About the show
The Business of Property follows the journey of two entrepreneurs working in the property world.
Stuart is a property investor with a focus on HMOs, mostly for the student market. He prefers a hands-off approach with most of his investment properties being remote.
Simon has a small portfolio of vanilla buy-to-let properties that he mostly self-manages. To make his property management easier he created Property and Tenant Manager.
Simon and Stuart, along with guests, discuss the ups and downs they're experiencing in their property businesses. Along the way they share property news, business tips and anything else that happens to crop up their weekly chats.
Popular episodes include:
- Getting started in property - the first in a mini series discussing topics to consider when starting in property investment.
- Property investment terms - great if you're just getting started in property and need some help understanding the common jargon.
- Property strategy terms - another jargon busting episode that's great if you're early in your property journey or considering changing your property strategy.
- Less property but relevant to everyone is a discussion on time management.
- Last but not least are a couple of episodes that talk about angel investing and property finance more widely.
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Episodes
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Episode 135: To buy or not to buy (in a limited company)
June 29th, 2022 | 28 mins 22 secs
Simon and Stuart are chatting about the age old question of limited company vs personal name for buying investment property. Complete with some very real (but do work your own out) estimates from Simon.
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Episode 134: An expert’s view on mortgages right now
June 22nd, 2022 | 37 mins 52 secs
Stuart and Simon are joined by mortgage expert Simon Glastonbury to share first hand experience of the current mortgage market. Covering challenges, new trends, interest rate forecasts and some quick-fire current interest rates.
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Episode 133: Making offers in this tough buying market
June 15th, 2022 | 28 mins 20 secs
There are many reasons that buying in a "hot" property market can be difficult. Stuart and Simon explore some they've been thinking about and overcoming.
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Episode 132: How can we reduce energy use to navigate rising costs?
June 8th, 2022 | 44 mins 30 secs
Join Stuart, Simon and special guest Emma as they talk about retro-fitting property for better energy efficiency and comfort. Make sure you catch Emma's dancing trio!
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Episode 131: Creating a Direct to Vendor (D2V) house purchase
June 1st, 2022 | 27 mins 8 secs
Simon and Stuart chat about how Stuart has found a direct to vendor purchasing opportunity, and what he's planning to do with it.
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Episode 130: What's happening with mortgages?! Plus we talk HMRC, MTD and EPC.
May 25th, 2022 | 23 mins 38 secs
Stuart and Simon are chatting about a few landlord favourites this week - tax, mortgages and EPCs!
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Episode 129: Strike v Purple Bricks: The viewing experience
May 18th, 2022 | 31 mins 58 secs
Simon has been out viewing houses - this week he's chatting to Stuart about the viewing process with Strike and Purple Bricks. Plus his verdict on the two properties themselves (as potential buy-to-let investments).
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Episode 128: Why has Stuart pulled out of a 2 year sale??!
May 11th, 2022 | 24 mins 47 secs
Property doesn't always go smoothly and this week Stuart and Simon are chatting about a long running sale attempt, taking drastic measures and refocusing.
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Episode 127: How are agents currently performing?
May 4th, 2022 | 28 mins 56 secs
The good, the bad and the ugly of recent estate agent experiences! Simon and Stuart chat about a few of their recent interactions with estate agents as they try to buy properties.
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Episode 126: Do we care about the 18 year property cycle?
April 27th, 2022 | 25 mins 6 secs
Stuart and Simon are taking on the 18-year property cycle! Does it matter and how should/is it affecting their investment plans.
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Episode 125: The 30% ROI fraudsters and rent-to-rent reality
April 20th, 2022 | 27 mins 3 secs
Simon and Stuart are talking about fraud and rent-to-rent this week - two things that some people have linked but are actually very distinct.
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Episode 124: Attending an online auction
April 13th, 2022 | 26 mins 32 secs
Stuart has been exploring online auctions as a way to purchase his next deal. This week he chats with Simon about his most recent experience, and the properties that took him there.