Episodes

#155 Did you know that there are 3 billion Google Searches every day? And have you heard of a website called Answer the Public? Answer the Public is a website which listens into data from search engines like Google then …

#154 Have you considered using a home stager to market a property? Is it worth paying for a stager? What’s the difference between a home stager and an interior designer? Do you know if there’s a difference is between staging …

#153 Adopting a new UK property strategy is no walk in the park because you need to understand and control as many of the variables you can identify as possible. This is even more important if you’re using investor finance, …

#152 How do you go about carrying out due diligence on a new UK Property business model? How can you make sure you’re not believing the hype? Do you presume that something must work because it’s what everyone else seems …

#151 How do you keep on top of your UK Credit Rating? Do you even know what your credit rating is? Do you know what factors affect your score? This episode serves as a warning as to what can go …

#150 Some of the most useful content according to people who get in touch with us is when we tell the parts of our story that don’t go well, And let’s face it, we learn more from what goes wrong …

#149 Do you invest in stocks and shares? Do you invest in property? Maybe you invest in both? If you take two suitcases to the check in counter at the airport, one marked property and one stocks and shares and …

How do you deal with setbacks in your property story? Lots of people talk about how to win, but maybe the real lessons to be found in life and property are about how to deal with, and come back from …

#147 How long does it take you to analyse a deal on Right Move? Do you find yourself looking at rubbish bins to try and work out the number of a property so that you can then go and check …

#146 Is now a good time to buy UK property? Do you wish you had a crystal ball to see six months into the future? How will the housing market look in the second half of 2024? When analysts comment …

#145 Do you regularly visit your investment area? How well do you know your location? Who are your eyes and ears in those places? How do you know if you can trust them? How often do you or could you …

#143 13 has always been mine and my wife's lucky number. On our one and only visit to a casino in Macau we once won two consecutive games of roulette picking, you guessed it the number 13. So will this …

#142 Day 11... My UK property tour and this mini-season of diary style podcasts is drawing to a close now. I'm in Derby meeting anyone and everyone who can help us find a 3 bed house to convert to a …

#141 In preparation for my UK Property Tour, I used the filters on Spare Room to build up an XL database of HMO rooms that were achieving the highest rates. I excluded everything except rooms with en-suites and bills. My …

#139 Day 8 of my UK Property Tour. Today is Saturday and I find myself on the M6 heading north to Blackpool at 9 o’clock in the morning to talk to a bungalow fliiper! Yesterday, I coined a new Property …

#138 Have you heard people talking about all money out deals? Or money in money out deals? Others call them unicorn deals. In my experience, the people who talk most about them are usually selling a course. Or a deal. …

#137 This is the seventh diary entry for my first ever UK property Tour. I'm in the UK for two weeks, checking up on our two SA houses and researching our new investment area. In this episode, I meet the …

#136 My UK Property Tour continues! Today’s diary entry starts in Nottingham, continues in Derby, returns to Nottingham to pick up a hire car. I then head up the M1 and M6 to a networking meeting in Manchester before finally …

#135 Everyone loves a story and that's one of the reasons we called this podcast Expat Property Story. Today's episode is a short story about Day 4 of my UK Property Tour. I'm reluctant to say any more as I …

What factors made you choose your investment area? Was it because it’s within a certain radius of friends and family or UK property partners? Was it because of the three pillars of population, employment opportunities and inf...

#133 Do you have short-term lets in you portfolio? Are you thinking of getting your hands on one before the new rules come in requiring planning and signing up to the registration scheme? If you already have a short term …

I’m in the UK for 14 days to check up on mine and my wife’s 3 million pound property portfolio. This mini-season of daily pocket-sized podcasts documenting my UK Property Tour is sure to have something that can help you …