to sell through agents, or directly. With deal packaging, you’ll be the agent, and not use an agent. Selling buy-to-lets I’d consider selling to an owner-occupier, or to another investor, or even sell the limited company to another business.

How quickly can I buy a house, apartment or a dwelling? It’s probably going to take longer than you think. I’ve bought properties where I’m buying with cash and I don’t need searches but even then it can take as long as having the searches. It is quite hard to make a solicitor move faster than they want to go. It’s going to be rare to get a buy-to-let done in under 3 months. These things take time.

Should I buy-to-let or should I sell? I would consider doing both. The great thing about buy-to-let is they will give you cashflow. The reality is that property prices are increasing in the North rather than the South. Maybe have a strategy where you get chunky cash coming in, like commercial conversions, or something like flips. It could be HMOs or serviced accommodation. Any business depends on cash-flow for it to succeed. Lumps of cash like that make you look more lendable by the banks.

Best Moments

‘Never invest in property abroad.’

‘Only buy a property abroad if it’s a lifestyle choice.’

‘Specialising in one thing it’s a bit like putting all your eggs in one basket.’

‘Having more than one strategy means you have a buffer.’

‘Specialise in a number of areas.’

‘It is quite hard to make a solicitor move faster than they want to go.’

‘In property, its a case of get rich quickly slowly.

‘Buying a property is probably going to take you longer.’

‘Any business depends on cash-flow for it to succeed.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider's Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors. On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investors Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator's Workshop ,in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.

CONTACT METHOD - Peter Jones

http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/

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“If you want something, you can make it happen.”

This is what our guest, Emerald Fisk, is going to prove today in this episode of the Progressive Property Podcast. Peter chats with Emerald about her journey in building her portfolio and achieving success while helping other people. Emerald started from absolutely nothing – no knowledge about properties and no connections with investors. But, what she has is determination and a goal – an outstanding capital for starters in property investing. Of course, she faced challenges and some struggles, but she didn’t let them get in the way.

So, if you are just starting in exploring property investing, then make sure to tune in. A lot of your worries and doubts will be all gone as Emerald also answers some questions like: Should you go for the properties and finances first? Where do you find your goldmine area? Does it matter that you got zero knowledge about properties?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Emerald was a Deputy Manager for a car agency before she decided she wants to work for herself alone and start exploring property investments despite not knowing even a tidbit about properties. She also became a personal trainer because she was drawn to one of her passions, her sport, rugby.
• Since Emerald bought her first property at 21, she set her eyes on properties that could be remortgaged, be rented out, or be invested on. So, she started looking for ways on how to learn the ins and outs. This was when she stumbled on Toni Gargan, a property investor and a trainer in Progressive Property, whom she’ll learn a lot and owes a lot of her success to.
• A goldmine area is an investment area where you buy our investment properties. It might be difficult to find the area that works for you, just like what happened to Emerald at the start. It became overwhelming when you make the decision since there are a lot of factors to consider. It took Emerald 6 months to decide on her goldmine area finally.
• She raised £400,000 while she was with Progressive speaking with various investors. She never needed to get from her own pocket for finances.
• Which should you be locking in first? Finances or Properties?
  • For Emerald, its securing funds while eyeing on properties at the same time. There should be an investor right around the corner who’s ready to do a deal with you while you’re looking for properties.
  • Peter says there is no wrong and right answer to this question. Do what works for you.
• From Gloucestershire to Liverpool: Did Emerald’s choice worth it for property investing? She says it was more helpful in building her property portfolio, finding more deals, and networking with people who could help her in her career.
• Where does Emerald see herself in 5 years? Emerald wants to build her portfolio full of properties in her hometown, Gloucestershire. She’ll be sticking to single lots and do away from HMOs and huge commercial conversions. Above all, she wants to be an international speaker to inspire people.
• Emerald’s Top Tips For Beginners:
  • Know that you need to learn along the way.
  • Everyone has to go out and have it a go.
  • Find your investor. Even just one would do to get a deal.
  • To raise finance, you just have to be with you and believe you can do it.
  • Proactively meet people.

BEST MOMENTS

• “What do the richest people seem to have? They all seem to have property.”
• “I think my mind was absolutely blown and I was incredibly overwhelmed. I had no idea how I was going to do it, but all I could say to myself was, other people have done it so it can be done and so I can do it.”
• “Buying at an auction is a sophisticated strategy particularly for beginners.”
• “You just need time to do houses and stand houses and speak to investors. And, you don’t build relationships overnight.”
• “I think I’m finding good people that know more than me. So, it’s not like I go into things blind. I just find people that can. If I got a deal, I just find someone who knows how to do the deal. I’d rather have the piece of the pie, rather than trying to keep it all to myself and do it wrong.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Progressive Property
• Progressive Property Masterclass
• Tony Robbins
• Rob Moore

ABOUT THE GUEST

Emerald Fisk is a property investor, a public speaker, and a serviced accommodation provider. She loves buying and refurbishing single let properties. She also specialises in Joint Ventures. In 2018, she was awarded the Community JV of the Year from Progressive Property Ltd.

