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Honest Proper-Tea is a UK property investing and business podcast hosted by sisters Rebecca and Ruth, who've spent 14+ years building a multimillion-pound property portfolio and running their own businesses. Each week, real conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and property investors about property, business, and wellbeing — building wealth that lasts, without the guru culture. For people who spend and invest on purpose, not by default. 👩🏽‍💻 www.honestpropertysisters.com 🤝 Interested in collaborating with Honest Proper-Tea? Connect with us here 💌 All other enquiries email : hello@honestpropertysisters.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 48m ago

    My Solicitor Begged Me Not to Buy It (Karl Pearce on derelict property and purpose)

    I Bought A Derelict Site With A Cannabis Farm On It Most people saw a derelict site. Karl saw a community. This week Becky and Ruth sit down with Karl Pearce from Drayton Mere Properties. Karl ran away from home at 11, joined the Royal Navy, got made redundant, then bought one caravan at a car auction. That caravan turned into one of the UK's biggest caravan and motorhome salvage businesses, shipping vans all over the world. Now he brings empty homes and derelict sites back to life across Cornwall and Devon. They get into the 2-acre site in Torpoint his own solicitor begged him not to buy. 15 enforcement notices, 2,500 tonnes of fly-tipping, a cannabis farm, and people living on site who had no plans to leave. Karl's way of getting them off wasn't lawyers. It was helping them. They also talk about why he sold all his residential to go fully commercial, what ethical investing actually means, life on Civvy Street after the Forces, and the retreat centre he wants to build for veterans. And the bit that stuck with us. Why someone who's built all this still can't let himself feel proud of it. And what he said when his mum asked, "When's enough going to be enough?" If you've ever thought: "What am I actually building all this for?" This one's for you. CHAPTERS 00:00 – From running away at 11 to the Royal Navy 02:20 – The one caravan that started everything 14:05 – The site his solicitor begged him not to buy 21:00 – Why entrepreneurs never feel proud 25:05 – Why he went all in on commercial property 29:00 – What ethical investing really means 31:20 – A retreat centre for veterans 39:00 – "When's enough going to be enough?" FIND KARL Website: draytonmereproperties.com LinkedIn: Karl Pearce (Karl with a K) Instagram and Facebook: @karlpearce4 Go and look at the before and afters. The pictures don't do it justice. Links 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 The Property Blueprint (free to download) → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 Honest Proper-Tea Newsletter (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertys... 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off KEYWORDS property investing UK, commercial property investing, derelict property renovation, property development Cornwall, Devon property, caravan salvage business, van conversion, ethical investing, ethical property investor, buy-to-let vs commercial, commercial leases, business park development, entrepreneur story, ex-military entrepreneur, life after the Forces, Civvy Street, purpose and wealth, financial freedom, UK property podcast, Honest Property Sisters Got questions about property, purpose or how to start? DM us, we might make it a whole episode. The Honest Proper-Tea Podcast. Honest conversations about building wealth without losing yourself in the process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Oct 27

    Ellie Quit Her "Safe" Police Job at 22 With No Plan B. Then an Investor Handed Her £200k

    “I USED TO CRY ON THE WAY TO WORK” At 20, Ellie was rolling people over to check for stab wounds. At 22, she walked away from policing with no plan B. Now she runs The Rest Club, a serviced accommodation and contractor housing business across the North East (and now the Lake District too). So how do you go from crying in your car before every shift to managing other people’s houses, and raising over £200k of private finance from someone you met networking? Ellie tells us everything. The ambulance ride that changed it all. The chance chat on horseback that introduced her to rent-to-rent. The cleaning company that cost her £12,500. And what it’s like walking into rooms full of older men who think you’re too young to be taken seriously. We also get into: why the “safe” job didn’t feel safe at all why you don’t pick your strategy, it picks you building a team you can actually rely on why your business and your own assets should grow side by side And her answer to our closing question honestly stopped us in our tracks. If you’ve ever stayed in a job you hate because it felt secure, this one’s for you. Chapters 00:00 Meet Ellie 02:58 The “safe” job 03:51 The ambulance ride 09:36 Crying before shifts 10:40 The chat that changed it all 15:44 The £12,500 mistake 19:53 Building the team 21:29 Raising £200k 29:16 “You’re too young” 31:11 The hard lesson So, did your “safe” job ever actually feel safe? Tell us in the comments. Find Ellie Instagram: @elliecockbain The Rest Club: @therestclubltd / www.therestclub.co.uk Links 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 The Property Blueprint (free to download) → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 Honest Proper-Tea Newsletter (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertys... 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off Keywords: serviced accommodation UK, rent to rent, leaving the police, private finance property, raising investment money, short term lets North East, contractor housing, young property investor UK, property networking, no money down property, women in property, building a property portfolio, quitting a 9 to 5, Honest Proper-Tea Podcast, Honest Property Sisters Honest Proper-Tea is real conversations about property, money and the life you’re building with it. Pull up a chair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Oct 20

