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 […]

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It seems that people who invest in houses often recoil in horror at the idea of buying a flat – and vice versa. This week we waded into the fray – inspired by a topic in The Property Hub – with some conciliatory noises by laying out out all the pros and cons of each. […]

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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 […]

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This week we were off on holiday – or rather, we were examining whether property lets are a good investment. We didn’t get into actually researching buying abroad (we covered that in Episode 34), because holiday lets can be in the UK too – and they can be in city centres as well as on […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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This week we were talking about how to take advantage of cash deals. What? The guys who are always preaching leverage are talking about buying in cash? Well, there’s nothing to stop you refinancing a little down the line – but buying in cash in the first place can allow you to do fantastic deals […]

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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 […]

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How on earth did we make it to Episode 46 without talking about HMOs? They’ve become a hot topic in recent years as investors have started to focus on cashflow rather than capital growth, so we thought we’d better correct our omission and give them a full episode. We talked about: What an HMO actually […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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