• Emerald’s LinkedIn
• Emerald’s Instagram

ABOUT THE HOST
Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, book of its kind which was written for what we’d now call buy-to-let investors.

On the back of its success he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets, and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investor’s Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop, in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.

CONTACT METHOD

• The Property Teacher
• Progressive Property

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In this episode, Peter discusses his answers to James questions from his experience in property. He also shares some knowledge on how to deal with JV partners, the things that you need to remember when dealing with joint-ventures and drawing up contracts and much more.

James' Question

“Wonder if you can help in raising finances, do you know of any solicitors who can arrange a contract to give the lender of the finance some security and confidence that I’m not going to or legally can’t take all of their money and run away with it? Do they have a floating charge on the property? Would you have a sample agreement you can forward to myself?”

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Security to a Lender. James is wondering how to give the lender security and how to make the lender feel comfortable with lending the money. One of the key things you must do when you’re thinking about doing a JV and when you are thinking about raising your finance is to take the time to get to know the lender so that you can understand exactly what it is that the lender wants from you. 
• Different Personality Types. You can talk about any aspect of the property and it doesn’t matter what it is but we tend to think that whatever we think or whatever we feel is what everybody else is going to think or feel but it isn’t just the case. There are multiple personality types. Study the different personality types so that you will know how to approach a JV partner and how to get the best deal with them. You need to sit down with your JV partner and you need to understand what is important to them in a JV.  

• Make things less complicated. Ask your JV lender, what rate of interest would you like? What rate of interest would make this JV work for you? Asking these questions to your JV partner would most likely save you a lot of money and it will make your deal with them a little less complicated. 
• Do you need a solicitor to draw up a contract? It is important to have something in writing. But do you always need a solicitor to draw up the contract? When you become experienced, if it is a small simple deal, maybe you don’t. It is about scale and degree. 
• What sort of solicitor do we need to go to? We suggest that you go on to Progressive Facebook group and ask who people are using. 
• Sample agreement? Peter would not do that for the reason that every JV is going to be different. It is much better to start with a blank piece of paper, talk to your JV partner, make bullet points, heads of terms, and discuss between your JV partner/s exactly what you want and what you want to get out of the JV and what the JV looks like to you and which bits are important to you.  
• Main Terms.  Who are the parties? Who is borrower? Who is the lender? What’s the address of the property? Is the property gonna be provided as security? Is any other security going to be provided? What are the terms of the deal? Is it a profit share? Or are you going to be paying somebody interest? How much is the profit going to be? What is the interest going to be? What is the length of the term? These are the main things which we need to have down and to be understood. 

• What could potentially go wrong in a JV? We are not hoping that something will go wrong, but we should think about this. Think about the what could go wrong, make sure that they are in your head of terms, and make sure that the solicitor actually incorporates those into the JV agreement. 
• JV. Jv is a fantastic way of financing your deals and making sure that you can do more than one deal. 
• JV with older people. A JV with younger people and older people works really well. Most of the time, older people have assets. They have the capital but they don’t have the income. You as the younger generation might want to give them that income. It is a good collaboration. 
• Why would someone want to JV with me? When you have done 4 days with us on a masterclass, you will be able to look somebody in the eye and say, “I know about property investing.” 
• Do they have a charge on the property? It really depends on the lender. What do they want? Ask them what they want. Don’t assume that you are always gonna give somebody a charge. You can also give them a restriction. A charge will allow you to repossess a property whereas a restriction doesn’t. 

BEST MOMENTS 

• “You need to be very very careful about assuming that you know what they (JV partner) need and want. Ask them what they need and want and then structure the deal accordingly.” 
• “At the end of the day, what’s important is getting down the main terms.” 
• “When you are thinking about your JV agreement think about all of the what ifs… think about the things that could potentially go wrong.” 

