This Week In Property Podcast

Clara McKibbin: askporter to solve your property problems from a very human angle...

Are we handing over too much power to machines and robots with all the latest and greatest apps and AI tools?   What if someone could ensure the changes and developments we make, have the person, the human, very much centre of focus?   What if the resident or tenant was thought of first, before any technical changes?   What if the client or property owner or facility manager was put ahead of any app or flashy interface?   What if the engineer or repair man or service provider...

Steven McKaveney: A Property Pro living 5 lives inside 1...

I've not really got time for property?   Have you heard that before?   Have you maybe even said it yourself before?   Well today's guest in the Property Pros Spotlight is going to put those excuses to shame.   Because once you've heard Steven McKaveney's life and business journey to date, you'll be forgiven for thinking that we've interviewed five guests instead of just one!   A nomad of action, making things happen.   Life, family and work experiences all across the ...

Mark Anthistle: How much money are you leaving on the table with Capital Allowances...

Are there 2 words other than "Capital Allowances" that sound more mysterious and complex to property investors?   If there are, we'd like to hear them!   Too difficult to understand, too complex to navigate, and too advanced to waste time investigating.   That's a common reaction to property owners and investors.   But if they could be shown the huge amounts of cash that they're leaving on the table?   That would change things!   Losing out on a ton of money is a much...

Kishan Kavi: Guiding you through the minefield of stamp duty tax to save you money...

There are some words that strike fear in the hearts of property investors. 'Tax' and 'Stamp Duty' are up there with the most terrifying.   And in that world are abbreviations that not only add to the terror but also demonstrate the minefield of complexity that investors have to try and tip-toe their way through safely: SDLT, LBTT, and LTT.   But for every horror there is a haven. And words like 'tax relief' and 'exemptions' help to soothe and comfort.   And for every monster ther...

Thorben Dorer and Greg White: Surreal Coincidences Behind a Property Power Team...

If a story had a character that was a young man born in Germany, and another young man born in Scotland and living a lot of his life out to sea, it would be a hard task for the author to somehow bring them together in the story.   If you then factor into that storyline a random scenario of the two men standing beside each other in a large group photo, but never having spoken a word to each other, then the story seems to get more unbelievable.   And if you tried to suggest that they w...

Jack and Mark Anderson: The Father and Son Team Building a Property Business Together...

Having the courage and determination to build a successful business that can positively impact your life and the lives of the family around you is a noble and worthwhile journey to go on.   But what if you could actually build that business WITH your family?   What if you're a father and son team that can come together and form a solid partnership that can bring different skills and experiences together as the very fuel to spark and drive that business?   Today's guests under the...

Chris Miles: Forget the myths and become the steward of your own money...

Just save every penny and cut back on your costs! We can't afford that! All debt is bad!   What if we've been lied to?   What if the bankers running the show and the politicians making the rules, have all had us running around in the rat race of work and money, using stories that are nothing but illusions?   What if there's another way to look at this whole game of money?   Did you hear about the Financial Advisor who became the Anti Financial Advisor?   Well, you wil...

SmartWorkPlus: Smarter Work, Better Results...

Mention the thought of cutting costs, enhancing operations, and improving sustainability to any Facilities Manager, and they'll have your attention but might be a bit cautious about what can actually be delivered.   That's where today's guest, Shane Brady the COO of SmartWorkPlus, can step in and dazzle them with the impressive trio of hardware, software and reporting that comes with the SmartWorkPlus system.   Hardware that is not only easy on the eye inside any property, not only s...

Tom Dylan: Cuppa Property...

In today's show, we sit down with Tom Dylan, a full-time property investor based in Manchester.   We have a great and wide-ranging conversation, covering all manner of topics in and around property, business and life.   A successful property investor in his own right, Tom also set up the Cuppa Property Networking & Investing Group, which meets in person and online on a weekly basis.   And Tom is also a fellow podcaster, with the Cuppa Coffee Property Podcast.   Listen to Tom'...

iamproperty: turning the auction world upside down...

