Episodes

#114 This is a fascinating episode of Expat Property Story! Wealth Dynamics is a profiling tool for entrepreneurs to understand their ‘flow’, which is when you’re happiest, or in your element. By understanding your profile, i...

#113 You pay your buildings insurance every year. But are you certain that your UK property portfolio is sufficiently, efficiently and practically insured? In fact, are you sure it’s effectively insured at all? In this episod...

#112 80% of property businesses don’t realise what they set out to achieve. One reason for this is because they follow the herd by chasing money rather than customer satisfaction. As a result, they don’t create products that ...

#111 In Episode 107 , we released a Seven Step guide to Building an Expat UK Property Portfolio In this episode, Bahrain expat Rachel Wellbelove of Flex Homes takes us through her expat property story in reference to the seve...

#110 One of the most challenging aspects of buying UK property from abroad is sourcing deals. Chris Dowty is the CEO of Sourcing Investments , a platform connecting investors and UK sourcing agents. This episode will give you...

#109 This episode is a must-listen cautionary tale for time-poor expats, overseas investors and anyone else tempted by off-plan developments in the UK. Christina Campion and her husband thought they’d bagged a bargain when th...

#108 To be a successful UK Property Investor you need to be buying in areas with good employment prospects, expected population growth and solid infrastructure. Preston ticks all those boxes. Local employers include British A...

#107 Picture the scene. You’re in the Maldives having a no news no shoes holiday. It’s funded by your UK property portfolio that took you years to put together despite what they told you on the expensive property course conta...

#106 You probably have a day job at the same time as trying to build a UK Property Portfolio. You’re probably time poor. The idea of having to allocate any of your precious time to working out what, let alone …

#105 Due diligence… Often talked about. Rarely explained! This is the second instalment of a two-part special on due diligence with a primary focus on Companies House, featuring long-time friend of the pod, Sean the Property ...

#104 You’re thinking of working with someone in the UK. Maybe you hear them speaking on a UK property podcast like this one. Maybe you met them at a UK property meetup. Maybe you read about them in a UK …

#103 Sam Cooke is a dedicated entrepreneur with a passion for helping individuals start their own businesses. Sam owns and runs Blue Bricks Magazine and also We Are Property Marketing an agency which does what it says on the ...

Part 2 of our special feature on Risk. If you’re going to be successful in building a UK property portfolio, you’re going to need to have a certain appetite for risk. In Season One of my property podcast, at the …

If you’re going to be successful in building a UK property portfolio, you’re going to need to have a certain appetite for risk. In Season One of my property podcast, at the end of each interview, I asked my amazing …

#100 To celebrate our 100th episode, I reflect on the story so far and offer a compilation of ten of my favourite clips from the first 99 episodes that collectively sum up the story so far. If you want to …

#99 With prohibitive legislation on the horizon for Serviced Accommodation, Aparthotels as a business model is attracting the attention of those in the know. Carly Houston has more experience than most in this field, having o...

#98 Finding a UK Property deals that stack has become more difficult with higher interest rates. Buying at a discount is the holy grail of building a UK property portfolio. But how? Getting in front of a vendor before the …

#96 Wendy Whittaker-Large has been investing in UK property since 1996 so she is no stranger to the challenges of building a UK property portfolio. She has developed a five-step process to buying HMOs: · Finding · F...

#98 Valter Pontes came from humble beginnings on a fairly remote island off the coast of Africa to being written about in Forbes magazine. He attributes all his success to reading books. Lots of them! Valter started his UK pr...

#95 Are you looking for alternative business models to run alongside or instead of UK Property portfolio? Maybe you have a particular skillset that would enable you to buy businesses remotely in the same way you buy property?...

#94 This is one of my favourite episodes! Saam Lowni has bucket loads of experience in property as an estate agent, investor, landlord, developer, YouTuber, lender and broker. Saam has a long history in property, dating back ...

# 93 Do you need to systemize your UK property business? Michael Gerber, author of one of my favourite UK property investment books, The Emyth Revisited, encourages entrepreneurs to aim at creating a business that is system ...

#92 Are you looking to get into HMOs as an expat? On this episode of Expat Property Story, Andy Graham , host of The HMO Podcast shares his expertise on houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs). He emphasises the importance of …

#91 No amazing guests this week because I thought you might like to hear about mine and my wife's experience of buying property here in Hong Kong This episode explores some of the questionable tactics developers and sales age...