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#158Is social housing a business model that interests you? Do you understand how it works? Would you like to know how to go about building a portfolio based on providing housing for vulnerable people in all their shapes and sizes? Have you thought about the advantages and disadvantages? Are you wondering if this might be the way forward for you?Scott Grayson is a property veteran with more than three decades of experience so he's well placed to answer these questions!During the episode, we di...

#157You may have heard people talking about sustainability, Net Zero, future proofing, institutional funding, socially conscious investing, Environmental and Social Governance or ESG and thought what’s it all got to do with me as an expat property investor. Well hopefully, after listening to this week’s show, you’ll be a little closer to finding out.Anna Clare Harper is an expert in sustainable property investment and co-founder of Green Resi which helps institutions to future proof and ...

#156Building a UK property portfolio as an expat is not easy. Firstly there’s the distance… And the further you are from the UK the harder it is. Not only does it take a lot longer to get back to the UK, but there’s the added complication of time differences. And then there’s the lack of time available to work on building a portfolio. And finding trustworthy UK property partners to work with is potentially even more challenging. Especially since there are so many sharks ou...

#155Did you know that there are 3 billion Google Searches every day? And have you heard of a website called Answer the Public? Answer the Public is a website which listens into data from search engines like Google then quickly cranks out every useful phrase and question people are asking around a keyword.I typed in UK property and by far the most common question or variation of a question it returned was basically ‘Is now a good time to buy UK property’?I’ve been meaning to create an epi...

#154Have you considered using a home stager to market a property?Is it worth paying for a stager? What’s the difference between a home stager and an interior designer? Do you know if there’s a difference is between staging a property to rent versus staging to sell?If you’ve spent time thinking about any of these questions, then this episode is for you.Emma Cook helps people to market their properties for sale or let to maximise their returns via her Home Staging company...

#153Adopting a new UK property strategy is no walk in the park because you need to understand and control as many of the variables you can identify as possible.This is even more important if you’re using investor finance, because you need to have a plan A, Plan B and Plan C for giving your investors the return OF their money and ON their money. In this episode, we talk you through the due diligence we undertook when looking into adopting a new business model: Aparthotels.Our model model ...