Take everything you think you know about property auctions - too urgent and unpredictable for the buyer, too much money lost for the seller, too much hassle for an estate agent - and throw it out of the window.   Today's guest, Jamie Cooke, one of the Co-Founders of iamproperty, explains how things can, and are, very different.   The UK's largest residential auction provider, now working with over 6,000 estate agencies, and pioneering the Modern Method of Auction, iamproperty has an ...

Stonal: Giving AI Power to Asset Managers...

In today's show we hear from Robin Rivaton, CEO of Stonal, which launched in the UK at the start of the summer following a strong record in France.   Stonal is an AI-powered platform that enables asset owners and managers to make informed decisions based on trustworthy data, helping to preserve and enhance the value of portfolios and ensuring the ongoing liquidity of assets.   The platform provides benefits to asset managers primarily across ESG, data extraction and data quality. Whi...

Dale Smith: From 0 to 750 Vacation Rentals and £30M In Revenue In 4 Years

Everyone in property today knows about the buzz and the hype of the Furnished Holiday Let / Serviced Accommodation sector.   But what if you were someone who operates ahead of the curves in the market?   What if you were a traditional buy-to-let landlord, who bought a coastal property just to improve its condition, and then decided through the process to give this holiday market stuff a go?   And what if that 1 accidental property then led you to buildling an empire with over 300...

Adrian Benjamin - Protecting you, your family, and your business...

Sadly, the majority of business people and investors set off excitedly on their path to generate income and build wealth, without a proper thought on their end goal.   What is it they want to achieve? How do they want to pass on their wealth and legacy? What will be best for their survivors? And how will it all be planned and protected?   That's where today's guest, Adrian Benjamin from AdrianBFinance steps in to help out. With the mission of: Financially Protecting You, Your Family ...

Jessica Edgerton - Leading Real Estate Companies of the World...

In today's show, we have a fascinating chat with Jessica Edgerton, Executive Vice President, and Chief Legal Counsel at Leading RE (Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®)...   -----   With offices in London, Chicago and Singapore, Leading RE is a global network of top independent real estate firms, with 550 companies and 136,000 sales associates in over 70 countries. Network members participated in over 1.2 million global transactions last year. LeadingRE supports its members w...

Will Young: Navigating a clear path through commercial real estate...

The Commercial Real Estate market is a huge, complex, and at times utterly baffling area.   That can make life very difficult for landlords, portfolio builders, and fund and asset managers alike.   And that's where the likes of NavigatorCRE can help. Not just quality data, but quality connected data, which can lead to the clarity required to be able to make the best decisions.   And today's guest, Will Young, VP EMEA & Corporate Development at NavigatorCRE, is here to explain it ...

ility: We can help you be an active landlord, rather than just a concrete box owner...

In today's show we speak with Marcus Moufarrige, the CEO and Founder of ility.   To take a phrase from ility's website: "Unify your portfolio data and deploy solutions that truly impact profitability, sustainability, and customer satisfaction," that's a plea and a promise that would be hard for any landlord to resist.   And having taken on the massive LGIM (Legal & General Investment Management) as a star client, ility is showing that it's a promise they can deliver on...   > Lis...

OSiT: : Being flexible can help companies survive and thrive...

In today's show we speak with Niki Fuchs & Simon Eastlake of OSiT (Office Space in Town).   The property world is under constant change, and the office and commercial space is no exception.   And when it comes to staying ahead and setting themselves apart, OSiT certainly grab that mantle happily.   -----   > Hear Niki speak about the revamped direction for the business, which has just completed a £220m acquisition of Brightbay Real Estate Partners' 80% stake in OSiT's UK arm....

Taylor McDonald: Climb the mountain but just make sure it's the right one...

In today's show, we bring a property professional back into the spotlight for the 2nd time, due to the incredible progress and activity he has had since last appearing on the show in January 2022.   That conversation is very deep - covering property, business, health, life and relationships. And that property pro is Taylor McDonald...   -----   > Listen to Taylor explain how his childhood environment could have led to either prison or death, and how his current life in property w...

Paul McFadden: The power of being a life-long learner...

