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Wendy is a prolific investor, HMO expert, author and successful property entrepreneur who loves to help people change their lives through investing in property and business. In the HMO Success Podcast she interviews some of the UKs most successful entrepreneurs, business advisors, HMO experts and property professionals. Her practical, down-to-earth approach is loved by thousands of people who enjoy the combination of her humour, with an honest and direct interview style. She covers a wide variety of topics - all related to HMOs in one way or another and her topics cover everything from finding your first HMO, to raising finance, refurbishing your property and even how to fuel your body for success. Subscribe now to make sure you never miss an episode. Early doors every Friday morning.
Episodes
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
HMO Success Podcast Episode 80 - Financial Markets, Housing and the Banking Crisis : What does this mean for HMOs (A Mentoring Webinar Recording)
Please join in as a guest on one of my monthly mentoring webinars - usually exclusively for my paying clients - but this month you can listen in as we discuss the banking crisis (whether it is one or not), financial markets and changes to interest rates, and how inflation is affecting HMOs. Also what to be aware of in the coming weeks and months and how to prepare for changes to taxation and allowances.
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
HMO Success Podcast Episode 79 - Susannah Cole from The Good Property Company - starting, staying the course and seeing the growth!
Susannah Cole started investing in property when she realised she had to find a way to increase her personal cashflow. As the head of household, with two young children, the £10 spare change she had per month was never going to give her the income she wanted or needed. By discovering how to add value to a property, and then re-finance it, she began to build up a sizeable portfolio.
She launched TGPC as a Deal Sourcing and JV Flipping Company, sourcing over 200 deals, at a value of £45 million for an agreed price of £30 million in less than 5 years. Her first 42 flips sold for £402k more than expected and she has raised (and fully paid back) ££millions in private finance. Today she helps property investors, from start up to experienced, through her Flagship Online 60 Day Academies and online property programmes.
She lives both in Barcelona near the Mediterranean and Bristol where her substantial property portfolio is based and enjoys travelling this wonderful world we live in. She has extensive experience in flips, HMOs, B-R-R and is a well-known and highly regarded property expert.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
HMO Success Podcast Episode 78 - Nataliya Makhonina-Byrdan - How a Russian woman is changing the face of Estate Agency in London
Managing a family, a business and a burgeoning HMO portfolio, Nataliya Makhonina-Byrdan is a woman on a mission. Not content to be running one of the most successful start up estate agencies in London, she herself decided to invest in HMOs and see what investors see as she sells them houses to live in.
Working with high net worth clients and those from overseas looking to base themselves in the capital Nataliya speaks the language of the buyer, the investor and the vendor. These are not transactions: these are relationships which allow her to support and impact the lives of her clients.
As well as being multi lingual in a property sense, she is literally multi-lingual too and works with clients across the world to help them find their dream home in London.
If you wish to contact her to find out more about how she can help you, her contact details are here:
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Nataliya Makhonina-Byrdan Company Director Mobile: +44 7553 109657 Email: nataliyamb@ukpropadv.com Office: +44 20703 00343 Email: info@ukpropadv.com |
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
HMO Success Podcast Episode 76 - How a Property Stager can Sell your HMO rooms faster and for higher rent
Helen Saunders is CEO of No26 Property Stagers - and she claims she can sell rooms faster than you can advertise them. With HER help, many landlords have seen their rooms go from empty to full overnight!
In today's episode Helen explains what she does and why she does it - and what results she gets for her clients (which are truly amazing by the way).
Maybe you wondered what a property stager did and how they can help you?
Listen in to find out more!
Helen can be found here:
https://www.no26propertystagers.co.uk/home-staging
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
HMO Success Podcast Episode 75 - Efficient Tax Planning for Growing your HMO Portfolio
Neil Ryder from https://propertytax360.co.uk/ is a tax expert who has helped multiple clients reduce their tax liability and increase their income through careful and expedient planning. In this revealing interview, he uncovers some of the areas that the unwary investor could encounter if they are not well educated about tax.
Inheritance tax, Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax, Income Tax - these all cost us money to pay, and reduce our cash to invest with. How can you legally and compliantly reduce these bills? Section 24 has made a huge impact to investors, and forced many to leave the industry - with Neil's help, you could completely mitigate the impact of Section 24.
