In today’s episode, we are joined by Jemal Mazlum of ALS Properties. Jemal came from a very humble beginning and in this episode, he walked us through how he started investing in HMO properties. He shared how he learned about property investing, how he was able to fund his first property, and how he grew his property portfolio from single lets to HMOs. Plus, he discussed a spectacular HMO case study with a 66% ROCE. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member...
Jan 19, 2022•55 min•Ep. 85
I’m a big fan of partnering with people in business because I think the ability to leverage people’s skills, experience, and credibility in different areas fills the gaps that I don’t necessarily have. There are lots of things that I look for in a partnership but also lots of things that I actively try to avoid, and in this episode, I’m going to talk about the personality traits of people that I try to avoid in partnerships. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become...
Jan 14, 2022•12 min•Ep. 84
In today’s episode, I want to do something a little bit different. I want to share with you both my business and personal goals for 2022, and I want you to hold me to account. Let’s get started. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!...
Jan 12, 2022•27 min•Ep. 83
Today I’d like to talk to you about my single best performing investment yet. I’ll share with you why it has performed so well and what I have extracted from it, and compare this investment to some of the properties I’ve bought. Ready to find out what it was? Then don't miss this episode! Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo...
Jan 07, 2022•18 min•Ep. 82
In today’s episode, I am joined by the main man and one of my best pals in the industry, Mike Clay of Clay Properties. Mike originally came to me to join my 1-2-1 programme (The HMO FastTrack) because Mike thought it’s time to make a change. Although he had a successful corporate career, it’s not giving him the lifestyle that he wanted for himself and his family. So, he made a tough decision to start doing his own thing and build his own portfolio through HMOs. So in this conversation with Mike,...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 81
In the last episode for 2021, I’m going to share my predictions for 2022. I am not an economist and I could be wildly off-target here so feel free to disregard my predictions but we’re allowed to make a bet so that’s what I’m doing in today’s episode. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook...
Dec 31, 2021•16 min•Ep. 80
Today, we’re going to reminisce and look back on the top 10 episodes of 2021. Join me and discover why I think these episodes were the most downloaded: 1. Episode #6 - 20 Steps To Build Your Successful & Sustainable HMO Portfolio (Pt 1) 2. Episode #22 - Start Your HMO Business With These 7 Easy Steps (To Scale Fast) 3. Episode #9 - Josh Davis - One HMO For £44k To A £12Mn Portfolio (In 7 Years) 4. Episode #49 - 0-8 HMOs, The Power Of Networking & Going Full Time with Mak Gore 5. Episode ...
Dec 29, 2021•27 min•Ep. 79
Today I’m joined by Martin Gaine, a planning expert, and consultant and he’s going to share with us what we need to be doing, how we need to be approaching the applications that we put forward, and the risks that we need to be aware of. Martin clarified some of the really complicated and confusing issues around planning permission, Article 4 directions, and tons of other important information that we need as a HMO property investor. It’s one of the most valuable episodes yet that you shouldn’t m...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 78
In today's short, have a laugh at my expense as I recount my most (professionally) embarrassing story as a HMO business owner. Whatever you do, don't do what I did in today's episode! Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!...
Dec 17, 2021•15 min
In today’s episode, I want to talk about what I learned from this year, a year shrouded with uncertainty, a year clouded by the difficulties and challenges that have always been staring us in the face, a year of spiraling cost, a year of difficulties getting hold of materials, a year of managing expectations of customers and tenants, and a year of knowing what tomorrow might look like. Join me as I look back and reflect on some of the successes, failures, and challenges this 2021. Got any questi...
Dec 15, 2021•36 min•Ep. 76
This episode reminds me of the realities of being a business owner or HMO landlord. Everything was going so well when suddenly one of my HMOs had a major roof leak due to the storm! Let me share with you what exactly happened and hopefully prepare you for unforeseen circumstances like this. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.h...
Dec 10, 2021•14 min•Ep. 75
In this episode, I am joined by Rosie Charles, the other half of ARCH Investments and we’re going to talk about how Rosie and Allan have utilised private finance really effectively to build their property business, the challenges of investing remotely, and how they did it effectively. Plus, we discussed a 12-bed professional HMO case study with an impressive 171% ROCE. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, an...
Dec 08, 2021•45 min•Ep. 74
In today’s episode, I’m going to share with you an issue about my latest HMO purchase. I’m keen to get a completion ASAP because it’s tenanted and we’re ready but all of a sudden, there was a big issue but, let me share with you how I plan to resolve this. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Fac...
Dec 03, 2021•16 min
There are lots of things that we need to do before we move anybody into one of our HMO properties and in this episode, I’m going to share with you the seven most important things that you should do before the tenants move in. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!...
