Expat Property Story

#258 This is the ninth episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #238: The Best UK Property Model for 2026? (Dillon Dhanecha) #239:   From Losing 50K to Tropical Property Profits ( Jamie Barnsley ) #241: Flipping a UK...

#257 This is the eighth episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #234:   Is UK Property Worth the Hassle Anymore? (Mark Morris) #235: How to Make 100K by Reconfiguring a Flat (Kazy) #236: Buying Well, Selling Fast: In...

#256 This is the seventh episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #229: Creating 205K Equity with just £18,000 (Motiul Islam) #230: What No One Tells You About HMOs (Richard Nicholls) #231: How to Sell Property at Auc...

#255 This is the sixth episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #227: Is 2025 a Good Time to Invest in UK Property? (Graham Kinnear) #228: Recognising, Enhancing, and Extracting Value in UK Property (Patricia Ogunfeib...

#254 This is the fifth episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #224: Why You Should Invest in Northern Ireland Property (Eimear Gourley) #225: Structural Secrets for UK Property Investors (Paul Fowler) #223: The Tick...

#253 This is the fourth episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #217: An Insider's Guide to Flipping Auction Properties (Simon Duckworth) #219: EVERYTHING You Need To Know About TRUST (Charlie Green) #222: The S...

#252 This is the third episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #209: Mindset and Motivation from Damian Hughes of High Performance (Damian Hughes) #211: How to Buy, Refurbish & Refinance With Speed and Efficiency...

#251 This is the second episode in this year’s mini-season celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We’re releasing daily bite sized episodes. Each one contains clips from three of my favourite episodes from 2025. Today’s show features extracts from: #205: How to Build a Stress-Free UK Property Portfolio (Darren McNeill) #206: Property Engine: Right Move on Steroids (Jamie Greefe) #207: Three Phases...

#250 We have a tradition of going daily for Christmas. Last year, each show contained 7 takeaways This year each one contains 3 clips from 2025. Today’s clips: #199 How to Build a £9Million UK Property Portfolio with £300 (Dawid Dowbusz) #201 How to BRR (Kevin Wright) #203 Short Lease Extensions  (Jason Patterson 2024 Xmas Season Seven Lessons Seven Great Clips Seven Unreleased Clips Seven Great B...

#249 This episode features Holly Osborn and Anna Fisher who host a podcast called The Shelf Improvement Book Club which reads one book a month to help listeners develop their business and mindset. Holly & Anna present their Top Seven self-improvement books. They present 4 more books that didn't make the cut. One of them is one of my favourites. The Top Seven in reverse order are: You Are...

#248 Direct to Vendor (DTV)  Marketing is a great way to find deals at bargain prices with no competition. This episode is a really deep dive into letter campaigns featuring Keith Firmin AKA DTV Keith . Keith has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in this space as his primary method of building his UK property portfolio in the North West of England with his wife, Kim. Our WhatsApp  g...

#247 Recent times have seen many UK property investors sitting on the sidelines or leaving the sector altogether.  But with interest rates gradually heading south, uncertainty around the Renters’ Rights Act and the recent budget also fading, perhaps now is the right time to buy.  That's the argument of this week's guest, Will Mallard Will moved to the UK in 2017 from his native New Zeala...

#246 This is a special mini-episode updating you on the long anticipated and much feared autumn UK budget in November 2025, with expert opinion from Simon Misiewicz of Optimise Accountants Ltd Optimise have produced more than 750 videos on their YouTube channel on all things Property Tax. Our WhatsApp  group Property Engine discounts (Code: EXPAT) Starter: 30 day trial Pro: 30 day trial/3 mths 1/2...

#245 The average UK house price is £272,000 as this episode is released. If you’re an overseas investor this means your Stamp Duty would be a staggering £22,640.  But what if you could legitimately avoid this charge by selling a property you don’t legally own.  Welcome to the world of Assisted Sales. Paul Stapleton is an expert in this area, so I asked him to share his knowledge with the rest of u...

#244 Have you ever heard the word probate and not really understood what it means? Today’s episode gives a glimpse into the distribution of property owned by someone who has passed away.  Nick Kalms  set up an auction house for selling probate properties, after spending 25 years as a property trader. He named it Probate. Auction and he was joined for the interview by his Head of Partnerships Dan M...

#243 This episode is much more than a tale of two HMOs next door to each other just a few of minutes walk away from a large hospital in Wakefield. It features experienced UK property investor Tom Appleton of Cali Living / Ten Equity No. 48 is a high end 12 - bed HMO targeting doctors at the hospital. It's been up and running with practically no voids since early 2023. So when the chance to bu...

#242 Justin Wilkins of Property X has a YouTube channel with over 250 videos largely aimed at those making their first moves in UK property. One of them goes by the title of: Best Property Strategy to Start as a Beginner. That strategy is flipping.  A flip is when you buy a property, renovate  it to increase its value, and then resell it for a profit as quickly as possible. In this episode, I play...

#241 This is a cracking episode you won't want to miss. It features a case study of how Saif Rehan is making a potential gross profit of around 190K by: Buying a portfolio of 6 houses from a retiring landlord Trading 4 at auction Reconfiguring the 5th Developing the 6th into a 6 Bed HMO leased to a Social Provider which he can now either hold or sell. Our WhatsApp  group Property Engine disco...

#240 One theme that comes up consistently in conversations with expats and remote investors is the difficulty in finding trustworthy UK property partners.  People who do what they say they will do. I’ve been approached multiple times by people wanting to sponsor this podcast and I’ve always said no. But Darren McNeill of Finnigan McNeill Property Group (FMP) provides so much value to his clients t...

#239 Jamie Barnsley has been involved in property for nearly 20 years. After graduating with a degree in building surveying and a masters in construction project management, Jamie Barnsley moved to Glasgow from his native Newcastle, where he met his wife. After ten years in Scotland, and with a young family in tow, the pair moved initially to Abu Dhabi for a couple of years before making the short...

#238 Dillon Dhanecha outlines how to build, scale, and exit a UK property portfolio with predictable returns while creating real social impact.  Discover how you can work directly with local authorities and supported living providers to deliver stable tenancies and cash flow, and why now is the perfect time to make the switch from traditional buy-to-let or HMO models. Our WhatsApp  group Property...

#237 One aspect of property investing that comes up repeatedly in my conversations with the finest minds in UK property it’s mindset.  So this week, I’ve put the best of these conversations together for a deep dive on what is arguably the most important elements of UK property investing. Featuring: Dawid Dowbusz Wendy Whittaker-Large  Jake Barber  Tanya Summer Charlie Green Damian Hughes Nick Smit...

#236 When times are tough, it’s even more important to buy well.  No one buys better than cash buying companies.  How do they do it? This episode lifts the lid. But this episode is not just about getting a discount.  It’s more of a microcosm of how to run a property business. It encapsulates how to buy well, sell well and get your money working as hard and efficiently as possible throughout the pr...

#235 How would you like to make up to £100,000 for a 6–9-month project. Sounds good right?  Kazeem Alli-Balogun is better known as Property By Kazy . Kazy has more nearly a decade of experience transforming properties in affluent London neighborhoods like Clapham, Maida Vale, and Fulham. Many of them were bought as one beds and reconfigured into two beds without adding to the floor space. This epi...

#234 The government seems determined to squeeze landlords dry, making returns increasingly slim.  Rising costs, complex regulations, and uncertain market conditions make property investment look more like a financial trap than a wealth-building strategy. So is UK property still worth the hassle in 2025?  In this week's show, Mark Morris shares his opinion. Mark Morris has been a property inve...