“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.
Apr 02, 2015•23 min
“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.
Mar 26, 2015•20 min
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.
Mar 19, 2015•29 min
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.
Mar 12, 2015•20 min
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.
Mar 05, 2015•24 min
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.
Feb 26, 2015•25 min
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.
Feb 19, 2015•33 min
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.
Feb 12, 2015•28 min
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.
Feb 05, 2015•37 min
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.
Jan 29, 2015•30 min
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.
Jan 22, 2015•28 min
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.
Jan 15, 2015•39 min
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.
Jan 01, 2015•14 min
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.
Dec 25, 2014•12 min
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.
Dec 18, 2014•37 min
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.
Dec 11, 2014•23 min
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.
Dec 04, 2014•23 min
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.
Nov 27, 2014•32 min
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.
Nov 20, 2014•34 min
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...
Nov 13, 2014•26 min
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.
Nov 06, 2014•34 min
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.
Oct 30, 2014•30 min
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.
Oct 16, 2014•23 min
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.
Oct 09, 2014•30 min
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.
Sep 25, 2014•29 min
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.
Sep 18, 2014•28 min
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.
Sep 04, 2014•27 min
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.
Aug 28, 2014•42 min
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.
Aug 21, 2014•35 min
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.
Aug 14, 2014•24 min