    Is Dating Too Expensive Now? The £250 First Date Nobody Can Afford

    “IS ROMANCE DEAD?” £250 for a first date? Before you even know if you like them? Apparently that’s what a date costs millennials now. Almost half of single people say dating just isn’t financially worth it anymore. So we did the maths. The outfit. The Uber. The “who’s paying?” moment when you both reach for your cards. And then we asked the awkward question. Is checking someone’s money habits early actually smart? Or does it turn romance into due diligence? We also get into: why the most expensive date isn’t always the most impressive one the sneaky way overspending on date one can backfire what a London renter taught us about the ROI of putting yourself out there and the money question nobody asks on a first date (but probably should) It’s honest, a bit chaotic, and closer to home than we expected. Chapters 00:00 Is dating too expensive now? 02:15 Getting ready costs how much? 04:15 The Uber, the dinner, the “one more drink” 06:00 Does talking money kill the spark? 09:00 Who raised the bar? 11:50 Trying to impress, on a credit card 13:00 Is romance dead? 16:30 The London rent lesson 21:10 The money chat we should normalise So, would you ask about money on a first date? Tell us in the comments below 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 The Property Blueprint (free to download) → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 Honest Proper-Tea Newsletter (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertys... 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off Keywords: cost of dating UK, dating inflation, money and relationships, financial compatibility, who pays on a first date, money mindset, cheap date ideas, dating on a budget, couples and money, good debt vs bad debt, cost of living, financial freedom, millennial money, UK money podcast Honest Proper-Tea is real conversations about property, money and the life you’re building with it. Pull up a chair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Oct 7

    "We're Not Going to Be Able to Send You Any Money" (And How He Finished Anyway) | Ian Morton

    "EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG" The phone rang halfway up Malham Cove. It was the lender. Ian Morton has spent 48 years in heritage property and listed buildings. He's turned schools, churches and Georgian merchant houses into homes. He thought he'd seen everything. Then came the country estate in the Yorkshire Dales. We ask him what really happened next. What he does now before trusting a joint venture partner (he probably shouldn't have told us). The pension trick most landlords have never heard of. And why 120,000 homes might be hiding in plain sight on your high street. Plus: he's built an AI version of himself. We have questions. And his answer to "what does success mean to you now?" wasn't the one we expected. Chapters 00:00 Meet Ian 00:58 Where it all started 05:00 Why is there a canal barge on a roundabout? 06:40 The accidental landlord 10:20 The estate the locals didn't want 13:00 The phone call 16:20 Loving it and hating it 18:00 Meet AI Ian 21:00 Fake gurus and Ferraris 26:40 Look up next time you're shopping 29:10 The pension trick 30:40 35 seconds 32:20 His biggest regret 33:30 The JV test (sorry, future partners) 35:25 Success, take two 38:20 The lesson he learned the hard way Links AI Property Mentor: AIPropertyMentor.com Marske Hall: marskehall.com Ian: ian@theideas.co.uk Wealth Dynamics test: https://wealthdynamics.geniusu.com/ 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 The Property Blueprint (free to download) → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 Honest Proper-Tea Newsletter (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertys... 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off Keywords: property investing UK, heritage property, listed buildings, property development, commercial conversion, flats above shops, SSAS pension, SIPP property, property crowdfunding, joint ventures, holiday lets, serviced accommodation, Yorkshire Dales, property mentoring, AI in property, Wealth Dynamics, financial freedom, UK property podcast Honest Proper-Tea is real conversations about property, money and the life you're building with it. Pull up a chair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Sep 29