In today's show, we sit down with a guest who has been on the show before, Paul McFadden. Well known as a public figure, well known as a successful property investor and business owner. But today's topic of conversation was all focused in the area of education... ----- > Listen to Paul share his own story of how education and self-development was the key to his own success, and how he's sharing that key with many others to help their lives... > Hear Paul share his opinions on the s...

Property Pros Spotlight: Kristoffer Dalziel - Using property skills to help many others...

In today's show, we hear the inspiring story of a young man in the property investment world, who is on fire right now! Sourcing and managing properties on both sides of the Scottish/English border, running refurb teams across multiple projects at a time, and bringing value to sellers and investors not only in the UK but across Europe. And in his mind, this is him only just getting started! Listen in to the remarkable story of the young and fired-up, Kristoffer Dalziel... ----- > Hea...

Property Pros Spotlight: Colette O'Donnell - You've got to back yourself...

In today's show we bring another property professional under the glaring beam of our spotlight to hear about their journey.   And today's guest has a journey that is hilarious, varied, interesting and inspiring all at the same time.   It's the personal story of Colette O'Donnell... -------- > Listen to Colette's hilarious story of buying her first buy-to-let when "just going to the shops for a bottle of juice"...   > Hear how Colette's varied careers background has all the cl...

The major business event coming to Glasgow...

In today's show, we find out all about the huge Business Summit that is coming to Glasgow in June this year. Bringing together a variety of top speakers, including TV personalities from Dragons Den and The Apprentice, the summit will cover all areas of business, spanning across two jam-packed days on the 10th and 11th of June 2023. Starting a business, strategies and tactics, growth and scalability, sales and marketing, social media platforms, investing, credit and funding, leadership, m...

Your most valuable asset is you, so let's look after that properly...

We can invest in property, we can run businesses, and we can manage teams. But if WE are not personally on point - healthy, fit, relaxed, rested, and energetic - then none of it will matter and all of it will suffer. That's a wisdom that today's guest, Daniel Raz, not only knows for himself, but is also how he helps many business owners survive and thrive... ----- > Listen to Daniel's far-flung life journey that took him from Israel to China to Canada... > Hear how Daniel's own caree...

Simon Severino: using Strategy Sprints to double your revenue in 90 days...

Less stress, more revenue. Sounds like either a dream, a delusion or a deliberate scam, doesn't it?   And yet, that's exactly the promise from today's guest, Simon Severino, author and CEO of Strategy Sprints. The method he developed and tested over a 20 year period, which has seen remarkable growth and scalability in business-to-business companies.   TEDx speaker and global consultant, Simon's method has worked with major players like Google, and he has covered marketing and sales s...

David Hartnett (Mountbatten Estates)

Today's guest is David Hartnett, the Founder and CEO of Mountbatten Estates, a thriving company operating in permitted development, new build, and multi-million-pound development schemes.   David is a second-generation developer whose business has exploded since lockdown due to the proprietary site-finding system he's developed.   He has sold this system to over 40 developers around London who are now bringing him sites and joint venturing with him, which has led to 6-7 development s...

Property Pros Spotlight: Paddy McKay

There are many investors, business owners, or high-net-worth individuals who know that property is a fantastic investment vehicle. But there are also a large amount of them that don't have the knowledge or the time to find the opportunities themselves, and don't even know that there are actually professionals who specialise in sourcing such opportunities for those investors.   Today's guest, Paddy McKay, is one such professional. Trained and skilled in sourcing the best deals, marketing ...

Property Pros Spotlight: Gary McAllister - Sharing the Key to Success...

The spotlight has been turned back on! Yes, our "Property Pros Spotlight" is shining on another guest to get their own real-life story of their journey in property.   Today's guest, Gary McAllister, has a fantastic personal story in property to share...   -----   > Listen to Gary explain his whole background, and how he knew from an early point exactly what he wanted to do in life and business...   > Hear Gary speak about the unique building he saw one day that ignited his pa...

