Slow Money Podcast

We tend to be busy with all the things coming up next week, but sometimes it's good to look back through the rearview and see what's behind us. Here are there interesting things that happened last week... It was a very special day in the history of Bitcoin, but not how you may think Demand for building materials has skyrocketed With inflation seemingly on the horizon, is gold still a good inflation hedge?

Slow Money Podcast is BACK!  In the first interview of season 2, I'm joined by Adam Lawrence. Adam is an entrepreneur with a very diverse background before ending up in property. However, it hasn’t always been easy. In the early stages of his property journey, he had a very steep learning curve. Adam shares his strategy BBR (buy, refurbish, refinance) at below-market price and 90% of his portfolio is made up of these single-lets. We also talk about HMO's, Rent to Rent, Serviced Accommodation, and all things property investing.  For a detailed discussion, you can always visit www.slowmoneyclub.com  You can also visit us on:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slowmoneyclub/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowmoneyclub?s=07/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slowmoneyclub/  Youtube: https://youtu.be/_WOYqxcr-Is

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. Where we give you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. We are all busy focusing on the things coming up, but we should also reflect and make sense of things. Let's take a look at the world through the rearview and let's see what's behind us. Last week, Market Volatility -The prospect for higher global growth has also led to revised expectations for inflation and as a result the future path of interest rates. Higher-than-expected price increases and an accumulation of economic news appears to have given investors the jitters.  Zoopla Rental Market Report - Data continues to pour in. London is still dragging the rental numbers down. Post pandemic there seems to be distinct markets changes emerging in the rental sector.  Crypto Flash Crash - one tweet from Elon Musk was enough to send reverberations across billions of dollars worth of crypto. But we’ll talk about that in a different video.  Find more high-quality free content at SlowMoneyClub.com Follow us on Instagram/Facebook and Youtube @SlowMoneyClub

Things are always moving so fast, but some times its good to reflect on what happened. Last week the NRLA held a webinar presenting the findings of a recent survey on issues facing landlords. The webinar took place before the government announced the ii) Renters’ Reform Bill and this likely added more issues to the list for landlords.  10 Years ago, On April 26, 2011, the inventor of Bitcoin disappeared. Leaving behind the brand new cryptocurrency he invented and called Bitcoin.  Find out more at SlowMoneyClub.com/blog Have a great week and let’s see what happens next week!

Key talking points: Chancellor announces Job Support Scheme to replace furlough; however, the economy faces a hit of £250 million a day from partial lockdowns COVID continues to accelerate a lot of trends with polarising changes. How are these affecting businesses? UK housing market defied the pandemic, with average prices hitting record highs. This is in stark contrast to the wider economy. What is behind this apparent contradiction? Bank of England has been talking a lot about negative rates recently. Find what they’ve had today and you need to know

In this episode, we are joined by Faith Locken, a property surveyor by profession and investor on the side. COVID 19 job uncertainty has driven many people to broaden their horizons and look for multiple sources of income. Faith Locken is an experienced buy-to let-investor and qualified commercial surveyor, who is passionate about sharing her knowledge and inspiring others to pursue financial freedom through property investment. During these changing times, people have been getting inventive with the newfound free time now that many people have that are working from home. LINKS For a detailed discussion, you can always visit www.slowmoneyclub.com You can also visit us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slowmoneyclub/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowmoneyclub?s=07/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slowmoneyclub/ Youtube: https://youtu.be/_WOYqxcr-Is This interview was recorded pre-covid

  In this episode, we are joined by Davin Poonwassie, a pioneer in the UK crowdfunding sector. Davin and his wife are the founders of Simple Crowdfunding a Property Crowdfunding marketplace that connects investors with fundraisers. Prior to Crowdfunding Davin had an IT background specializing in network and database management. He worked on innovative projects and teams responsible for over 200 servers across Europe. This gave him the experience on the distributed system well for Bitcoin and Blockchain were buzzwords. (As we all now known in this time, Cryptocurrency is based on Blockchain which uses distributed technology.) Starting early, Davin began his property journey during university with some help from his brother. Later during his IT contracting career in the 2000s he and his wife decided to focus on property and began to build a portfolio. And it was in the process they came to look at crowdfunding as a viable business. Using their combined skills and experience across technology, CRM, regulations, and compliance they managed to create a platform based on the idea of talking to a crowd of people over the internet and using technology to safely connect people looking for money with people looking for deals.   MENTIONS BOOKS 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming – Tom Hoobyar LINKS Simple Crowdfunding – www.simplecrowdfunding.co.uk     For a detailed discussion, you can always visit www.slowmoneyclub.com You can also visit us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slowmoneyclub/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowmoneyclub?s=07/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slowmoneyclub/ Youtube: https://youtu.be/_WOYqxcr-Is

