The Property Podcast

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.

The first ever guest on The Property Podcast could only ever be one person: Dan Andrews from Tropical MBA, AKA the man to blame for everything we’ve done during the last year. It was our shared love for Dan’s podcast which brought the two of us together, and we proceeded to rip off its format […] The post TPP051: Special episode, Talking business with Dan Andrews appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We made it to episode number 50! And to celebrate, we decided to share some of our best business tips – as well as a huge announcement… So, our tips: Doing the right thing is profitable Give away all your secrets Get to the inflection point fast Find a dissatisfied industry The best salesmanship is […] The post TPP050: The Business Special appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we shared some essential lessons from experienced investors – a topic on our minds because Rob D’s new book, Beyond The Bricks, was released today! These lessons are the ones that came up the most consistently in the writing of the book, and from our discussions with other investors over the last few years. […] The post TPP049: Essential lessons from experienced property investors appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inspired by a conversation in The Property Hub, we dived into the thorny issue of whether you should invest with an eye on high yield or the potential for capital growth. Are the two necessarily mutually exclusive? Which makes you the most money over time? We tackled those questions and more, with insights from some […] The post TPP047: Should you invest for yield or capital growth? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They’re slick, they’re sharp, they prowl under the surface looking for smaller creatures to prey on…yep, we’re talking about sharks this week. But we’re not going all David Attenborough on you – our subject is property sharks, and how to avoid them! We ran through how to avoid scams like: Overseas property schemes that never […] The post TPP045: How to spot a property shark appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we talked about risk and reward. You’re obviously taking on some level of risk by investing in property rather than keeping your money under a mattress, but how do you calculate the risk/reward balance that suits you and find an investment approach that matches? We talked about the notion of risk and reward […] The post TPP044: Risk and reward in property investment appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone seems to be talking about interest rates at the moment – will they rise? When will they rise? And what can we do about it? So this week we discussed how worried you should be about interest rates over the coming years, and what you can do now to protect your cashflow if borrowing […] The post TPP043: How worried should you be about interest rates? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy new year! We decided to kick off the year with some predictions about what will happen to house prices in 2014. Not only that, but we invited four guest experts in to share their predictions too. First though, we had to give a round of applause to Rob B, whose prediction from last year […] The post TPP042: Property Price Predictions for 2014 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merry Christmas! We hope you had a great one, but we also hope that as the turkey hangover fades, you start to turn your thoughts towards your goals for 2014. So in this episode we posed a seemingly odd question: should you actually ignore your goals this coming year? Well, that’s that was an argument […] The post TPP041: Should you ignore goals during 2014 appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ho ho ho, it’s the Property Podcast Christmas Special! In the finest traditions of TV highlights shows, we decided to round up some of our highlights of the year: our favourite books, the best resources, the most memorable episodes, and the biggest lessons we’ve learnt. Our top 5 books Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The […] The post TPP040: Christmas Special (Top 5s) appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we donned our protective clothing for another property-related duel. Just like we duked it out over Landlord v Investor back in Episode 4, this time we went head-to-head over North v South: Where’s best to invest? With Rob B repping the North and Rob D in the corner of the South, we battled […] The post TPP039: North vs South Property Duel appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we were talking pensions – but don’t switch off, it’s important! In fact, Rob B gave an impassioned plea for why you shouldn’t bury your head in the sand because the pensions crisis isn’t going to magically sort itself out. Specifically, we dedicated the bulk of this episode to the question “can I […] The post TPP038: Can you use your pension to invest in property? appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we got deep down and tactical with some tips for finding out what the property market is doing in your specific area – cutting through the media spin about what prices are doing nationally. Rob D originally borrowed the ideas from listener Richard Brown, and wrote them up in a blog post here. […] The post TPP037: Bubble or bust? Cutting through the media spin appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we discussed the ‘insanity’ of Britain’s housing market: is it really that bonkers, and what does it mean for you as an investor either way? We based the episode around an article on Buzzfeed by Economist reporter Daniel Knowles. We took his points one-by-one, commenting on each. Along the way we referred to […] The post TPP036: The insanity of Britain’s property market (and what it means for investors) appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Regrets, we’ve had a few but you don’t need to if you listen to this episode! Yep, we speak to investors every day, and we’ve noticed that the same regrets get expressed over and over again. The ones we hear most are: I wish I’d started with a strategy I wish I’d taken more advice […] The post TPP035: The Biggest Regrets in Property Investment appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Morning! In this episode of the podcast we spilled the beans about the new project we’ve been working on: The Property Hub. Listen to the episode to find out what it’s all about, or go check it out now! This week we were looking abroad, and put together The Beginners Guide To Overseas Property Investment. […] The post TPP034: The Beginners Guide To Overseas Property Investment appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we turned our attention to off-plan property: it was a hot topic (with lots of money made and lost) in the last property boom, and it’s back in the news again. So what do you need to know? Well, as buying off-plan basically means buying a property that doesn’t exist yet, there are […] The post TPP033: How to win with off plan property appeared first on The Property Hub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.