The opportunity to speak is an honour

I just wanted to express in words the honour I feel at being given the opportunity to share my story and my experiences with fellow investors. I was recently invited to Liverpool to speak at the property event run by Danny and Adam Labno, an inspirational pair of brothers, supported by their sister Kate. In a fantastic new venue at the Liverpool Liner Hotel, over 30 investors came to hear my investment experiences over the last 18-24 months. I was perfectly on time and turned to Danny after 55 minutes to ask for questions …. Read the rest of this entry

Last Monday I spoke at the Berkshire Property Meet for the first of two appearances, I was honoured to share the stage with the Dr Rohan Weerasinghe and of course the great hosts Juswant and Sylvia Rai. I talked about my experiences as a new property investor over the last eighteen months. How I had set my goals, educated myself, been determined and adaptable over that time. I listened to lots of experienced investors including Rohan, Rob Moore, Phil Martin, Simon Zutshi, Mark Dalton, Sean Thomson and many others.

In January of last year I asked Vanish Patel a question from the audience and received invaluable feedback and information, armed with that I approached a number of banks and secured myself a personal commercial arrangement. This enabled me to buy property essentially for no money down – well that’s not exactly true …. I bought them for cash and then quickly remortgaged them to full market value enabling the release of the equity. The bank knew this and was happy, a legal NMD system.

On Monday evening, I spend two hours answering questions from people in the audience at the BPM, about how I did that. They were focused on the detail and with due respect I feel missed the wider point. I asked questions, I ACTED on the information I received. One lady contacted me through Facebook and below is the subsequent conversation (with Sukhy’s permission) that I hope may help others……

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