Dec 01, 2021•22 min
In today’s episode, I’m going to quickly tell you about how we’ve managed to arrange so many viewings recently. But while I’m confident that we’re going to let most of these properties, some of them will ultimately drop out, which is inevitable so I’m going to share with you what we do when that happens. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram...
Nov 26, 2021•14 min•Ep. 71
What is the cost of bad interior design? Let’s talk about it with our guest, Raquel Aparicio of Mardesign. Raquel is an Architect and Interior Designer so we’re going to discuss why it’s important to prioritise interior design in your HMO properties and how to properly implement it to ensure ROI, long-term tenancies, and more. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also...
Nov 24, 2021•42 min•Ep. 70
Faversham Villas is our commercial to residential project with my business partner, Marc of Arcvelop. And in this episode, I’m going to give you some updates on the progress of this project. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!...
Nov 19, 2021•13 min•Ep. 69
At some point in the future, you are bound to experience a difficult tenant or group of tenants that you need to manage. I’ve had difficult tenants before but recently, I’ve had a group of tenants that have been trashing around the property so I thought I’d share with you what we did and how we have managed to resolve this. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also fo...
Nov 17, 2021•31 min•Ep. 68
In this episode, I would like to share with you the conversation that I had with one of my tenants. I’ve had a lot of tenants in the past, and I rarely talk to them now since my staff handles most of it but one day, I did a visit to one of my properties and had a conversation with this lovely man, and what he said about living in one of our properties really struck me and validates everything that I’m doing. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The ...
Nov 12, 2021•13 min•Ep. 67
What are the benefits of joining a mastermind group? In this episode, I’m joined again by Jade Bailey of Beespace and we’re going to share with you how powerful joining a mastermind group can be. We’re going to share how our mastermind groups have helped us overcome business challenges and also helped us scale our businesses. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also ...
Nov 10, 2021•42 min•Ep. 66
Keeping on top of your finances in any business is very important and especially in a HMO business because there are a lot of moving parts. So in this episode, I’m going to share with you what I do every month to keep my HMO businesses running and finances in check. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podc...
Nov 05, 2021•14 min•Ep. 65
Should you wait and save up for cash before you start your HMO property business? There’s a lot of advice out there on when you should or shouldn’t start your HMO business and in this episode, I’m going to share with you my own advice based on my experience. I’ll share with you my top 9 signs that you’re ready to start building your HMO property business. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise yo...
Nov 03, 2021•20 min•Ep. 64
In this episode, I’m going to be sharing with you a few updates on my businesses and what I bought recently that gave me a bit of buyer’s remorse! Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!...
Oct 29, 2021•17 min•Ep. 63
Are you struggling with managing your time with family, your day job, and your HMO business? In this episode, I am joined by my good pal Mandeep Sidhu of Logical Property Investments. You might have read Mani’s posts in The HMO Community, and we’re going to find out more about him today. We’re going to talk about how he started his HMO business, how he plans to scale it up in the future to ultimately replace his income, and how he juggles everything in life and business. Got any questions? Ask u...
Oct 27, 2021•49 min•Ep. 62
Do you think HMO designs have become too good? Is this really where the market is going or is this what we really need to do to stay competitive and to make sure that our properties let? Let’s have a chat about it. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!...
Oct 22, 2021•12 min•Ep. 61
In this episode, I’m going to share more about myself and the 20 things that I bet you didn’t know about me. You might be surprised that property is not my whole life just like the other HMO property investors out there. So, let’s get to know each other better in this episode, and hopefully, it will inspire you to start your own journey in HMO property investing and realise the opportunities that this business might bring you, no matter what your background or interests are. Got any questions? A...
Oct 20, 2021•24 min•Ep. 60
Do you think below market value HMOs still exist? The HMO market is really competitive at the moment and in this episode, we’re going to have a look at the current market, what motivates sellers to reduce the price, and what you can do instead of waiting for a BMV deal. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO ...
Oct 15, 2021•10 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, I am joined by James Coupland of James Property. James bought his first house at the age of 19 with only £12,000 in savings. Now 27, he owns a successful buy-to-let and HMO portfolio which is fully self-managed. We talked about how he got interested in property investing, the difficulties and the learnings acquired through his property experience, and how he’s using social media to educate and help potential HMO property investors like him. Plus, we discussed a 5-bed student HMO...
Oct 13, 2021•43 min
HMO property investing can be a rewarding experience, but if you don’t do it right, it could possibly be your worst nightmare. So, in this quick episode, I’m sharing with you the scariest moment in my journey as a HMO property investor, and how you can avoid the same problem in the future. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hm...
Oct 08, 2021•12 min•Ep. 57
Are you struggling to find good deals? Are you feeling overwhelmed about all the things that you have to do to find good HMO property deals? If that’s the case, let me share with you four things that you need to know before you search for deals. Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for m...
Oct 06, 2021•24 min•Ep. 56
