Episodes

May 7, 2024

Commercial Property Investment - Jo Seth Smith

Jo Seth-Smith is the Investment Manager at Olim Property https://www.olimproperty.co.uk/index.html an FCA regulated property investment manager of UK commercial property portfolios, whose Funds Under Management total is appro...

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April 11, 2024

Investment Mastermind Q2 2024

Our Quarterly Investment Mastermind with Manish Kataria and Adam Lawrence kicked off with a brief discussion on the performance of some of our previous investment picks and the current investment environment. We then got onto...

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April 3, 2024

When Business Goes Wrong - Richard Nicholls

In this episode I am joined by Richard Nicholls who has a fantastic knowledge and track record in the sales market of HMO properties. We also discuss the HMO market and what HMO owners can do to maximise sale values. Selling ...

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March 19, 2024

The Politics of Planning

In this episode I am joined by Planning Consultant Lorenzo Pandolfi from https://logic-planning.com/ to talk about the current state of the UK's Planning System. We discuss; His career and how an Italian town planner came to ...

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March 12, 2024

Navigating the Last 5 Years in Property

In the last 5 years we have had Covid, Trussonomics, Market volatility, been paid to stay home, inflation and the fastest increases in mortgage rates for 100 years. So it was an absolute pleasure to have the first ever Rodcas...

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Feb. 27, 2024

Realities of Being a Property Developer

I was delighted to welcome back Paul Higgs to the Rodcast. Paul was last on the Rodcast in 2020 on episode 15. If you have not listened to it please give it some of your time as it discusses Paul's amazing career from being H...

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Feb. 13, 2024

Purpose Built Single Family Rentals

Richard Berridge CEO of the UK Single-Family Association SFA https://uksfa.org/ has over 40 years experience in UK Residential Real Estate. We had a brilliant conversation centred on Richards passion for rental Houses We disc...

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Feb. 2, 2024

JV Mistakes, Due Dilligence, M & A

Adam Lawrence joins me in this episode to discuss Joint Ventures and the mistakes people make as well as due diligence and some info on M&A in SME property businesses. We will go into much more detail at our live workshop in ...

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Jan. 2, 2024

Investment Mastermind Q4 2023

Joined again by Adam Lawrence and Manish Kataria we each pick a specific investment that anyone can do in their ISA or pension and explain the reasoning behind it. As well as our picks, we discuss; Pound cost averaging, chang...

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Dec. 14, 2023

How Banks Price Mortgages - Daryl Norkett

I spoke with Daryl Norkett the Head of Real Estate Proposition at Shawbrook Bank, one of the biggest Buy to Let and property investment lenders to discuss how mortgages work from the banks point of view. You can also watch th...

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Nov. 24, 2023

Autumn Budget News for Property Investors

In this episode I run through the points of the Autumn Budget that are relevant to the Property Industry including parts that were not in Jeremy Hunts speech. Largest ever increases to minimum wage. LHA increased to 30th perc...

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Nov. 21, 2023

Property News Update - Simon Das 17/11/23

I was joined by Simon Das from the award winning Mortgage brokers 978 Finance to discuss the latest Property News. Simon gives us a great update on; The Buy to Let mortgage market. Commercial mortgages and where prices are at...

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Nov. 16, 2023

The Housing Crisis - Ian Humphreys

I am joined in this episode by Ian Humphreys the CEO of Brickflow. Ian explains why he, along with industry experts such as Knight Frank and PWC, came up with a white paper (https://brickflow.com/solving-the-uk-housing-shorta...

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Nov. 8, 2023

Property News Update - 7th November 2023

In this episode I give a run down of the latest Property News. I go into details of the Kings speech briefing notes on the Leasehold & Freehold Reform Bill and what each point means for property investors. Also the points rai...

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Oct. 25, 2023

Investment Mastermind Q3 2023

I am joined again by Manish Kataria and Adam Lawrence to do our quarterly Investment Mastermind. These episodes are a bit of fun where we each pick one investment such as an ETF, Stock, Bond or REIT and explain our reasoning....

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Sept. 26, 2023

Scrapping of EPC targets - Anna Clare Harper

WHAT SCRAPPING OF EPC REGULATIONS MEANS FOR THE PROPERTY MARKET

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Sept. 13, 2023

Short Term Rentals - Alex Limpert

Building a short term rental portfolio of 6000 units accross 7 countries in a short space of time is an incredible achievement! And this is one of the incredible feats my guest on the latest rodcast episode being released tom...

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Aug. 7, 2023

Saving Costs with Structural Design - James Nevin

In this episode I am joined by James Nevin the CEO of Blue engineering https://blueengineering.co.uk/ and Re Structured https://re-structured.com/ to discuss the importance of structural design on projects. We discuss; James'...

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July 6, 2023

Q2 Investment Mastermind 04/07/23

Manish Kataria and Adam Lawrence join me once again to discuss our latest quarterly investment picks. If this is your first time listening to the Quarterly Investment Mastermind we each pick a stock, Bond, ETF or any other in...

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June 27, 2023

Property News Update - Inflation & Interest Rates with Adam Lawrence …

In this episode Adam and I discuss; The latest Inflation Print. The Bank of Englands Response. What are the tools that the Bank of England has at its disposal to reduce Inflation. Demand vs Supply Inflation Issues. What this ...

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June 16, 2023

Coping With Challenging Times in Business - Matt Haycox

I was fortunate to get to speak with Matt Haycox who has a fascinating story of building an empire only to lose it all and having to start over. In the episode we discuss; How he got into business. What motivated him. Some of...

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May 20, 2023

Property News Update with Tony Houlihan 19/05/23

Myself and Tony Houlihan delve into the detail behind the latest property news headlines to make sense of the stories. In this episode we discuss details on ; The Renters Reform Bill Purple Bricks bought out for £1. 100% Mort...

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May 4, 2023

Auctions Data - David Sandeman

I was joined by David Sandeman who really does know it all when it comes to property auctions in the UK. He tells us; The background to setting up his business 33 years ago Essential Information Group which is a comprehensive...

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