Last Sunday I went to see Rob and Mark from Progressive Property. They were running one of their MasterMind special events in Peterborough. I wanted to video them as contributors to my forthcoming book Using Other People’s Money – How to Invest in Property. (Very excited it has just gone to the publisher – watch out  for opportunity to pre-register for a copy). Anyway …. Read the rest of this entry

I live such a fortunate life – for so many reasons. (Not least because I managed to get back from South Africa – and the volcano to attend this event!). On Saturday Bob and I attended an amazing event with Dr Rohan Weersinghe which both raised our game and raise money for Make-A- Wish Foundation. Over 13 hours we considered our values, beliefs, the rules we make to aid or hinder our success, how we support our minds through our bodies, the power of relationships (with our selves, our partners and others) and then climaxed with ….

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For those of you that know me – you will know how much I like to plan, even great spontaneity needs a plan my next favourite activity is delegation. One thing you can definitely guarantee about a plan is that it needs to be flexible and to be updated – as you can imagine I planned our South African Adventure to cram as many activities in as possible and that is exactly how the first two weeks of the holiday worked. We have had loads of fun, made new friends, worshipped the sun and spotted wild animals galore on various safaris. Then the volcano erupted …….. Read the rest of this entry

I am exhausted but elated I had a full on 15 hours of back to back networking yesterday! The day started at 9 am in Wandsworth with the Entrepreneurs from MAPs a brilliant and supportive mastermind group of property investors, business entrepreneurs and all round nice people. Lindsay Hopkins hosted an excellent group mastermind session and in two hours I met, helped, shared, was helped and developed my passion and focus with 20 other entrepreneurs.  After a short coffee break we started the next with Read the rest of this entry

6 month rule – pointless and arbitrary

I am fuming! We are in this situation because lenders got greedy and surveyors got blazé. In a protracted “knee-jerk” reaction lenders, led by the giant Lloyds-HBOS  “we are the only lender around” have systematically increased the arbitrary time that one owner/investor must have owned a property before they can sell it without falling foul of the sub-selling clause. Read the rest of this entry

No don’t answer that   That was the role I played on Saturday night at a brilliant murder mystery evening put on by Parmdeep Vadesha and Hanif Khan. The good news is that I am not a murderer either

Saturday afternoon saw the gathering of 30 property investors part of Parmdeep’s TMA (Tycoon Mastermind Alliance) to take part in 24 hours of learning, murder, mystery, networking, net-walking and some eating too …….. This was the first time I had joined this group and what a brilliant bunch of people. They came from all walks of life, all parts of the UK and a broad range of property investment strategies. We all shared one thing in common; an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for property, okay well two things in common then Read the rest of this entry

This has been sooooo difficult and yet so simple …. what a strange experience! As some of you know I had a chance email from my Ecademy profile inviting me to contribute to a new Ebook called 378 Predictions for doing business in 2010. What a simple idea (thought I!). I realised that one of my longer term hopes had been to write a book.

I took a brilliant series of classes with Tom Evans -The BookWright back in 2008 I think. Anyway I shelved the idea as the buzz of property investing took me by storm. Now here I am with three chatpers in the bag and five more to be recorded today. It has been so easy because I am doing what I love best …..

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January and February have been busy, brilliant and bursting with opportunities, networking, knowledge and deals … I have; coached three clients weekly, received 10 hours of coaching, spoken to- consulted with 6 sourcing clients and completed on one for an exisiting client, I am negotiating on 3 deals for clients and 3 deals for myself (including new redevelopment project ), bought three properties for myself, been to 8 networking events, spoken at 5 of them, been to 2 three day property course as supported and spoken, taken one two day course on lease options (brilliant!), and one one day course on social media been interviewed, refurb a client property, dealt with insurance claim for our home burglary, been to Liverpool for a total of 9 days, oh and a gala dinner and conference and still fit in one trip to our dive club, 3 photographic walks, 5 snow ball fights, 8 trips to the gym, only 10 sessions on the Wii, and booked a holiday woo hoo……

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I must confess   I can’t believe how time has flown, it’s March, people, March! That means almost a third of the year has gone already! I was speaking with my mentor, Alan, the other day about feeling the “pressure” of so many opportunities and not having time enough to really pay attention to everything. I think on an unconscious level that set me thinking and as usual my unconscious provided the answer …. Read the rest of this entry