On the other side of the coin, you have allowances - capital allowances, CGT allowance, incorporation relief - to name but three. How can you maximise these allowances and therefore increase what you keep?
When it comes to planning how to grow and planning how to leave a legacy to your loved ones, have you considered how your estate could be treated on your death and what impacts your lack of tax planning might have?
Neil doesn't give quick and easy answers. He's not one to suggest a SSAS or a Trust is the answer - if they are not products that fit your overall goal. He has some incredible solutions up his sleeve which are creative and workable and personalised to your unique goals.
To contact Neil, please visit his website https://propertytax360.co.uk/
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
HMO Success Podcast Episode 74 - Are HMOs a lot of work?
If you're worried about the time commitment needed to create a profitable HMO portfolio, in this episode I share my story about how I went from 0 - 50 rooms without any help and how I did it on 10 hours a week!
After that, for my business to scale, I had to employ staff, systemise my processes and focus on my business priorities. Perhaps you're wondering how your time will be spent and if you can manage that around a full-time job and family commitments Hopefully my story will help you to see that it is possible with grit and determination (and effort). HMOs are not easy but they are lucrative, and if you're willing to commit a handful of hours per week, you too can make this investment work for you.
You'll find a very special invitation embedded in the podcast and if you want to join me on 10th December at my event 'How Can I Invest in HMOs in 2023?' here's the link to reserve your space. I'm so looking forward to sharing my latest deals and the opportunity for YOU that is available when you decide to say yes to HMOs.
Please reserve your place here:
https://www.hmosuccess.co.uk/how-can-i-invest-in-hmos/
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For more information, guidance and support to help you invest in HMOs to create a profitable property portfolio, please head on over to my website www.hmosuccess.co.uk
You'll find some free downloads to learn about HMOs as a high cashflowing strategy and how you can get started with very little money. If you want to learn more about my amazing tips which I compiled to help people just like you, you can get your own copy of my '101 Essential Tips for Running a Professional HMO' here: https://www.hmosuccess.co.uk/101-book-pp/.
(Just pay postage and packing).
I look forward to hearing from you!
Wendy
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
HMO Success Podcast Episode 73 - How will the chancellor's Autumn Statement Affect HMO Investors?
In this episode I wanted to do a deep dive on the announcements made by the UK's chancellor of the exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP last week in his Autumn Statement. Changes to tax, CGT allowances and incentives to invest and grow are discussed.
What are your views? Do you think this statement (budget) will encourage a growth economy? Or will it yet further stifle the economic growth of the UK?
How should property investors be treated when it comes to 'unearned' income? Is it really 'unearned'? How fair is it that our income is classed differently from others when we make our way with all the risks that entails?
I welcome your views on this controversial topic!
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
HMO Success Podcast Episode 72 - How does the NRLA help HMO Landlords? Wendy goes to the conference and meets Paul Shamplina (amongst others)!
I visited the NRLA conference to mix and mingle with members of the UKs largest landlords organisation. I met the great and the good including Paul Shamplina from Landlord Action, the CEO of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, Steve Harriot, (who gave some invaluable advice about deposits) and Inventory Hive - on why inventories matter.
What does the NRLA do for HMO investors? Should you become a member? Who was at the conference and was it any good?
What did the MP say about housing reforms, and what was the overall mood?
And finally, what happened when I rocked up to the VOA stall...
All will be revealed!
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
HMO Success Podcast Episode 71 - Why colour matters in your HMO interiors and how Fabienne Miller achieves fantastic results for her clients.
Fabienne Miler is a Property Stylist and specialises in designing interiors of investment properties to attract people, increase occupancy and rates of return. She has recently won an international award for best home staging transformation.
Her vision is simple: To create places where people want to be!
Her passion for colour, simplicity and refreshing design makes creating uplifting interiors accessible to every investors – she now teaches it too to so more people can benefit of the impact it has on their investment.
As she says ' the power of colour can literally transform your property returns'. She was a delight to interview and by next week you will see the YouTube version of the podcast (after all, what's colour without visuals?)!
You can find more about her here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/propertystagingforinvestors
https://fabienne-interiors.co.uk/