Meet Tokeet Channel Manager, your ultimate all-in-one property management solution. It’s the game changer designed to boost your profits while simplifying every aspect of your operations. Join 60,000 rentals across 95 countries who trust Tokeet. Click below and discover Tokeet - the business partner you never knew you were missing!
Link: https://www.tokeet.com/?ref=ztfjzgj

THE AIRBNB CONSULTANT - CONTACT US
https://airbnbconsultant.co/

DESCRIPTION
For this episode, Alex is joined by another young and inspiring entrepreneur - Jack Smith who started investing in property about 5 years ago. Today, at the age of 27 he has flipped numerous houses and built up a large portfolio of properties. He also sources and sells deals to other developers and is in the process of creating a luxury HMO portfolio. All while sharing his knowledge via social media and other free to access materials.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Try to make your first deal a joint venture that you do alongside someone with experience.
Education is essential. It is the starting point.
Even though it is tough, push yourself to network to find partners and people you can learn from.
If you do quit your day job, do it at the right stage.
Leverage social media to build your brand, attract investors and make it easier to change direction and monetise your business in multiple ways.
Focus on motivated sellers that need to sell to solve urgent problems.
Doing a deal that helps the buyer makes sense for both parties e.g. buy fast before repossession and help them to move into rented accommodation. Win wins work.
If a property is not suitable you can still earn something by selling the details on to another developer that does want it. Deal packaging works.
There is huge demand for HMO rooms especially at the luxury end of the market.
It is now possible to use individual electricity meters for each room, which helps to control HMO power bills.

BEST MOMENTS

“I thought there was a lot more complexity to flipping a house, and I was actually surprised at how simple it was.”
“Just off that one video, 1000 investors signed up to our email list.”
“Education is the starting point. If you're not educated, if you don't know what you're doing, or at least what you could be doing, what's the point?”

EPISODE RESOURCES
https://www.jack-smith.co.uk
https://www.youtube.com/@jackdavidsmith

https://rightval.com

HOST BIOS

Alex & Pooh have built a portfolio of over 16 Serviced Accommodation Units and 10 Buy-To-Lets collectively over the last 5 years.

This AirBnB Business has allowed each of them to create their own tailor-made ‘lifestyle by design.’

Pooh chose to escape the corporate life as an electrical engineer instead to spend his time at home with his young and growing family, and Alex likes to spend most of his time in sunny Spain enjoying his love for road cycling or even hiking in the Tramuntana mountain ranges.

Meet Tokeet Channel Manager, your ultimate all-in-one property management solution. It’s the game changer designed to boost your profits while simplifying every aspect of your operations. Join 60,000 rentals across 95 countries who trust Tokeet. Click below and discover Tokeet - the business partner you never knew you were missing!

Link: https://www.tokeet.com/?ref=ztfjzgj

THE AIRBNB CONSULTANT - CONTACT US

https://airbnbconsultant.co/

DESCRIPTION

For this episode, Alex explains in-depth how to speak to landlords and persuade them to do deals with you. He shares where to find them, how to reach them and how to cut through the noise to get their attention. Alex provides you with a checklist of benefits you can use to seal the deal.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Focus at least 80% of your time on finding landlords and doing deals directly with them.

• Doing direct landlord deals gets you past some of the hurdles you cannot get past when dealing with agents, e.g. references for which the bar is usually incredibly high.

• Make sure that the landlord knows exactly what you are going to be using the property for.

• Most landlords worry about the negative impact your guests could have on neighbours. Be clear about how you stop this from being an issue.

• Offer long-term deals, 3-year contracts appeal to most landlords.

• Pay the landlord every month whether you have guests or not.

• Make it clear that you will maintain their property like a show home.

• Be clear about which aspects of maintenance you cover.

• Build trust, let them know that when you do not have guests they can meet you at the property to check things are OK.

BEST MOMENTS

"When you're dealing directly with landlords, you are removing 90% of the hurdles that are put in place by letting agents and the biggest one being referencing."

"Everybody needs to know the benefits that you can bring to them over running their properties as buy to let."

" You are not covered under the Housing Act, so you can't mess around like you can do on a residential AST contract."

“I'm going to be giving you back a property that is in a better condition than when I took it on,”

HOST BIOS

Alex & Pooh have built a portfolio of over 16 Serviced Accommodation Units and 10 Buy-To-Lets collectively over the last 5 years.

This AirBnB Business has allowed each of them to create their own tailor-made ‘lifestyle by design.’

Pooh chose to escape the corporate life as an electrical engineer instead to spend his time at home with his young and growing family, and Alex likes to spend most of his time in sunny Spain enjoying his love for road cycling or even hiking in the Tramuntana mountain ranges.

Meet Tokeet Channel Manager, your ultimate all-in-one property management solution. It’s the game changer designed to boost your profits while simplifying every aspect of your operations. Join 60,000 rentals across 95 countries who trust Tokeet. Click below and discover Tokeet - the business partner you never knew you were missing!
Link: https://www.tokeet.com/?ref=ztfjzgj

THE AIRBNB CONSULTANT - CONTACT US
https://airbnbconsultant.co/

DESCRIPTION
For this episode, Alex is joined by Nathan Winch of the private investment house Winch & Co. Since the age of 22, Nathan has been creating, building up and selling businesses, often, for £millions.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Building a business up then selling it for 6/7x its annual profit is a fast way to make a lot of money.
Stop wasting energy worrying about what can go wrong. Instead, focus on what can go right.
There are plenty of small businesses that you can buy, amalgamate and make far more profitable,
In most cases keeping the owner working in the business for a period of time is wise.
Tap into the knowledge of those around you.
Don´t be afraid to take a chance. The worse that can happen is that someone will say no.
You will experience failures, don´t let that stop you.
Do your due diligence.

BEST MOMENTS

"You just need to have a good product, a good idea, be confident, have an adult conversation, and know your numbers."

"We've only ever bought off market deals from motivated sellers"

EPISODE RESOURCES
https://www.winchandco.com
Socials - @nathanjwinch

ABOUT NATHAN WINCH
Nathan Winch, founder of Winch & Co, began his business journey at 22 with WinchPharma, a company that supplied cost-effective healthcare products to the NHS. Nathan secured a £39 million NHS contract. Later, he sold WinchPharma to Byotrol plc. At which point he entered the distribution, logistics and construction industries.

Nathan expanded Winch & Co into a private investment firm focused on acquiring and transforming businesses through strategic integration. By 2024, Winch & Co employed over 50 people across four UK locations, leveraging proprietary methods to consolidate business operations, reduce overhead, and increase profitability. Nathan and his team specialize in turnarounds, growth acceleration, and strategic mergers to deliver efficient, profitable enterprises.

Over his 15+ year career, Nathan has gained cross-disciplinary experience in commercializing ideas, scaling companies, and managing complex financial restructures and creditor negotiations. His work has rescued several businesses from insolvency, secured jobs, and resolved multi-million-pound debt obligations. Nathan has also achieved notable success in residential and commercial property development.

HOST BIOS

Alex & Pooh have built a portfolio of over 16 Serviced Accommodation Units and 10 Buy-To-Lets collectively over the last 5 years.

This AirBnB Business has allowed each of them to create their own tailor-made ‘lifestyle by design.’

Pooh chose to escape the corporate life as an electrical engineer instead to spend his time at home with his young and growing family, and Alex likes to spend most of his time in sunny Spain enjoying his love for road cycling or even hiking in the Tramuntana mountain ranges.