We're rooting for you 🤓 Because we back the PERSON as much as the deal. Some people, you just KNOW they will be doing their absolute best with what they've got to create something brilliant. We had such a person come on stage to pitch their property development project at Property Elevator Live, right near the very end. A longtime Brighton resident, she knew her neck of the woods and had been making property work for several years, with many a work around. 📄 No, her present

One of my favourite subjects, sleep 😴 I know it's only Wednesday 😂 but in this industry, any night of the week could be sleepless. [My new film Sleepless in Real Estate is out soon, watch this space 👀🎬, we just need a convincing male lead 😅 anyone?] 1. Build costs 2021... with the pandemic, Brexit and sustainability concerns, build costs can start as one price and arrive as another. Cue timber 'shortages' eg simply unaffordable. How do you plan for that? 2. Planning. Pos

I look at each investment in terms of where they sit in my portfolio. This will always determine at the end of the day whether I invest. It's not just the deal. If I’m feeling exposed already in a certain area, it's highly likely I won’t want to put a new one in there that increases RISK in that area. Like equity, for example. But let's not get into where those are at right now in my world 🙈 Just like Deborah Meaden (😏) we get to know the kind of deals she might go for, bas

Nobody has 12 hats. Or nobody wears them all at the same time! In property we’re expected to wear a few different ones. As an investor, I’m wearing a few myself: 🤝 JV Partner 💱 Trader 💃 Networker ⚖️ Economist 🤓 Risk Assessor 😅 Therapist…! But when you’re just piling the responsibility onto yourself to cover every role and base in a project, you’re going to get into deep water. You may SOUND like a force to be reckoned with, but an experienced investor (the type you want)

What does OPM stand for? ‘Other people’s money.’ OPM. #realestate As catchy as this phrase is in real estate, can I just say I hate it. 😠 To me, this phrase does, and always has, conveniently removed a CLEAR BOUNDARY that absolutely needs to be there. It’s about respecting the seriousness of the undertaking, and having an intention to respect all parties, and their money. It’s also about mindset. OPM, especially when presented as a shiny strategy, dilutes the responsibility

My article this month in #PropertyInvestorNews is a cautionary tale! Yep, again! I could write and probably star in a cautionary 7 part Netflix series at this rate 🤣❗️ 'While there’s something undeniably alluring about The Lone Ranger, in real life, I think they’d be having a pretty hard time! They’d be ‘tricky to work with.’ That mysterious I-answer-to-nobody charm would have long worn off on their first, second and third wives. They would probably have a string of allegati