The Property Podcast

We talk to a lot of property investors, and every so often we hear something that makes us cringe – which inspired this episode of “things a property investor should never be heard saying”. Those things include: “I’ll pay the asking price” “I don’t want to get into debt” “I’ve saved up £20k – now […] The post TPP109: 10 things a property investor should never be heard saying appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rent to rent: it’s a hot topic, but what’s the truth behind the hype? That’s what we get deep into in this week’s episode. Although it’s not a strategy that either of us has used, we’ve spoken to a lot of people who have and started to build up a picture of what works, what […] The post TPP108: Rent to Rent – the truth behind the hype appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Pension freedom day” is almost upon us – the day when millions of people will be able to get access to their pension as cash for the first time. Will these people all run to the nearest estate agent to invest in property? Should they? In this episode we discuss: The full extent of the […] The post TPP107: Pension Reforms and Property: Everything you need to know appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Crowdfunding” is a phenomenon which has changed the way companies, creators and businesses are able to raise finance – but how does it work when applied to property? That’s what we discuss on this week’s show – covering: What crowdfunding is Under what circumstances it can be beneficial for people who want to invest in […] The post TPP106: Crowdfunding: the future of property investment? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Although we’re property investors with a vested interest in limited supply and high prices, we’re not so blinkered as to think that the UK housing market doesn’t face major challenges. In this episode, we’re looking at 9 different ideas to put things right. The ideas come from this post by Monevator.com, and we go through and […] The post TPP105: How do we fix the UK’s housing crisis? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week we talked about saving up for your first deposit…but did we miss an important part of the picture? In this episode we pick sides and have one of our periodic duels: is it better to save money, or create money? We discuss: How it’s easier to save a pound than make a pound… […] The post TPP104: Is it better to save money or create money? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re talking about saving up for your first deposit: how much you need to save, and how to make it happen. It’s not the sexiest topic of all time, but it’s important: because the sooner you get off the mark, the sooner the “snowball effect” kicks in and sets you on the track […] The post TPP103: Saving for your first deposit appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where’s the best place to invest in property in 2015? In this episode we share our opinions – and perhaps more importantly, our reasons behind them so you can do some research of your own. We discuss: Why to be wary when looking at certain affordability measures to decide if we’re in a bubble Why […] The post TPP102: The best places to invest in 2015 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re answering questions from some of the smartest investors we know…those who were smart enough to want to spend a day in person with us! In January we held our first Property Hub Summit, where we spent a whole day locked in a room with 20 other investors, troubleshooting and brainstorming each other’s challenges […] The post TPP101: Brainy property investors ask R&R questions appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Episode 100! And not only that, but it’s also the day we’re releasing our new book, 100 Property Investment Tips! You can pick up the book on Amazon completely free for the next 5 days – so click here to head over to Amazon and grab it, and we’d really appreciate you spreading the word so as […] The post TPP100: Property Investment Tips (And A Party!) appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week it’s the final part of our mini-series, How To Become A Property Investor. Having covered the main concepts in the last two parts, this week we got right into the nitty gritty of: Finding your first investment Arranging finance Surviving the legals Getting it tenanted Sitting back and counting the cash! The full […] The post TPP099: How to become a property investor (part 3) appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week it’s part 2 of our mini-series, How To Become A Property Investor. In this part, before we move on to the nitty gritty of how to secure your first investment next week, we run through the critical concepts that you need to understand before getting into property investment. Namely: Capital growth and cashflow […] The post TPP098: How to become a property investor (part 2) appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode is the first part of our mini-series, How To Become A Property Investor – in which we start with the preliminaries that you need to have in mind to prepare yourself, before we move on to basic investment concepts and the nitty gritty of doing a deal in parts two and three. If […] The post TPP097: How to become a property investor (part one) appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oh dear…it’s our property price predictions episode for 2015! We didn’t embarrass ourselves horribly last year, so we’re back to put our necks on the line again. First we discussed some of the factors that could affect house prices in the year ahead, including: The lending market The general election Pension reforms (for the full […] The post TPP096: Property predictions for 2015 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re talking about what we’ve got planned for 2015! It’s the time of year when everyone’s thinking about goals and resolutions, so by sharing ours we hope to inspire you to do the same if you haven’t already – as well as giving you an idea of what you can look forward to […] The post TPP094: What to expect from us in 2015 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IT’S CHRIIIIISTMAAAAAAAS! But do you think that’s going to stop us from putting out a podcast? No way! So forget the Queen’s Speech and gather the family around your media streaming device of choice to listen to our personal reflections of 2014. It’s been one heck of a year, so we thought we’d just take […] The post TPP093: 2014 personal reflections appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re talking about our favourite things of the year – so if you like our “resource of the week” section, you’re in for a treat! We ran though a whole lot of books, podcasts, apps and websites that we’ve discovered or particularly enjoyed in 2014, and here’s the full list… Podcasts Philosophize This […] The post TPP092: Our favourite things of 2014 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we took a look back to see how well our crystal balls were functioning a year ago: how close were we with our predictions for house price growth in 2014? Well, you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. But this also touched on an interesting question – how do we know […] The post TPP091: Predictions for 2014 – How did we do? