The Progressive Property Podcast
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The Progressive Property Podcast helps you make smarter property & real estate investments, for leveraged property success & financial freedom, even with little or no money down. Whether you're a buy & hold investor, flipper, deal packager, multi-letter, want to get started, scale up, systemise or create multiple streams of property income, the Progressive Property Podcast will save you..
The Progressive Property Podcast
6d ago
Join the conversation with Emerald Fisk, a former personal trainer turned successful property investor who shares her inspiring journey in this episode. Discover how Emerald went from having no money and support to building a thriving property portfolio through networking, education, and the right mindset. Learn about the challenges she faced, the opportunities she found, and the lessons she learned along the way. Emerald also shares valuable insights on the current property market, creative financing strategies, and the importance of investing in your local area.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Networki ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
1w ago
Wendy Brumwell, a successful commercial conversion property investor joins Kev in this episode. Wendy talks about the strategies she has used in the past 11 years of her property investing journey and shares the lessons she has learnt along the way.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
For ten years Wendy knew what she wanted to do in property but she thought she had to have the cash to do it. She immediately realised this wasn’t the case when she attended her first property investing course.
Permitted development ‘PD’ is planning that is already set at a government level. This means as long as you meet all o ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
3w ago
Kev is joined by Justine in this episode. Justine shares why she chose to start running progressive property networking events and all about her property investing journey. Justine also talks about why mindset is paramount in building your own property business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Justine has over 30 years of experience in property investing. She stresses the importance of diversifying and being adaptable to remain agile and profitable in the property space.
Mistakes were part of Justine’s early journey, she recognises that these could have been avoided if she had focused on property e ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
3w ago
Join Kev as he speaks to property investor and progressive property network host Heidi Mobbs. Heidi reveals the strategies she used to replace her income completely with property investing. Kev and Heidi talk about the benefits of Progressive networking events and Progressive Property courses and Heidi stresses why it’s essential to have goals and a purpose to push you through the challenges of starting your own property business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Heidi needed to be confident she was successful enough in property investing before she left her established role in social housing. She had a l ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
1M ago
Kev is joined by Mike Chadwick in this episode who has been part of the progressive property network for 10 years! Mike talks to Kev about what his journey has looked like and what he has planned for the future. He also talks about why he became a PPN host and why anyone can do it!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hosting network events gives accountability, you have to show up every month.
One he learnt about multiple income streams, Mike couldn’t forget about it and it’s why he always has to do more in his career and life than one job.
Mike has started exploring new property strategies in the past coupl ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
1M ago
Join Kevin as he speaks to property expert Richard Stone about Jeremy Hunt's latest budget. They discuss how this may impact property investors, including VAT, capital gains tax and changes around national insurance for the self-employed.
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ABOUT THE HOST
Kevin McDonnell is a Speaker, Author, Mentor & Professional Property Investor. He is an expert when it comes to creative property investment strategies. His book No Money Down: Property Invest talks about how to control ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
1M ago
Kevin and his team share the various tenant issues they have had over the years. They talk about how to defend yourself against bad tenants including why referencing isn’t always enough and reveal the worst tenants they have ever had to deal with. However, let this prepare you, not put you off property as Kevin and his team mostly deal with perfect tenants!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Nightmare tenants usually have a honeymoon period before showing their ‘true colours’
Alcohol, drugs and visitors are often the start of many issues.
Referencing is key as a first defence against nightmare tenants.
Land ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
1M ago
The UK is officially in a recession. In this episode, Kev talks about the news and how it may impact you as a property investor. He discusses what might happen with interest rates, the opportunities and creative techniques available to property investors and why this is the perfect time for you to scale your business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
There are different challenges now to 2008, particularly around inflation.
The Bank of England will be feeling pressure to reduce interest rates.
A recession can be an opportunity for property investors, there will be a lot of deals out there.
There are two t ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
2M ago
Join Kev as he talks to title-splitting expert Rachel Knight. Rachel talks through the implications of the recent announcements by the government that will release positive opportunities for property investors. She also reveals her unique strategy for getting high value from her properties with less work than you may think!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Title splitting is the creation of leasehold from freehold.
The government are looking at changing the current system of leasehold/freehold to common value. This means the value will be in the lease, no longer the freehold.
Think outside of the box, Rac ..read more
The Progressive Property Podcast
2M ago
Kev is joined by social media expert and property investor Scott Wroe in this episode. They talk about strategies anyone can follow to flip houses as well as the unique ways you can leverage social media in your property investing business.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Scott’s parents were flipping houses throughout his childhood. He is only 27 but has lived in 30 houses!
Scott focuses on the cheapest house on an average street.
If you are starting out, don’t buy houses that need any major work, instead focus on things that need updating cosmetically.
Look for a mentor to guide you and prevent you fro ..read more