• “If there isn’t a basic level of trust then I’m not sure I’m going to do a JV with somebody anyway.” 
• “I don't know everything and I might make a mistake. And if I make a mistake, I might lose the money. Hopefully not. But I am never gonna run away with your money because that's not who I am. And if you think I'm the sort of person who could run away with your money, then I don't really wanna do business with you. And so I said, 'That's fine. Don't worry about it. I will find somebody else.' And I think they are taken aback by that but it had to be said and it had to be done.” 
• “Older people are good JV partners because older people stereotypically, I know it doesn't apply to everybody, but stereotypically older people are much more likely asset rich and cash poor, which mean that they've got collateral. They've got a property which you can borrow against if they're prepared to put them up as a security, and that's all well and good. And you can then give them a return. Lots of older people, they may have the capital but they don't have the income. So you can provide them with the income.” 
• “One of the things that you must bear in mind is that if at some point you’re gonna top up the JV funds with bank lending, for example, and if you think well can you actually do that? Well, yeah with the commercial conversions, something like that, you can do that. You need to make sure that there is no first charge on the property because the bank is gonna want the first charge.” 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

• Progressive Property 
• Progressive Property Masterclass 
• Tony Robbins 
• Rob Moore 

ABOUT THE HOST[Text Wrapping Break]Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, book of its kind which was written for what we’d now call buy-to-let investors.

On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets, and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investor’s Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop, in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.

CONTACT METHOD

The Property Teacher

Progressive Property 

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For anyone who wants to know more about commercial conversion, what is prior approval, the advantages of prior approval and risks you should avoid this episode is for you. Listen to Peter Jones as he interviews experienced solicitor and chartered surveyor, David Kemp.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Commercial Conversions: This is the ultimate course on converting the commercial property to residential. 
• What is prior approval? Prior approval is a bit of a fast track process, so instead of having to go through the very long elongated process of planning permission, it's a bit of a fast track. So it removes a lot of the obstacles to it and it's sort of a legal lead process with a bit of planning policy in between and because it's a bit like permitted development. 
• What are the advantages of prior approval? It takes most of the politics out of the process. So what you'll find is a lot of counsellors that can’t call in these applications because under the internal rules of every local council, they have what's called a scheme of delegation and sometimes if it's politically controversial, they don't like losing offices for instance, then counsellors try to call these things and they can't do that with prior approval. Prior approval is a much more straightforward route, it's a bit more technical and also it has a set period to be decided, in that applications have to be determined within 56 days or eight weeks and if they're not, then in pretty much all cases, if not most cases of what's called prior approval in the law, you get planning permission straightaway for the change of usage.  
• It's only for a change of use. There are a few exceptions around the law where you can have external alterations included, and you get that with agricultural prior approval from an agricultural building to residential, but most of it is to do with a change of use. So if you need to make external alterations to a buildings windows, doors, roof slope etc that sort of thing, then you have to apply for the Planning Commission separately for that. 
• Risks leading to you not getting prior approval. There are different prior approval, so there are offices to residential, there's agricultural to residential and so on so forth. You've got four risks under office to residential.   

• You've got noise. The premise that is to be converted from offices to residential must be in a location free of noise for you to get that approval. 
• You’ve got ground contamination. Some offices, particularly in rural areas, are built on former agricultural land so there may be pesticides and so the offices must be in a location which is not contaminated. 
• Traffic and parking. There should be ample parking lots for the total units in the premise. Sometimes before you're going to acquire a site, it's worth having a parking consultant as part of your power team. 
• Flood risk. There are two types of flooding that we tend to look at and that surface water flooding and also flooding from rivers and seas. The offices must be in a location that does not flood for you to get that approval from the council. 

• Instead of prior approval, when would you use planning? You need planning permission when you are erecting a new building or you're changing use. So whenever you fall into those two categories, you're going to need planning permission. 

BEST MOMENTS 

• “So if you need to make external alterations to building it will have to like Windows, doors, change the roof slope, that sort of thing, then you have to apply the Planning Commission separately for that.” 
• “If there's something like an office building and you want to turn it to residential, basically the local authority can't stop you.” 
• “Wherever the air is more rarefied, there is an obvious opportunity there to steal a match on your competitors and pick up a site for pretty good value and to be able to do something with it.” 
• “Just use what's there, don't get clever.” 

• “The bigger the development, the bigger the mistake.” 
• “Choose one thing, get good at it, try and systemize it and control your time on it.” 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

• Website: www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk  

ABOUT THE GUEST 

David Kemp is a barrister, he is also a solicitor and he is also a chartered surveyor. He's got a lot of experience in planning and has done a lot with local authorities. He was a senior or principal planning lawyer for about 10 different councils. David has also done property education. He has worked with a lot of people in commercial conversion. 

CONTACT METHOD 

• Email: [email protected]  
• Facebook: David Kemp

ABOUT THE HOST 

Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors. 

On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investor’s Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop, in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money. 