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re talking about insurance…no wait, come back! It’s not the funnest of topics, but it’s a very important one: having no insurance is dangerous, but so too is thinking you’re insured but not actually being covered as fully as you think. Int this episode we ran through some of the many risks that you can […] The post TPP090: Insurance, and how to get free beer appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re sharing 20+ ways to become a property millionaire. Hang on – if we know 20 ways to achieve that, why’ve we held out until episode 89? Well, the title of this episode is actually taken from an article in The Telegraph which we go through point-by-point. Like most articles in the property press, there’s […] The post TPP089: 20 plus ways to become a property millionaire appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re sharing why we think everyone should be part of a property mastermind group – and, because it wouldn’t be very helpful otherwise, we’re telling you exactly how to go about setting one up. This was a very packed episode with loads of information, so you’ll want to listen in full to get the most […] The post TPP088: Why you need a property mastermind group appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re discussing 5 universal investment principles – inspired by an article on UKValueInvestor.com. Those principles are: Always buy at a discount (see our free BMV course for more) Always add value Ensure that the investment is cashflow positive Always invest for the medium-to-long term Stack the odds in your favour During the discussion we mentioned a […] The post TPP087: Five Universal Property Investment Principles appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we put together one of our favourite types of episode – listener questions! Prompted by voicemails that you sent in, we answered: What will happen when interest rates go up? How do I make sure the “right” type of tenant goes into my property? What can you do about a short lease? And […] The post TPP086: Listener questions appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To listen to an audio version of this post, click here. This week we’re revealing the results of The Big Property Investor Survey! Over the summer we asked hundreds of Property Hub members to fill in a short survey, and since then we’ve had a professional data analyst sifting through the data to pull out […] The post TPP085: The Big Property Investor Survey appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re talking about buying at auction: potentially a great source of grabbing property bargains, but certainly not as easy as Homes Under The Hammer makes it look! We talked through some tips for making sure you don’t make any auction mistakes, including: Make sure you have your finance in place before you bid […] The post TPP083: How to buy property at auction appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we went over to the dark side…of property investment, naturally, and talked about the many dangers that lurk there for unsuspecting investors. Some of the nasties lurking on the dark side that we talked about were: “Free” “courses” that are no content and pure upsell, and the phenomenon of the “seminar junkie” Letting […] The post TPP082: The Dark Side of Property Investment appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re celebrating the launch of our new podcast – The Property Investment Tips Podcast – by sharing some of the favourite pieces of advice that have been shared by our team of bloggers on The Property Hub. The new podcast launches tomorrow, and every Friday morning it will be an opportunity to learn […] The post TPP080: Property investment tips and advice appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve spent the last 78 weeks talking about intentional property investment, but it doesn’t start out that way for lots of people: it’s very common to become an “accidental landlord”, and that often becomes a springboard into further property investing. So this week we set out a framework for what to do if you do […] The post TPP079: I’m an accidental landlord…get me out of here! appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we wanted, on the basis of a listener request, to share our favourite property websites. Covering news, research and general entertainment, these are the sites that appear in our browser history more than any others. Those sites are… The Property Voice by Richard Brown (Twitter link) DIY to Property investor by Kylie Ackers […] The post TPP077: Our favourite property websites appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re talking about buying to sell – why would you flip a property, and how do you make sure you avoid the risks and secure a good profit? We got help in putting this episode together from Susannah Cole from The Good Property Company, who recently helped us to put together a course […] The post TPP076: How to flip a property appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, no two ways about it: we had a bit of a moan. Yes, we each picked three items to go into our personal Property Room 101 – an idea we shamelessly “borrowed” from Pete Matthew, who did his own Room 101 on the Meaningful Money Podcast a while back. We thought we were […] The post TPP075: Property Investment Room 101 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The property market is moving fast, and you can’t rely on the newspapers to give you an accurate picture of what’s happening – or to give you the level of detail you need about what’s happening in your local market. So this week we shared 7 ways to stay on top of the property market… […] The post TPP074: Seven ways to stay on top of the property market appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re celebrating the official launch of Yellow Lettings! So what better time, we thought, to do a whole episode about getting the best from your letting agent. We’ve said before that a good agent can make your property investing life a doddle, and a bad one can land you in all manner of […] The post TPP073: How to get the best out of your letting agent appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we risked offending pretty much everyone by running through a list of places in the UK where we wouldn’t invest. Our intention wasn’t to slag anywhere off, but to illustrate what does make a good investment by calling attention to situations where those factors are missing. So, strap yourself in while we share […] The post TPP072: Areas Where We Wouldn’t Invest appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we laid ourselves open to looking very daft indeed by making some long-term property predictions based on the 18-year property cycle that we introduced in Episode 69. The beauty of the cycle is that while no two cycles are ever quite the same, it’s a great framework for guiding your own thinking and […] The post TPP071: Long term property predictions appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some landlords rent exclusively to tenants who are receiving housing benefit – others would never dream of going anywhere near that market. So who’s got it right? We received a voicemail from a listener this week about this very subject, so we decided to dive deep into the issue in this episode. We looked into: […] The post TPP068: LHA tenants: Deal or No Deal? