A podcast for expat UK property investors

Season 3

Aug. 31, 2023

Due Diligence on Companies House Part 1

#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 …

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Aug. 17, 2023

Storytelling, Marketing, and UK Property: Sam Cooke's Recipe for Succ…

#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 ...

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Aug. 17, 2023

Risky Business: Managing Risk in UK Property (Part 2)

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 …

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Aug. 10, 2023

Risky Business: Managing Risk in UK Property (Part 1)

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 …

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July 26, 2023

How to Start an Aparthotel Business

#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...

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July 13, 2023

How To Run a Direct to Vendor Mail Campaign Remotely

#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 …

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July 6, 2023

The Five Fs of Building a UK Property Portfolio of HMOs

#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...

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July 5, 2023

Read to Succeed in UK Property

#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...

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June 29, 2023

Expanding Your UK Property Portfolio: Alternative Models with Alicia …

#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?...

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June 22, 2023

Reducing Rents to Increase UK Property Returns!

#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 ...

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June 15, 2023

Hiring Virtual Assistants for Your UK Property Business

# 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 ...

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June 5, 2023

How to Get Started in HMOs As an Expat

#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 …

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May 30, 2023

The Highs & Lows of Buying Property in Hong Kong

#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...

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May 24, 2023

Navigating Specialist Finance for Serviced Accommodation

#90 On this episode of Expat Property Story, we dive into the world of specialist finance in development projects. Our guest, Steve Hand , shares his valuable insights as a seasoned mortgage industry expert with 23 years of e...

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May 9, 2023

Property Investing in Scotland

#88 Mike Hanning is a Hong Kong Kong based expat who has so far invested in his hometown of Edinburgh in Scotland, which has been called the Mecca of Serviced Accommodation. So you would think that this short-term business mo...

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May 3, 2023

PropSourcer: A Platform for Connecting UK Property Investors and Sour…

#87 As an expat / remote investor investing in UK property, one of your biggest challenges is finding a UK property sourcer you can trust. This week’s guest is Dean, a Hong Kong based expat, who found this out to …

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April 27, 2023

Buying a £1.8 Million Block of Flats with Other People's Money

#86 This episode shines a light on how your property business could look in the future. Jackie Tomes explains how she bought a £1.8 million block of flats with none of her own money. Alongside her business partner and husband...

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April 20, 2023

How to Get Started in UK Property Investment with Jackie Tomes

#85 Jackie Tomes and her husband, Dave have accumulated a wealth of UK property experience through building their £15 Million portfolio in and around Thanet in the South-East of England. After briefly falling victim to Shiny ...

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April 6, 2023

Are You going to Scarborough For Serviced Accommodation?

#83 Are you going to Scarborough? It’s definitely something you should think about, given that Scarborough Borough Council has approved a £2.25m budget for the return of the Scarborough Fair which was last held in the 18th Ce...

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March 30, 2023

From Singapore to Switzerland to Suffolk

#82 Suresh Mistry and his wife Natasha took the well-trodden expat path of renting out their family home and heading abroad for higher earnings, lower taxes and expat property possibilities. Their story took them from London ...

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March 15, 2023

Managing Serviced Accommodation Agents From Abroad

#80 Acquiring high yielding assets is the smart investor’s way to stay ahead of inflation and high interest rates. But with so many short-term rental businesses going under during Covid due to an over reliance on Airbnb, Serv...

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March 11, 2023

How We Raised Finance for Our 126K Profit Deals

#79 The third and final instalment of this three-part special details how we raised the money to purchase the two properties that made us 126K from UK property in two days. If you’re interested in raising finance for your dea...

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March 9, 2023

How We Made 126K in Two Days Part 2

Following hot on the heels of Part 1 (#77), this episode takes off where yesterday’s left off as the race is on to exchange contracts on a 150K 3-bed semi in Nottingham that is arguably (by me anyway!) discounted to …

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March 8, 2023

How We Made 126K in Two Days Part 1

#77 Be greedy when others are fearful is one half of Warren Buffet’s famous quote and was at the forefront of our thoughts when first one then another deal came up on consecutive days in November 2022. This was a …

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