In this episode, we are joined by Piotr Rusenik, a specialist in auction property purchases and director of Synergy Property Partners. Besides that, we go behind the story of my own recent purchase of a property at auction. Piotr specialises in buying and selling properties at auction. He mainly assists people experiencing issues selling a property, or just need to sell quickly and have typically never used auction house before. First of all, his transition to entrepreneurship started after spending time as an employee buying and selling properties at auction for a boutique London firm. He went on to start his own business 5 years ago. Piotr not only shares his own strategy for bidding at auctions, but we also tell us about the downsides of auction purchases. Most importantly drops an Easter egg about how you can find out the reserve price from the guide price. In contrast, we talk about my recent experience of buying at auction. While Piotr provides me with some guidance on what I should do differently next time. MENTIONS LINKS Website  – www.synergy-pp.com Piotr Rusenik – LinkedIn   For a detailed discussion, you can always visit www.slowmoneyclub.com You can also visit us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slowmoneyclub/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowmoneyclub?s=07/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slowmoneyclub/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjaRRADbi169M2uBOtpcg5w/      

Welcome to the Slow Money Club Podcast. The show giving you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. We share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode, we have a chat with Tina Walsh, a property sourcing specialist. Tina and her husband, Tony, are the founders of Sanctuary Property Sourcing. Before becoming an expert in property sourcing, Tina covered quite a range of areas which helped build up her skills. She has not only worked in the police force, in a tile shop but also learned the historical nature of building and architecture. She's also gone on to work as a PA and then in a school where she has managed the funding process. She left the school environment and went into the healthcare sector where she started out on her way to sourcing, initially businesses. Tina also shared that while they always loved property, when they went attempted investing in 2005 in property, it didn’t go as what they planned. Wanting to pursue what they love, they used mentorship programs as a way to plug their knowledge gaps and very pleased with the outcome they got from their mentorship program. It was through this process that they came to the realization that but their main interests were in the business side and wanted something they could do together, so this led them to the property sourcing business. With Tina’s experience, she shared, ‘I know that a lot of people think that you should not have to pay thousands of pounds for mentorship but the most valuable thing that any one of us got is our time and it takes time to become an expert in any subject.’ Acuity Scheduling- easy-to-use and user-friendly scheduling solution using which clients can quickly view real-time availability, and book their appointments accordingly. Links Main website  - www.getpropertycompliant.co.uk Sourcing Site - www.spsuk.co.uk Tina's Email - tina@spsuk.co.uk www.slowmoneyclub.com