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Property Hub is six months old! To mark its half-birthday – and to celebrate having brought 1,000 members into the fold so far – we thought we’d share some things that the experience has taught us so far. The idea isn’t to bang on about why The Property Hub is great for half an […] The post TPP067: 8 things we’ve learnt from The Property Hub appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve never done a lease option, but they get talked about a lot and some people have had big success with them – so we thought we should dedicate an episode to explaining the basics. As the name implies, it involves taking an option to buy a property at a set price in the future, […] The post TPP066: An introduction to Lease Options appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back to school this week, as we talked about financial lessons we’d been taught in the classroom. We were inspired by this Daily Telegraph article by Martin Lewis, the Money Saving Expert, and talked about some of his ideas while adding our own. The lessons were: Your time has a value (Episode 63) Don’t borrow […] The post TPP065: Financial lessons you should have been taught at school appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mortgages are probably the area that get asked about the most in The Property Hub – and understandably so, because it’s such an important part of property investment. We’re famously bullish about leverage, and there’s a lot to take into account when making decisions about the lending you plan to use to expand your portfolio. […] The post TPP064: Mortgages Tips, tricks and things you need to know appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we were examining a simple question that has big implications: what is your time worth? As investors we spend a lot of time obsessing about how much money we can afford to put into a deal, but we neglect the only truly limited commodity we have – time. Really, we should be factoring […] The post TPP063: Valuing your time appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We love books, we love property…so can you even imagine how much we love property books? We had a hard time narrowing it down to seven recommendations for this week’s episode – but narrow we did, and here’s what we ended up with: Legally Avoid Property Taxes by Iain Wallis Millionaire Fastlane by M J […] The post TPP062: Seven property investment books you should read appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apparently in London, talking about a property bubble is no longer enough…now, it’s a super-bubble! Media hype aside, in this episode we ran through some ideas for how to calm London’s runaway housing market. As the starting point for our discussion, we talked about the measures suggested in this Guardian article – from some that […] The post TPP060: Can the property super bubble be stopped? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ll have heard people say that property doubles in price every 10 years – but is it true? This week we dug into the data to get to a real answer, and explored what it means for us as investors. We covered: The different data sources, and the peculiarities of each How long it really […] The post TPP058: Does property value really double every ten years? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the end of this recording, we remarked how the “boring” episodes are often our favourites – including inflation, interest rates, and now pension reform. Pension reform might sound like a dull subject, but it could have a huge impact for property investors. So in this episode, we asked: will the shake-up announced by George […] The post TPP057: Will pension reforms cause a property boom in 2015? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We got full-on back into property this week after our business series, and we did it by tackling another bunch of listener questions! Some of the questions we took on were: Is there anything I should watch out for with guaranteed rent schemes? (from Ben Adam-Smith at the House Planning Help Podcast) My property has […] The post TPP056: Listener questions and updates appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re all about being nice on this show, so we couldn’t resist finishing off our business series by interviewing Peter Shankman – the author of “Nice Companies Finish First”. Peter started in business by selling funny t-shirts in Times Square, indirectly leading him to founding Help A Reporter Out – which he later sold for […] The post TPP055: Talking Business with Peter Shankman appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we invited this week’s guest onto the show we knew he’d give an amazing interview – because he’s probably the world’s most successful podcaster, and he’s conducted over 500 interviews of his own! Who is he? John Lee Dumas, host of the phenomenally successful Entrepreneur On Fire. John used to be a realtor, and […] The post TPP054: Special Episode, Talking Business with John Lee Dumas appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We were delighted to be joined on the show this week by Mr James Schramko from SuperFastBusiness.com. James doesn’t consider himself a salesman, yet he was one of the top sales people for Mercedes in the whole of Australia before quitting to build his own business. Now, using the same “anti-sales” technique, he’s built it […] The post TPP053: Talking Business with James Schramko appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s guest in our special run of business-themed episodes is Noah Kagan – an early employee at Facebook and Mint.com, and now the founder of Appsumo – a site that “promotes great products to help you kick ass at work”. Noah has had a lot of very visible successes, but he’s been unusually open […] The post TPP052: Talking Business with Noah Kagan appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.