Episodes

#42 I’m now halfway through my Expat Auction Challenge. Just two months left to buy a UK property at auction from Hong Kong. A potential holiday let that was unsold at auction provides the backdrop to this week’s episode, in …

#41 My Expat Property Auction Challenge enters week 7, which means that I have just nine weeks left to buy a UK property at auction from here in Hong Kong without setting foot in the UK within four months. This …

#40 As my Expat Auction Challenge enters its sixth week, I struggle to find a deal that delivers a decent cashflow. A three storey townhouse in Bristol provides the backdrop to this episode as I look for a freehold to …

#39 We would all like to maximise profits from UK property. One way to achieve this, both in terms of cashflow and capital appreciation is through a strategy called freehold to leasehold title splitting. Rachel Knight from ti...

#38 The UK residential property market has been so HOT over the last couple of years that even expats have started to look at commercial property opportunities, given the reduced competition in this sector of the UK property ...

To develop or not to develop? That is the question at the heart of this week’s show. Savvy UK property investors have long known that the best way to make money from property is to take an asset, add value …

#36 Have you thought about buying UK property at auction? Do you want to learn from auction specialists? Then follow my story as I learn from the best during my challenge to add to my UK property portfolio by buying …

#35 Is it a good idea to buy UK property at auction from abroad in a hot market? I am challenging myself to buy a property from my home in Hong Kong without setting foot in the UK, within four …

#34 Do you worry about down valuations when following the Buy, Refurbish, Refinance strategy? Are you worried about adopting BRR in the current macro-economic climate? International property investor, author and Your Property...

#33 UK property investor, podcaster and trainer, Mike Stenhouse , gives us the benefit of his considerable wisdom on this week’s show. Mike shares the lessons he has learned from talking to other successful property investors...

#32 Do you wish you knew more about town planning? Do you understand permitted development? Town planning expert Jon McDermott gives us an introduction to the planning process and also offers his opinion on the evolution and ...

#31 Do you have a good relationship with your UK property solicitor? Finding and keeping a good solicitor for your power team may be crucial for your long term success in building your UK property portfolio. Tim Bishop runs a...

#30 Some UK property investors invest for capital growth, but fellow property podcaster Rob Smallbone of The Property Nomads Podcast argues that cashflow is king, particularly in the current macro-economic climate. Rob also i...

#29 As our mini-series on expat property tax in collaboration with Sean The Property Tax Accountant draws to a close, we look at risk management: the systematic approach to identifying, evaluating, mitigating and monitoring r...

#28 The penultimate portion of our bite-sized episodes on expat property tax tackles Tax Evasion, Tax Avoidance, and Tax Planning, which are, respectively, illegal, legal and advisable. Sean the Expat Property Tax Accountant ...

#27 Tax is not the sexiest of topics and compliance is perhaps its least interesting aspect, but it’s possibly the most important so missing this episode could be as dangerous as non-compliance itself! Our resident expat tax ...

#26 Capital Gains Tax for expats may be much more complex than many expat UK property investors realise. Fortunately, Sean the Property Tax Accountant is here again to explain the rules and provide some thought provoking exam...

#25 In this, the third instalment of our mini-season on expat property tax in collaboration with Sean The Property Tax Accountant, we look at the benefits of group structures. Group structures, along with standalone limited c...

#24 The most common question facing expat investors in the UK buy-to-let property market is whether to buy UK property through a limited company or in their personal names. In this, the second of seven pocket-sized podcast ep...

#23 Are you a UK property investor looking for expat tax advice? Sean the Property Tax Accountant is himself an expat property investor and a property tax specialist so he well qualified to talk about British tax for UK expat...

#22 You’re building your UK investment property portfolio. You’ve decided on the best places to invest in UK property. You’re super organised and you have the skills and knowledge for smarter property investing. But if only t...

#21 Are you an expat looking to build a UK property investment portfolio but you don’t have the necessary funds, expertise or experience to get started? Maybe you lack the skills, knowledge and tools to get into the UK proper...

#20 Are you interested in Holiday Lets as a UK property strategy but think you may have missed the boat? Dale Smith of Host and Stay has built up a family business that serves both holiday homeowners and guests and …

#19 UK property expert John Howard’s forty years’ experience makes him the ideal investor to offer an opinion on the state of the UK property market as we head toward the third quarter of 2022. Rising inflation, properties ta...