We're Building a New Business From Scratch: The First 9 Months | Episode 104

Karl Pearce is an ex-Royal Navy serviceman, business owner and property investor who bought an industrial site in Cornwall for £200,000, despite it having a cannabis farm, 2,500 tonnes of fly-tipping and 15 enforcement notices. After investing just shy of £600,000 transforming the site, he secured a £1.3 million valuation. Having sold his residential portfolio to focus entirely on commercial property, Karl joins us to explain why he believes the numbers make more sense, with build costs arou...

What does it really take to be successful in property? Chris Kirkwood has seen the answer play out hundreds of times. Chris has been investing for around 15 years, starting with buy-to-lets in Salford before moving into rent-to-rent and, more recently, new build development. He’s now Property Director at Sourced, the company behind a 300-strong property investment franchise network. Its franchisees source deals for investors or run their own projects, from flips and refurbs to HMOs, commercia...

In 1989, a 19-year-old Kam Dovedi signed on the dotted line for a family member’s mortgage. Then the market crashed, interest rates soared and he found himself in negative equity, two weeks from repossession. 36 years later, Kam is one of the UK’s most experienced property investors and developers. With nearly 1,000 deals under his belt across buy-to-let, HMOs, semi-commercial and development schemes. Around 80% of his time goes on investing and developing, and the rest on training the next g...

Jess Cleary dropped out of uni at 21 and has since built a multi-million pound property business as well as a marketing agency. We get into how she balances a trading business with a property business and why property isn't a cashflow business. We cover the burnout that nearly made her quit and the hate she receives online. If you're young, ambitious and wondering whether to take the leap into property, this one's for you. 🎟️ Join us live at the Property Developer Show as we tour diff...

Eight years ago Leon Hart was working at Euro Car Parts, driving to Manchester after his shift for viewings and sleeping on horrible mattresses at weekends so he and his brother Kyle could paint student houses. Now the Hart brothers develop and own HMOs across the North West and fund them with private investor money. In this episode Leon explains how he got out of rent-to-rent, the daily posting habit that raised investor finance on and why he actually welcomes Article 4. He also talks hones...