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. Where we give you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. We share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode, we have a chat with Diksesh Patel, CEO of Lighthouse Capital. Someone who has followed the SlowMoney approach and gone from employee to entrepreneur. As well as a successful career in investment banking,  Diksesh has been involved in property for more than 25 years and has built a large Buy-to-Let and HMO portfolio worth £3.4 million. He started building his portfolio in 1993 and expanded into HMOs in 2015. He gave up his career and has since gone on to found Lighthouse Capital Group which focuses on sourcing and developing large-scale property projects for investors. Diksesh and his partners at Lighthouse Capital are experienced property developers with over 30 years of experience and over £300 million of projects behind them. We discussed some of the core values of his business such as transparency, fairness and integrity, and the importance of developing lasting relationships, based on trust and mutual respect. Key talking points included: What it was like growing up in North West London council estate and going in to study at London School of Economics despite  being told by his teacher that he "was never going to get in" Beginning his career as a programmer before taking his first steps on his entrepreneurial journey when he decided to take redundancy and start an e-commerce business Diksesh spent a lot of his evenings and weekends building his tech platform. His goal was to build an income which could supplement his income, and eventually replace it. He ended up loosing "well in excess of £500k" from his first endeavour. Some of the biggest learning is that "It’s okay to ask for help. Especially from subject matter experts because when you’re farting off you don’t know what you don’t know" Going back into the corporate world a second time but with a different perspective. "This brings challenges of being an employee with more experience than the people he was working for because of his entrepreneurial journey." Diksesh spent 3 years establishing his business before moving back into the entrepreneurial world. This time with a lot more experience and understanding about what he wanted from a lifestyle business. We also had an in-depth discussion on some of the reasons why property was a good enterprise for someone who was also working in full-time employment. "Property has ring-fenced, outsourced, systemised contracts. I’ve got a very thin business and I love that. And as your business grows, you will have to grow your team around that" Breaking it down into 3 main elements Deal Funding Delivery "Focus on one of the three! The more you partner the quicker you can transition from employee to entrepreneur. It’s a Slow Money business." he insists. Other talking points included  What’s a reasonable runway?  What does a typical day as a developer look like? How and what CRM does he use? Additionally, he breaks down one of his current development deals and the strategies he used to get the deal. For more information check out SlowMoneyClub.com. You can keep up with what Diksesh is up to at Lighthouse Capital Group here

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. Where we give you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. In each episode, we share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode, we have a chat with Kevin Wright, an expert in Bridging Finance and developer of the Recycle Your Cash and Ninja Investor Programmes. Kevin like many people didn’t have a clear career path to the property sector and has been a successful designer and seller of kitchens. He moved into financial services and has been a financial advisor since 1992. Kevin’s current brokerage focuses on bridging and development finance. He has also taught over 1,000 people about the intricacies of bridging finance and how it can be used with intelligence to produce a successful outcome. We spoke with Kevin about the start of his property journey and he told us how he learned about the property trade by observing his first landlord making money from property. This happened to be an HMO before they were popular. The value of this episode is a really in-depth discussion about Bridging Finance. We talk about the pros, cons, and various strategies that are available to maximise investment opportunities. Kevin takes us through some examples to help better understand bridging and dispels some myths and fears. Key discussion points include: Whilst good time management enables one to juggle a full-time job and a property portfolio, one will have to “burn the candle at both ends” for a limited period of time to be successful What Lenders take into account when offering a mortgage: Earnings multiples Lifestyle factors impact disposable income e.g. number of dependents Impact of future interest rate rises For a cash-poor investor, there are still multiple ways that they can get into the market despite it being more difficult to borrow money from a traditional mortgage provider e.g. Lease Options, Rent to Rent and Bridging Bridging companies provide a number of different products that will reduce the deposit required from the investor. The better training courses provide material which you can take with you and also provide post-training support. In addition, if the tutor only spends a small proportion of course time on upselling then the chances are that you will get value for money. Mentions Links Ninja Investor Programme– Kevin’s investor training programme  

Welcome to the SlowMoneyClub. The show that gives you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. We share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode, I’m joined by Susannah Cole founder of The Good Property Company. 10 years ago Susannah was a single mum with very little, as she put it herself. We spoke with Susannah about her humble beginnings. Since then she’s gone on to achieve some amazing success in property, sourcing over £45m worth of real estate along the way. Her journey from employee to entrepreneur started out with various jobs she used as a way of learning about running a successful business. Armed with this knowledge, experience, and a £1.8m property portfolio she’d started building in the background, she quit her day job and became a full-time property entrepreneur. Susannah shared the story of her first entrepreneurial venture. Aged only 22 she was selling fair trade items at festivals around the country; driven by a desire to make a difference. She also discussed the impact that support she received from the Princes Trust had on her career.  She has since gone on to sourcing over £45m worth of property BMV working with investors. Susannah's Key discussion points include: (10:00) Susannah shared her belief about how important it is to understand your personal earning style. She took a learning first approach to her property career and spent a year researching and wrote a business plan before buying her first property. This meant she knew exactly what strategy she would implement from day one and had an idea of what to do if things went wrong. She also explained the importance of having clear criteria for who you work with and the impact that will have on your success. Key Talking Points: 11:00 On the transition from Employee to entrepreneur – “Working full time doesn’t have to mean you only do your day job. You can try and find flexible ways in how you use things like holidays. I was spending 30h on a property as a side hustle while working full time.” 14:20 Paying into a pension – before I quit my job and paying into a pension so you have security and also as preparation for it the initial entrepreneurial hardship” - genius move it moving away from pain towards pleasure. 30:00 Benefits of having a mentor – “Being advised by high-level people I recognised that I had some gaps. As an entrepreneur you are bootstrapping…and some of the stuff you learn in the corporate world is really useful later on as an entrepreneur.” Don’t forget to give us a 5* review on iTunes for your chance to enter into our prize draw! Susannah's Linkedin Join the club at SlowMoneyClub.com. Or send us an email @slowmoneyclub on your favourite social media platform including: Facebook Instagram Twitter Please help us help you get more out of this podcast by telling us what we should do more of, and what we should do differently on our feedback form.

