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 76: Unexpected property strategy
May 12th, 2021 | 37 mins 7 secs
Simon and Stuart start with a chat about a flat they've seen before and what someone else's strategy might be for it. They also discuss what's involved in self managing a tenant change and some property maintenance - including the actual amount of money and time - plus how it could be improved.
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Episode 75: Applying significant desire
May 5th, 2021 | 22 mins 28 secs
Stuart and Simon cover some recent updates in their property businesses - from renting rooms to issues selling properties and the cost of an EWS1 survey.
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Episode 74: As optimistic as reality
April 28th, 2021 | 26 mins 35 secs
Simon and Stuart respond to a request for their thoughts on the next 5 years in the property market - along with reviewing recent price index reports.
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Episode 73: Realities of property investing
April 21st, 2021 | 34 mins 8 secs
Stuart and Simon provide updates on their recent property business experiences. They chat about property maintenance, tradespeople, and knowing your market.
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Episode 72: Going up! Then what?
April 14th, 2021 | 34 mins 55 secs
Simon and Stuart talk about recent news of some unusually high numbers in the property market.
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Episode 71: Tenant demand and witnessed e-signatures
April 7th, 2021 | 29 mins 52 secs
Stuart and Simon chat about their varied experiences with recent tenant demand for rooms and properties they've let.
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Episode 70: Enjoy your new home without delay
March 31st, 2021 | 22 mins 34 secs
This week Simon and Stuart talk through a recent viewing experience, putting in a low offer, and how basic repairs can disproportionately affect ROI.
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Episode 69: Holiday let gone wrong!
March 24th, 2021 | 26 mins 48 secs
Stuart and Simon start out this week with a tale about a holiday let that isn't going as planned. This leads the conversation to a past story about council involvement.
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Episode 68: Stamp duty holiday extension effects
March 17th, 2021 | 25 mins
Simon and Stuart discuss what the stamp duty holiday extension means for them and end up telling a tale of new-build woe.
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Episode 67: Selling four properties
March 10th, 2021 | 24 mins 21 secs
This week Stuart and Simon talk about the four properties that Stuart currently has on the market, in various stages of the selling process. Including one property that's a fully tenanted HMO.
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Episode 66: Starting in property series - evaluating two potential investment properties
March 3rd, 2021 | 31 mins 54 secs
Follow along as Simon walks through his thoughts from evaluating two potential investment properties that were recently available at auction.
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Episode 65: Starting in property series - locations and funding with Pam and Tania, part 2
February 24th, 2021 | 45 mins 58 secs
Pam and Tania continue their recent conversation with Stuart and Simon, with a focus on angel investing and choosing locations. The chat also covers the changing world and property market, along with adapting to cope with it.