CONTACT METHOD 

• http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/  
• http://progressiveproperty.co.uk/   

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Tune in to today’s episode of the Progressive Property Podcast to hear you host, Peter Jones interview prestigious property investor, VIP mentor and letting agency owner, Derek Pape. Derek and Peter discuss all things property from creative investment strategies to advertising your property business, why mentors matter and how to be successful in property. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Education and knowledge. If you ever want to succeed in anything you do in your personal life or even your business life, you should always try to learn about that thing you want to do, get the knowledge that surrounds that thing that you want to do. 

• Creativity. You must always have a creative mind if you ever want to survive in this world and be successful. This always comes in handy when you come across very difficult situations like being fired by your boss, losing your company etc. 
• Avoid panicking. Being strong and not always panicking when you are faced by challenges helps a lot because you even come up with a solution very fast and you get to solve the problem before it gets worse. 
• Advertisements. When you start your business, always try and spread the word about it to the people by advertising it so that people can have the information about it so that when they may need your services or their friends need your services, they may refer them to you or contact you on their behalf. With this, be sure that your business will grow very fast. 
• Having a mentor. This is a very good thing to do if you ever want to achieve success in your life because mentors help you to make a very wise decision on the things you want to ever do in your life. 
• Teamwork or partnership. If you want to achieve success in your life, you should always find someone who you can work with and achieve your goals.  

BEST MOMENTS 

• “You don't know what you don't know.” 
• “If we knew then what we know now we would run the business totally differently.” 
• “You don't need money to invest in property because you can do options and you can do delayed completions.” 
• “We’re not all good at everything, but we are all good at some things.” 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

• http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/ 

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Derek Pape is a VIP mentor and also has a Letting agency. Derek is kindred spirited minded. Before Derek joined to do properties, he was an electrician. He is from Hartlepool up in the northeast. Derek sauces and packages deals and properties in his hometown. 

CONTACTS 

• Email: [email protected] 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors.  

On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investor’s Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop, in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.  

Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors.  

On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investor’s Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop, in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.  

CONTACT METHOD 

• http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/ 
• http://progressiveproperty.co.uk/ 

progressive, property, investing, rent, housing, buy to lets, serviced accomodation, block, auction, home, financial freedom, recurring income, tax, mortgage, assets: http://progressiveproperty.co.uk/

In today’s episode, Peter discusses the value of mentors, the need for property education and why succeeding in property is simple when you surround yourself with the right people with the right knowledge. Join Peter and David as they bring you vital tips to growing your property portfolio and how you too, can become a Progressive Property Investor.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Partnership and teamwork. As a starter in the progressive property, you should always look for a person who you can work with side by side and who you can invest with. This helps a lot because you end up making a well-informed decision because you discuss with your partner before making the decision. 
• Mentorship. For you to succeed in dealing with properties, you should always have a mentor by your side so that he or she can advise you on things that you are doing in the property investment. Have a mentor who has good information or background or is dealing with properties.  
• In properties, you can also do commercial conversions. You can convert a commercial premise and turn it to a resident and start dealing in properties now.  
• Confidence. These require someone with the confidence to even go ahead quitting the job in order to join the property community and start dealing with properties. This is a trait to achieve success in dealing with properties.  
• Education and knowledge. The background of success in properties is getting the right education and using it in the right way. Always have the knowledge behind everything that you want to do.  

• Advertisement. This is the process of providing information to the community so that they can be your customers.  
• Joint venture. For you to have success in your property deals, you should always look for a joint venture because you share the funding and when the business doesn’t succeed, you also share the losses together. 
• You should not have a ceiling to what you want to achieve. If you want to do commercial conversions, it's really great to have an initial base in property, try and do something first. 

BEST MOMENTS 

• “You have to find out what you enjoy doing.” 

• “Having partners in your business always keeps you on your toes.” 
• "The road is not always easy, you should expect ups and downs in your business life," 
• “In these uncertain times, it's good to have a mix of different finance models.” 
• “If you have a certain amount to go into a project don't go and think of putting this into the project, think of holding that back because you'd be surprised how many different things could go wrong in a project.” 
• “If your heart's not in it, don't do it because it will always come crashing down. Do something that you believe you in and you really enjoy.” 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

• http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/ 

ABOUT THE GUEST 

David Rumford is in progressive property community. He started dealing in properties in 2010. He now relocated to Peterborough to invest and be closer to Progressive’s training. He has spent about 15 years in the corporate world before joining the property community working in logistics. 

CONTACTS 

• http://www.thebathapartments.co.uk
• Email. [email protected] 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider’s Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors.  

On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investor’s Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator’s Workshop, in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money.  

CONTACT METHOD 

• http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/ 
• http://progressiveproperty.co.uk/  

progressive, property, investing, rent, housing, buy to lets, serviced accomodation, block, auction, home, financial freedom, recurring income, tax, mortgage, assets: http://progressiveproperty.co.uk/