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. Where we give you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom.  In each episode we share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode we are pleased to be joined by Kam Dovedi, founder of Premier Property.  Kam has 28 years of experience in the property space. He began at the tender age of 18. He has successfully made money in property through the market crashes as well as the boom times, using innovative ideas as well as tried and tested strategies. By the age of 23 Kam was financially free and now works with property entrepreneurs helping them become financially free as well as continuing to develop his property business. Having spent £250k+ on coaching, mentorship and educational courses in his career so far, we have an in-depth discussion with Kam about the importance of Return of Investment in every decision you make and different types of mentors he has had. I asked Kam about his property journey starting as a ‘mortgage host’ to help a family member when prices and interest rates peaked in 1989. He talks about going from being in mortgage arrears and how it turned into positive cash flow stream. We also discuss how the path to financial freedom depends on the individual and you can take a phased approach, as opposed to a cliff edge jump. Finally, I ask Kam some quick fire questions on property investment. Key discussion points include: Using naivety as a strength to learn more – “What I find with naivety, especially if people are more intellectual, people are in positions where they are working in large organisations, they to be over complicating things and gentle naivety where you keep your mind open to listening to a different viewpoint allows you to do more” The definition for financial freedom – “It comes in three phases – Firstly it’s about replacing your current income; then you are able to maintain your lifestyle passively and the third phase is where you are creating enough wealth for yourself where money is not an issue” The key things to look out for when thinking about investing in a property course – “Firstly, are they actually active in the field they are talking about? Does this person resonate with you? How expensive are they?” How to get the most out of a course – “Whenever I go on a course, I take specific action notes to implement and make sure they are always in front of me so that I look at them every day. Another thin that will drive you is understanding why you really want to do this." Mentions Links The Slow Money Club – Our brand-new website Premier Property – Property development and education company founded by Kam Dovedi Resources Audio Tools – Enhances your ability to educate yourself on the move or during dead time and at 1.5x or 2.0x the speed Calendar App -  Helps to define your time and make the most of every 24 hours Camcard App – Uploads content from business cards directly to your phone  Books  Boost Your Pension and Income from Property: The Smart Investor's Guide to Creating a Profitable Property Portfolio by Kam Dovedi on Amazon

Welcome to the SlowMoneyClub. The show that gives you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. In each this episode, we share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode, we break down the previous discussion I had with John Corey from Property Fortress and delve deeper into one of the items he mentioned in passing. We also have another great book review and an update on Bitcoin Futures trading which launched exactly one month ago and will be expiring the same day this episode launches. 3 Key Points: John mentioned there are pros and cons of diversification but people rarely consider the disadvantages of diversification. Warren Buffett believes diversification may even raise risk if it reduces focus and Robert Kiyosaki considers it a strategy for not losing. We delve into the topic in more detail. After bitcoin futures debuted frantic trading caused the price of the January contract to rise from around $15,000 to almost $20,000. Today those contracts will be settled for about $10,700. The short sellers win this round. To get 5% net income on buy and hold property investments, you need 20 times worth of equity. E.g. To get a £5k net income, you need to invest at least £100k. Links and Resources mentioned: Ask John  – have a 20min chat with John Corey about anything! Edutopia Books: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman On Amazon/Audible Join the club at SlowMoneyClub.com. Or send us an email @slowmoneyclub on your favourite social media platform including: Facebook Instagram Twitter Download Now