The Alderman Group: The incredible power of a good team…

There's a lot of things said about working as a team. "Team work makes the dream work" - heard that one. "A team that works together grows together" - heard that one too. But with today’s multiple guests from The Alderman Group, the main theme that seemed to have been said over and over again was about “having great fun together!” Business with pleasure? Is that even allowed? Find out in today’s show… Damon Harrison, Hal Halil, and Darren Mould have brought their own considerable exper...

Bilal Nassir: All the latest on Serviced Accommodation changes in Scotland

Mike Kovacs (Castleforge): Property Investment Underpinned With Research...

Matt Baker: Next Level Landlord...

Julia Benner: Realising Property Dreams in France...

Robert Macfarlane: Decades Of Success And Still Learning And Growing...

There are some people in life that when they find success, they stop. They bring the shutters down. They feel they've reached an end point. The very clever ones never stop. Never stop learning, never stop growing. One such example is today's guest, Robert Macfarlane...   > Listen to Robert speak of the decades of experience he's already built up in business and in property investing...   > Hear Robert talk about the family role model he learned from, and how he knew working for himse...

The Hidden Solution To Help Young People Get On the Property Ladder...

The challenges preventing many young people from getting on the property ladder are many and well known. From basic supply and demand issues, to the financial hurdles of deposits and soaring prices.   But an almost hidden secret, which has actually been in place for several decades, exists as a solution to those challenges.   Shared Ownership.   In today's show, Mark Porter, Head of Partnerships at SO Resi Partnerships, explains what that solution is and how his team are on a cru...

Spike Global: Reinventing the Modern Home and Workplace

Keeping the consumer first in mind is something that has always been obvious and has been delivered by the likes of the tech wizards and creative types in the gaming and movie worlds, where their work is approved, accepted, and fanatically enjoyed by many millions of happy consumers. In the property world, however, such devotion and focus on that end consumer has mostly been sadly lacking. The tenant. The resident. They often find themselves way down the list of priorities behind profits a...

Christine Nicholson: Helping Business Owners to Help Themselves...

In today's show, we chat with multi-award-winning professional business mentor Christine Nicholson.   Christine has been helping businesses in different sectors succeed for over 30 years. She has literally seen it all. And in 2021 she was named UK Business Mentor of the Year.   Christine speaks about the starting point of a business and the very crucial DOs and DON'Ts that an entrepreneur should focus on.   Then when it comes to what Christine likes to call "The Messy Middle" of ...

From Residential to Investor: Every Lending Option Covered...

Today's show is packed with information, content, opinions, tips, swearing, and even some emotion!   That's because two friends and business partners from Express Mortgages are in town.   And when these two gents invade Scotland from Englandshire, they come packing, and they don't hold their punches. Straight talking and solving property funding puzzles are their key skills.   However, as you'll hear from the conversation, it's also always done with a ton of integrity and a massi...

Blend Network: Why the Property Lending Market Needs Shook Up...

Yann Murciano is a man who has always spotted inefficiencies and then made it his mission to clear them away to reach the opportunities that lie behind them...   It's an observational skill that has followed him through his finance and banking career, his time working in the markets in the United States, through his migration to the City of London, and deep into the UK's property market.   -----   > Yann and his team at Blend Network are deliberately shaking up the property lending...

Rob Wells: Persistence Will Help You Bounce Back From All Setbacks...

Cube Homes: Profit for Purpose...

There are a good number of property developers doing business in the UK.  All in different locations, providing different properties, and in different ways. Today on the show, we hear from one that's not just doing business, but which is successfully operating a 'Profit for Purpose' business model to directly help the community that it serves. And Managing Director Christopher Heath is with us to tell that story of Cube Homes... ----- > Learn about Christopher's own career journey, whi...

Sam Murphy (Highfield Investments): Over £1.5bn of Property Transactions...

There's a massive buzz around land and development in the property industry at this time. So who better to speak to about the subject than someone who has been in the game for more than 20 years, and who has built a land, development and investment agency that has done over £1.5 billion in property transactions. That person just happens to be today's guest on This Week In Property, Sam Murphy from Highfield Investments. ---------- Listen to Sam speak about the importance of 'pounding the b...

