For this episode, Paul is joined by Alistaire Handyside MBE the chair of the Professional Association of Self Caterers (PASC UK Ltd). He and his team support the self-catering, short-term lets, holiday lets and serviced accommodation sectors in England and Wales. This includes successfully lobbying the government for reforms that enable these industries to thrive and continue to significantly contribute to the UK economy at a local and national level. Alistair’s unique position within the indust...
May 04, 2025•30 min•Ep. 120
During this episode, Di Forster who is a social media, and marketing expert who has been working with businesses like yours for 19+ years, shares some highly effective tips and techniques. Golden nuggets of information that are especially relevant for SA owners. She provides you with a breakdown of each of the marketing channels, shares the pros and cons of each of them and explains how you as a SA owner can use them to increase bookings. KEY TAKEAWAYS You have to cut through the noise and get p...
Dec 23, 2024•41 min•Ep. 119
Today´s guest Shimon Rudich is a prolific property investor who has used all of the different strategies and taught over 13,000 people to do the same. He also runs MS Law, a firm Kevin has personally used, for many years. For this episode, Shimon focuses on creative financing strategies. In particular, the different ways you can use lease options, title-splitting and commercial to residential deals. Importantly, Shimon also explains how to avoid the most common issues with these more creative pr...
Jul 28, 2024•56 min•Ep. 118
This episode is Kevin´s initial reaction to the UK´s Spring Budget of 2024 and other reforms. Including the Renter´s Reform Bill, the abolition of section 24, changes to the furnished holiday let tax regime, new short-term rental regimes, enhanced fire safety standards, the Tour Operators Margin Schemes (TOMS) and more. Kevin explains why despite the changes, building and running a property portfolio is still an excellent business option, especially the various SA models. Listen to find out how ...
Apr 07, 2024•48 min•Ep. 117
Today’s episode of the Serviced Accommodation Podcast is all about turning guesthouses, B&Bs and hotels into apart-hotels. Something that Mark Hodgkiss has already done several times, so the information in this podcast is like gold dust. It includes how to source properties, convince owners to sell, structure an exchange with a delayed completion deal, finance it, complete the transformation, and run the business. KEY TAKEAWAYS Turning hotels and B&Bs into serviced accommodation (SA), sh...
Feb 05, 2024•34 min•Ep. 116
Shimon Rudich, who is himself a property investor and a very experienced solicitor, explains how to use joint venture partners to accelerate your growth. Shimon covers, identifying what skills and assets your business needs and finding the right partner to fill those gaps, enabling both of you to make more money, faster. KEY TAKEAWAYS Don’t skip any of the checks Shimon Rudich shares when setting up a joint venture deal. Due diligence is essential. Only use the joint venture approach when you ca...
Nov 06, 2023•47 min•Ep. 115
Today´s episode features Joe Catcheside, who has been a property investor for 26 years. He also does serviced accommodation, including using the rent-to-serviced accommodation model. Joe explains how he builds positive relationships with sales and letting agents as a way of finding and setting up properties for rent to SA. KEY TAKEAWAYS Estate agents will tell you about properties before they are advertised and connect you with landlords who own multiple properties. Property sales are down by 25...
Oct 09, 2023•42 min•Ep. 114
Mikey Small is an SA consultant who is very experienced with the Rent to SA, SA management, and buy-refurbish-refinance into S A business models. He shares examples of sourcing properties directly from landlords and finding and buying them via letting agents. While explaining how to find the best leads, connect with the seller and close the deal. KEY TAKEAWAYS Building rapport is key to being able to make deals. Be your authentic self and genuinely interested in others to build rapport. Focus on...
Oct 01, 2023•32 min•Ep. 113
In this episode, Henri Ghijben who is a multi-million-pound business owner explains how to quickly source serviced accommodation properties. He owns a portfolio of 14 serviced accommodation properties and manages several others. Henri is the master of finding B&Bs, doing the deal, and turning them into serviced accommodation.Learn how to stop procrastinating and free up more of your time to find landlords, do the deal, and grow your SA business fast. KEY TAKEAWAYS People who avoid failure al...
Aug 13, 2023•33 min•Ep. 112
In this episode, Di Foster, who is the marketing expert Kevin uses, provides details of the most effective ways landlords can promote their serviced accommodation. She covers online, print, social, and much more. Including GMB, PPC, Email marketing, QR codes, and SEO.By the end of this episode, which is full of golden nuggets, you´ll be able to understand what type of marketing will fit your business best. KEY TAKEAWAYS Know your audience. About 95% of them do not know where they want to stay, y...