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. Where we give you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. In each episode, we share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this episode we have a chat with John Corey, founder of property Fortress. John is a steadfast figure on the London property scene with a diverse background. Before launching his property education company, Property Fortress, he worked alongside the likes of Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley. He now focusses on helping property investors find the tools and services to be successful. John has been investing in property for over 30 years. After his successful career in technology, he reinvented himself as a multinational landlord with a property portfolio spanning 11 time zones from Bradford to Hawaii. I asked John about his time reporting directly to the legendary Steve Jobs, and his interactions co-workers who became the founders of LinkedIn and Pixar. We also cover his own transition from employee to entrepreneur and he shares some tips for property investing based on his journey from employee to entrepreneur. Key discussion points include: On reporting directly to Steve Jobs at NeXT Inc – “One of the things I did learn was that presentation matters. How to tell his story, how to envision the future and then communicate it effectively in words.” On things not turning out how you planned – “A lot of things you do it for one reason, and that turns out to be something else.” That something else can end up being the World Wide Web, as is the case with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who “created Web as a project simply to justify buying the NeXT Computer. The pattern is that you incrementally solve problems” On courses telling you to quit your job to become a full time property developer – “I think it’s rather lame. Lenders, particularly after the credit crunch, lenders don’t want to lend to the people who don’t have any income because tax don’t want to build the banks.” On getting started in property – “Start with what you’re good at. If you’re a numbers person or you love customer service types, there that shouldn’t heavily influence the strategies that you choose to invest in property. And don’t get emotionally attached.” Mentions Links Property Fortress – Property education company founded by John Corey NeXT Computer – Steve Jobs founded NeXT, Inc. which unveiled its first product, the NeXT Computer, in 1988. LinkedIn – History and story Edutopia – Randy Nelson on Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age The Flying Karamazov Brothers – The troupe originally consisted of two members; “Ivan” (Howard Jay Patterson) and “Dmitri” (Paul David Magid).[2] “Alyosha” (Randy Nelson) joined some time after 1975.   Resources Mindset Online Website – Learn Why brains and talent don’t bring success, how they can stand in the way of it and why praising brains and talent doesn’t foster self-esteem and accomplishment, but jeopardizes them. Along with how teaching a simple idea about the brain raises grades and productivity. Plus what all great CEOs, parents, teachers, athletes know   Books Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman on Amazon Mindset –  by Carol Dweck on Amazon   People John Corey LinkedIn Eric Ly LinkedIn Randy Nelson LinkedIn Tim Berners-Lee   Connect with us : email Facebook|Instagram|Twitter Download Now Download Now

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. If you're looking for realistic ways of attaining financial freedom, you're I the right place! In each episode, we share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In our first ever Breakfast Briefing episode. In this launch episode, we talk about another launch. The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) futures exchange in Chicago has launched Bitcoin trading. If you think Bitcoin prices are in a bubble, then you can bet on a drop for the first time. It's one of many steps that continue the process of legitimising the currency and imbedding it into the financial system. See www.viableconsulting.co.uk/news/bitcoinfuturescboe for more on this subject.

Welcome to the Slow Money Podcast. Where we give you realistic ways of attaining financial freedom. In each episode we share Get Rich Slow strategies to help you go from employee to entrepreneur and turn your dreams into income streams. In this pilot show we have a short episode on what the show is about. Key discussion points: Go to school, get a good grades, get a job – sound familiar? Is there another option? Lots of marketing out there that tries to sell you get rich quick schemes but material wealth doesn’t bring bright smiles and happiness. We discuss ways to make money through sustained action over time. Focused on get rich slow strategies, from property to stocks and shares. We'll help you go from Employee to Entrepreneur  by manage your life like a business. You can build wealth as long as you don’t expect to happen over night. We all tend to be good at starting things but not so good at completing the. We also all have periods where we make great progress and others where we stall. Everyone’s guaranteed to fall somewhere along the way But that’s OK, because we are here to help encourage, support and guide you through this journey. Passing thought: Life is like playing a computer game, the more time you spend playing, the better you become!