    Hustle Culture Had Our 20s. We're Not Giving It Our 30s | Soft Entrepreneurship

    "HAVE YOU NOT LEARNT YET?" We started our business in our early 20s. Loads of energy. Wanted the cash now. Bit of a chip on our shoulder. Fourteen years on, we're doing it very differently. This episode is all about the rise of soft entrepreneurship. Building a business that fits around your life, not the other way round. We get into why hustle culture got so glamorised, what burnout is really costing founders, and why solopreneurs are growing faster than ever without hiring a single person. Then it gets a bit spicy. Would you trust a young founder who's completely chill about their business? We don't agree on this one. Plus the property event where a very wealthy man did one simple exercise… and his answers said a lot. It's not really a conversation about working less. It's about what you're actually building wealth for. CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome to our soft era 04:15 The hustle bro years 08:07 The solopreneur boom 13:18 The chip on your shoulder 16:41 Would you trust a chilled-out young founder? 21:31 The wheel of life 28:19 What actually makes you feel rich? 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 The Property Blueprint (free to download) → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 Honest Proper-Tea Newsletter (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertys... 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off KEYWORDS soft entrepreneurship, hustle culture, burnout, solopreneur, small business UK, lifestyle business, UK property investing, work-life balance, financial freedom, emotional wealth, Gen Z and work, AI for small business, building wealth, entrepreneurship 2026, Honest Property Sisters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Sep 15

    What Happens When Ambition Starts To Fade

    "We Hit The Goal And Felt Nothing" We built a business we actually loved, scaled it into a machine, and then felt nothing. This week Becky and Ruth get into what happens when the goal you chased for years finally lands — and you realise you don't want it anymore. Not burnout. Not failure. Ambition, just quietly changing shape. We talk about the dog-walking business that gave us more joy than property ever has on paper, why "having it all" is a millennial lie, and the David Deida line that reframed how we think about masculine and feminine energy in business. Why losing your drive for something isn't a crisis. Why trying to be 100% at everything sets you up to fail. And why "trad wife" content is really just tired ambitious women asking for softness. This one's for anyone who's hit the goal and gone… now what. Chapters 00:00 — Intro 00:33 — What happens when ambition fades 01:46 — The business we actually loved 03:00 — Scaling it made us emotionally flat 06:25 — Selling up, and what property actually gave us 09:49 — Hustle culture & proving yourself 12:06 — Building our own rat race 13:14 — Creator exhaustion & the mental load 14:50 — Masculine vs feminine energy 18:00 — Why "100% at everything" is a trap 22:11 — Losing ambition isn't failure, it's evolution 28:02 — Why trad wife content is having a moment Keywords ambition, hustle culture, burnout, entrepreneurship, masculine and feminine energy, David Deida, work life balance, millennial women, motherhood and business, property investing, identity and success, time and location freedom, UK property investors, boss bitch culture, trad wife trend 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 The Property Blueprint (free to download) → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 Honest Proper-Tea Newsletter (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertys... 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Sep 8