Taylor McDonald: The Drive to See Opportunity Everywhere...

In today's show, we sit down with a young man whose family, background, and nurtured thinking have led him on a journey to seek out opportunity everywhere in life.   An entrepreneurial spirit, a drive to solve problems and succeed, and a restless, insatiable appetite to question and test and seek out ways to 'join the dots' in business and in life. Many viewers and listeners will find a kindred spirit in today's guest: Taylor McDonald...   -----   Taylor speaks of the challenging s...

Billy Farrell: Social Media Power of Leverage & Capital in Your Property Business...

I hate social media.  I'm introverted and private.  I detest fakeness.  I'm too busy with my real business. Common objections and reasons given by most busy professionals and property investors when it comes to even considering jumping into the online world of social media. And also the exact same initial thoughts of today's guest, Billy Farrell. But after changing how he viewed the social media world and decided how he would personally approach and use it, he went on to build and establis...

Lynda Clark: First Time Buyer Magazine

In today's show, we hear from Lynda Clark, editor of First Time Buyer Magazine...   -----   Lynda looks back over her fascinating career and all of the twists and turns that have taken her up to and through a long and successful connection with the magazine.   We discuss the crucial key role that first time buyers play in the property market.   Lynda reviews how the market and the first time buyer demographic has been affected through the pandemic.   Hear Lynda speak abou...

HSPG: Two Friends Uniting For Massive Impact

In today's show, we sit down with Guy Horne, one of the co-founders of HSPG, the UK's leading social impact real estate investment firm.   You'll hear how along with his long-time friend since school, David Searle, they have managed to unite, build an amazing team, form powerful partnerships, and make a gigantic impact in UK property that is helping so many lives...   Guy reflects back on the very first project that he and David got together on: a low-cost HMO investment project in M...

Lisa Best (Rlet): Making Property Management Simple

Today's show isn't just one not to miss, but it's one not to miss visually seeing.   That's right, if you start by listening to the show on your podcast player while driving or working around the house, make sure whenever it's safe to do so, that you watch the show back in its video format.   Because for Landlords, Serviced Accommodation Managers, Property Managers, Property Developers, Sourcers, and other property professionals, you'll be able to see a live demonstration of a new so...

Simon Cox (Walter Cooper) - Land Is Our Obsession...

Some people might think that taking a big chance during the lockdown of a global pandemic would be a scary prospect.   But Simon Cox, Managing Director of the new land agency, Walter Cooper and Co, is someone who has the courage, the mindset, and the optimism to see it as the perfect moment for opportunity and change.... ---- In today's show, Simon talks about seizing the moment and the gratitude he has to his many clients and friends who have backed and supported his vision.   W...

Violet Pugh (SO Resi)

Take a housing sector concept such as "Shared Ownership" that's been running for several decades, and then add in a young, vibrant and creative Digital Marketing Manager...and you have a powerful combination that's helping many many people to get on the property ladder. Today's guest in the hot seat, whom has been recently awarded as "Woman of the Year (Leadership)" at the Women in Housing Awards, is Violet Pugh... ---------- Listen to Violet share her personal career journey that has ...

Andrew Lindsay: A Car Conversation That Launched a Successful Family Property Business...

Becoming an Accidental Landlord through one of your own homes is a classic story amongst people in the property world. However, an off-the-cuff car chat that then propels that further into a highly successful family business is a touch different. And that's just one chapter of the fascinating story kindly shared by today's guest, Andrew Lindsay... ---------- In today's show, we have a wide-reaching conversation that touches on a host of areas including civil engineering, land develop...

David Smart: The Determination To Change Life Through Property....

We sometimes put our heads in the sand with how life works out, convince and justify things to ourselves, or declare that it's just a sacrifice for a greater good like our children.   Today's guest, David Smart, can bravely and honestly attest to that.   But unlike most people, David had the drive, the direction and the determination to change it all...   ----------------   David openly shares his own fascinating personal journey from leaving school without direction, earning...