Jul 16, 2023•45 min•Ep. 111
In this episode of the Serviced Accommodation Property Podcast, host Kevin Poneskis interviews Will Parry, CEO of Altido, a hospitality management company that manages hotels and service accommodations across Western Europe. Will shares his journey and the story of Altido, as well as lessons he's learned along the way that may be useful to listeners as they grow their own businesses and portfolios. KEY TAKEAWAYS Altido started as a small Airbnb management company and has since grown through merg...
Jun 25, 2023•52 min•Ep. 110
Turning HMOs into SAs is very profitable. In this episode, Kevin explains how to tap into the fact that a lot of HMO landlords have just had enough and are ready for you to come in and set them up for SA. Kevin covers section 24 and capital allowances, how to handle current HMO tenants, and the other steps you need to go through to convert an HMO to SA. As well as telling you how to easily find HMO landlords that will want you to run their properties as SAs on their behalf. KEY TAKEAWAYS Running...
Mar 06, 2023•31 min•Ep. 109
In this episode, the extremely experienced capital allowances surveyor explains how they can be used to make most property business models far more profitable. How to set things up so that you can legitimately earn money tax free. He shares several use cases and covers sideways loss relief, land remediation relief, energy efficient enhancements and ensuring you use the allowance for the right area of your tax return. As well as how to maximise the £1 million per year of allowances that are avail...
Jan 09, 2023•45 min•Ep. 108
Gary Das is the founder and CEO of Active Financial. He is a mortgage expert that has raised more than a £billion in finance for his clients, many of whom are self-employed. Gary is also a social media expert, podcaster, and entrepreneur. In this episode he talks about Serviced Accommodation financing. He explains the differences between a buy to let mortgage and one for SA and how to work out how much you can borrow. Gary also provides an insight into what criteria lenders are using right now. ...
Jan 02, 2023•19 min•Ep. 107
Richard Stone has been in construction for more than 40 years and has completed over £300 million worth of property and 3500+ refurbs. In this podcast, he shares his wealth of experience to help you to maximise your profits. This episode is particularly useful for those wanting to move into commercial conversions for serviced accommodation. He covers how to comply with construction HSE and CDM regs. The CIA tax scheme. Hiring the right contractors for the price, scaffolding, and getting accurate...
Dec 19, 2022•40 min•Ep. 106
In this episode, Dan Eaton explains how he has used the commercial conversion into serviced accommodation method to create a portfolio worth £18m in 5 years. A group of properties that generates thousands in profit, every week. Dan explains why commercial to SA conversions deliver 6 figure profits yet are not complicated or particularly time-consuming. He explains how to leverage, low purchase costs, built-in parking, take advantage of capital allowances and easily get permission to convert and ...
Sep 11, 2022•38 min•Ep. 105
Mark Homer has transformed over 6,000 square feet of commercial properties for residential use. The value of his property portfolio exceeds £37 million. He owns or controls well over one thousand properties and is one of Kevin´s mentors. In this Q & A session Mark talks about the government's plans to reform serviced accommodation, the impact of council tax increases and what property investing is likely to look like in a recession. He also talks about claiming back VAT, the benefits of LLPs...
Jul 11, 2022•46 min•Ep. 104
In this episode, Kevin explains how anyone can get a free Serviced Accommodation (SA) mentoring call. This is a fantastic opportunity for people who are already running SA properties to take things to the next level. Or for someone who has a property that they want to convert to SA. There is still time to do this and cash in on the staycation boom. KEY TAKEAWAYS SA is booming. There are multiple SA business models, which are all easy to set up using Kevin´s approach. It is not too late to tap in...
Jun 26, 2022•25 min•Ep. 103
This episode is all about how to turn your time into money, using social media. Gary Das who has his own mortgage brokerage explains how he earns seven figures from social media without any ad spending. He provides you with a five-step process that will stop you from wasting time on social media, target your efforts and turn your time into money. KEY TAKEAWAYS Knowing your audience is essential. Make your message laser targeted. Video is extremely powerful, and it can be repurposed in so many di...
Jun 19, 2022•29 min•Ep. 102
In this episode, Kevin explains why there a lot of landlords out there who are already struggling with their investment properties and why things are likely to get worse for many of them. Section 24 is already an issue and increasing energy bills are now a big problem. New EPC regulations are also on the horizon and that is going to have a significant impact financially on a lot of landlords - and not in a good way! With Serviced Accommodation you can either avoid these issues or cope with them ...