    Passive Income Won't Fix What You're Actually Feeling

    "They don't want passive income. They want relief." "Passive income" is the most Googled financial fantasy going. But nobody's actually chasing the money. They're chasing relief. Becky and Ruth pull this one apart after 14 years of actually living inside a property portfolio — what "passive" really means once the marketing stops, why residual income isn't the same as truly passive income, and why the whole online hustle thing is quietly burning everyone out. Freelancing with no safety net. The side hustle boom. Why short-form content is selling "easy money" that doesn't exist. And why they ditched posting 3 times a day on Instagram to do this instead. Turns out the flex was never the passive income stream. It's not needing one that badly. Chapters 00:00 – Intro 00:20 – Passive income = relief, not money 01:30 – Recurring income vs. actually passive 04:20 – Freelancing with no safety net 06:30 – Short-form content selling "easy money" 09:00 – Confession: it was never passive 13:00 – Online burnout is its own beast 17:00 – Assets = your real security net 20:00 – Why we quit the content treadmill 21:00 – Masterclass incoming, beta testers wanted 22:30 – Does your hustle match your life? Keywords passive income vs recurring income, residual income explained, property investing UK, financial freedom, freelance life security, side hustle burnout, wealth building for women, UK landlords, entrepreneur burnout, financial security, money psychology, remote property management, aligned investing, Honest Property Masterclass, modern wealth 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes, and follow @honestpropertysisters for the rest 🦋 FREE Property Blueprint → https://shorturl.at/bzaje 📩 The Aligned Wealth Note (free weekly newsletter) → https://substack.com/@honestpropertysisters 👩🏻‍💻 Sponsored by The Freedom Geek (delegate to skilled Filipino VAs & editors) → https://thefreedomgeek.contactin.bio — mention 'Honest Property Sisters' for £50 off Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Aug 31

    She Built Wealth To Buy Back Nature | Using Property To Create Maximum Impact

    "Go to bed with a mosquito." She was one of the UK's youngest lecturers at 21, wrote 24 academic papers trying to save the world, and then realised property could actually do it faster. Ruth's flying solo this episode (get well soon, Becky!) with Dr. Anna Attlee, co-founder of the wildflower brand Seedball, a property sourcing agent turned emergency housing provider, and a bit of a tree hugger, same as us. From there: over 100 houses sourced in her first year, financially free from rent-to-rent within two months, and now helping landlords put houses into emergency and temporary accommodation, a protected, largely hands-off system that houses people who genuinely need it while paying landlords well. Every business she runs feeds the same pot, buying land to rewild, permanently. We get into what's actually happening with renters reform right now, why real is beating polished online, how Anna avoids burning out when she cares this much, and why the money was never really the point for either of us. Chapters 00:00 — Intro 02:07 — Who is Anna? 08:39 — The quote that stuck 12:26 — Training company, then Seedball 14:17 — How people actually get rich 17:01 — The seminar that changed everything 24:16 — What is emergency housing? 27:02 — Financially free in 2 months 29:45 — How the model works for landlords 34:05 — Renters reform & 137,000 kids 36:37 — Getting started, real numbers 39:47 — Buying land, on repeat, with the profits 43:15 — Real beats polished online 52:36 — Avoiding burnout 1:04:09 — Never too small to matter Keywords emergency housing UK, temporary accommodation landlord, rent to rent strategy, property sourcing agent, Rich Dad Poor Dad, financial freedom through property, Seedball, wildflower rewilding, buying land UK, social housing investment, renters reform UK, wealth with purpose, women in property investing, ethical property investing, honest property podcast Connect with Anna Instagram: @dr.annaattlee Website: annaattlee.co.uk Emergency Housing System Masterclass & Luton Cohort (Sept 26th) — an exclusive, 10-person-only micro-training on-site in Luton: https://www.anaattlee.co.uk/emergency-housing-1day 1:1 coaching sessions — available ad hoc, email ana@collingwoodproperty.co.uk for availability 6-8 month mentorship cohort — applications now open: https://www.anaattlee.co.uk/mentorship-application The exact spreadsheet Anna's used to analyse and agree 200 property deals — now in The Vault: https://www.anaattlee.co.uk/vault Coming soon to The Vault — the online Emergency Housing Provider training manual and a closed Facebook group. Use code HONEST20 for 20% off anything in The Vault at www.anaattlee.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Honest Proper-Tea is a UK property investing and business podcast hosted by sisters Rebecca and Ruth, who've spent 14+ years building a multimillion-pound property portfolio and running their own businesses. Each week, real conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and property investors about property, business, and wellbeing — building wealth that lasts, without the guru culture. For people who spend and invest on purpose, not by default. 👩🏽‍💻 www.honestpropertysisters.com 🤝 Interested in collaborating with Honest Proper-Tea? Connect with us here 💌 All other enquiries email : hello@honestpropertysisters.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Honest Property Sisters
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    110
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Honest Property Sisters
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