Jun 12, 2022•27 min•Ep. 101
In his 100th Property Nomad Podcast Kevin explains why now is a great time to get into Serviced Accommodation (SA). He shares 7 different reasons. Then, explain how you can set up your own Serviced Accommodation property up and running. Potentially, within days. As well as talking about securing finance, leveraging falling house prices, vendor finance and much more. Remember Serviced Accommodation means – more money, less tax, and no tenants. Listen to find out how to get access to Kevin´s Disco...
May 29, 2022•27 min•Ep. 100
Energy prices are going up, as we all know, but I believe this is going to create opportunities for SA operators. The other issue currently well on the horizon is the EPC changes for landlords and I also think this is going to create opportunities and here I will explain why. KEY TAKEAWAYS For new buy to lets and most HMOs you will have to achieve an EPC rating of C. For SA rising energy prices are less of a challenge than they are for HMO owners. Many landlords will be wanting to turn HMOs into...
May 08, 2022•19 min•Ep. 99
In this episode, Kevin introduces Henry Ghijben, who has been involved in business for 14 years. He also runs his own serviced accommodation properties and is in the process of setting up a property management service. He shares the four pillars every entrepreneur needs to be put in place. Foundations that enable them to build a stable, sustainable, and easy to run business. Henry shares plenty of practical examples of how to do this, including several insider tips. KEY TAKEAWAYS Roughly 80% of ...
Apr 10, 2022•34 min•Ep. 97
In this episode, Kevin explains how to sell the benefits of serviced accommodation management to landlords you want to work with. It is a business model relatively few people understand, so it is important to know how to explain it clearly and sell the idea to property owners. He also talks about why the EPC C category change is going to turn out to be an opportunity for SA business owners. Here are some of the six benefits Kevin covers, in this episode: KEY TAKEAWAYS Ordinary tenants do not kee...
Mar 14, 2022•19 min•Ep. 96
Mikey Small is a serviced accommodation operator manager, owner, and investor with 21 properties. He talks through his journey, sharing along the way tips that anyone can use to succeed in property as he has done. KEY TAKEAWAYS Read the right books to educate yourself. Several are recommended in the podcast. Don´t doubt yourself. If the work that you are doing does not feel right, switch directions. You will discover that there is something better for you out there. Rent to rent has a low entry ...
Feb 08, 2022•36 min•Ep. 95
Jehan Annis has several businesses, as well as being a chartered accountant and experienced property investor. He has done a lot of buy-refurbish-refinance projects. Alongside HMOs and serviced accommodation. Today, his main focus is handsfree serviced accommodation portfolio building, which is what he covers in this podcast. He explains how he runs his properties and how he is now enabling investors to benefit from that successful approach, starting with an investment of as little as 5K. KEY TA...
Jan 10, 2022•18 min•Ep. 94
In this episode, we hear from Kiran Patel, the MD of Venture Finance who is a chartered accountant and broker that has worked on all kinds of property projects. Including HMOs, Buy-to-let, property flips, serviced accommodation, and commercial property. Helping clients to finance and leverage their acquisitions and portfolios. He explains how to get commercial property properly valued. More importantly – how to get it financed at a decent rate. For this episode, Kiran focuses on how to do this f...
Dec 13, 2021•33 min•Ep. 93
In this particularly important podcast, Kevin talks about why so many of us have a negative mindset about having lots of money and how that holds us back. He explains how to overcome this mindset that has been subtly ingrained into many of us, from childhood. Also, in this podcast, Kevin asks you to support him in raising money for a charity that is very dear to him. In exchange, he makes an amazing offer. One that enables listeners to get the training they need to create a highly profitable bus...
Nov 11, 2021•25 min•Ep. 92
In this episode, Kevin´s guest is Jackie (Jacs) Hodson, an interior design expert who also runs several SA properties. She is also the creative director of Free-Range Stays. Jacs explains how to present your properties so that they stand out online. As well as how to make guests go Wow! When they walk in the door. All of which results in far more and longer bookings. Her Power of Three approach is practical and easy for any SA property owner to implement. KEY TAKEAWAYS Your aim is to make your g...
Nov 08, 2021•27 min•Ep. 91
In this episode, Kevin explains how serviced accommodation business owners can pivot should market conditions shift. He shares several strategies that he has himself used. Approaches anyone can use to exit the SA business or use their property portfolio to make money in a different way. KEY TAKEAWAYS Serviced accommodation is working well now and will continue to do so in the future. Should market conditions change, there are ways for SA owners to reposition themselves and continue to earn. Kevi...
Oct 24, 2021•22 min•Ep. 90
