Honest Property Investment with Natasha Collins

On Tuesday night I hosted the “Rising Above the Noise… How to Successfully Invest in Commercial Property in 2023” Masterclass and it was AMAZING! It was such a winner that I decided to share it with all my podcast listeners. What I want to really tell you now is that you should turn off the news, stay in your lane, keep investing - AND make sure that you have the right people around you who are kn...

Before I jump into the topic of this morning's new podcast, I wanted to invite you to my Masterclass on Tuesday the 21st of February at 7 pm.  Here's the quick link (below) to sign up for 60 minutes with me, and YES, you can bring along a friend AND your questions about anything to do with Commercial Property Investment.  Sign up for my Masterclass here. Right, now onto the podcast... Th...

So, are you still figuring out how best to meet your property goals and aspirations for 2023? Or what you could be doing better with your property portfolio? In this week's podcast, we’re going to be looking at how YOU can maximize your chances of kickstarting your property journey by considering the following 10 things I've changed about how I'm operating in property this year. 

Welcome back to this week’s intriguing new episode of the Honest Property Podcast: What's your "FIRE" number? Have you heard of the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement? Well, it’s about time you learn, because this stuff is truly life-changing. The FIRE movement can help you stop working when you’re much younger or help aim for financial freedom so that you only take on work when you rea...

This morning's new podcast is titled, " The Anatomy of an Offer" Topics I will be covering today: ✔️How to get your valuation right each time ✔️The stages of offer-making ✔️How to make an offer ✔️We’ll cover the components of an offer ✔️How to negotiate after making an offer Listen to the podcast now! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AND.........

Happy belated new year everyone and welcome back to the first edition of the Honest Property Podcast for 2023! On today's podcast we are going to talk about: The importance of goals and goal setting. How to set goals and strategize. How to think with the right mindset – specifically, the highs and lows of commercial property, and why we can’t let the lows get the better of us. The commercial prope...

This week’s hot topics within the podcast will include: How our dynamic and unpredictable market has changed and its impact on your property purchases and financing strategies. We will address the importance of managing your finances and how to utilize your accountant to your advantage. We will then explore how to effectively allocate your investment proceeds to cover any tax expenses, savings, co...

In this week's edition of The Honest property Podcast, we’re going to get honest about ‘why I don’t spend time on ' off market ' deals’. This will help you to streamline the buying process to ensure you find the best deals in the quickest and most effective manner! In this week’s 25-minute podcast we’ll: Debunk this myth surrounding ‘ off-market deals’ , where property investors believe they’ll ge...

I've just recorded a new podcast with Sam Coleman (Sam is one of my amazing surveyors at the Members' Club) and we're going to be chatting about ‘Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)' We’ll discuss: The process that these national investment companies use when investing in commercial property and examining other key benchmark metrics/requirements should be included in your investment criteria. We’ll...

I decided to publish a BONUS episode this week as I've been receiving many queries and concerns around commercial property investment at the moment.  I wanted to share my experience of what is happening on the ground at the moment as I (plus my team) run portfolios on a daily basis and this will be my second recession Ive gone through as a property investor.  Listen to this shorter-than-...

As I’m sure you are all aware the state of the economy is getting WORSE . The Bank of England (BoE) base rate has increased, inflation has skyrocketed, and interest rates on commercial and residential mortgage lending products have continued to climb. Many experts are now predicting an economic recession until late 2024. But it’s not all BAD news… Because as this dynamic and elusive economic marke...

After weeks of chaos for the British government and wider economy, the team at NC Real Estate is here to deliver you some POSITIVE news: In this week’s podcast, we’ve put your questions to the Professionals here at NCRE to understand the DOs and DON’T when investing in commercial property in today’s economic climate. Here are a few juicy questions that we asked our experts: What lessons can invest...

It's been a full-on couple of days, hasn’t it?! To me, it feels like we are being pranked by our Government as seemingly they can’t read the room. The £ has fallen over a cliff and is making its way to the bottom of the South Sandwich Cliff (deepest underwater trench in the Atlantic apparently). The Bank of England base rate continues to rise and rumour has it will increase again by the end of the...

Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the % that I hear investors parsing a lot. This figure is your Net Annual Rent divided by the Cash you put into the deal less any equity you take out of the deal = ROCE as a %. Nowadays it's common for me to hear 50% or 75% ROCE employed banded about like it's some easy, risk-free thing to be able to achieve. It’s not. Easy is 10%-20% ROCE. 25% ROCE means you’l...

If you are in the SSAS or commercial property world in the UK then I’m sure you’ve already heard of Alastair Hoyne and Finanze ( info@finanze.co.uk ). He and his team have some awesome products right now… But, I’m absolutely sure you’re also thinking, interest rates are going up, lenders don’t seem to be as keen on lending on commercial and especially not commercial property purchased in my SSAS s...

I thought that I’d have a little fun over the last couple of weeks and purchase something that no one would expect. I transferred some of my business profit into my SSAS and purchased a telephone box for £11,200 (plus fees of £1,250 inc VAT) in Central London. What am I doing with mine? I’m first renting it out to my Ltd company for £80/month and we’re going to do a little marketing/educational pi...

Have you signed up for my webinar "How to Supercharge your Property Portfolio through buying Commercial Property…without jumping on the Commercial to Residential conversion bandwagon" happening on Tuesday the 23rd of August at 19h00 BST? This is one you are not going to want to miss! Sign up to join the webinar here. Great, you signed up! Now onto today's meaty topic. My job as an Asset Manager is...

Announcements first: We’re HIRING and Asset Management Surveyor and Graduate Surveyor to be part of our awesome team. Want to apply? Email natasha@ncrealestate.co.uk to register your interest, we’ll send you a Job Description and how to apply. On the 23rd of August at 7 pm BST, I'm hosting a free webinar. The topic of the webinar is "How to Supercharge your Property Portfolio through buying Commer...

I found a 🦄 for a client… Seriously. This is a 1 commercial unit, 3 studio apartment property in Helston, Cornwall. Purchased for £230,000 with 2.5 weeks between offering and completion. A leaseback was done with the seller who continues to occupy the commercial unit for the next 2.5 years on a full repairing and insuring lease for £7,800per annum. On completion, worth £340,000 with £2,220pcm com...

Today’s podcast is all about tax planning - and why this is so NB right now. I have a lot of great advice on what you can do to fix mortgage interest rates and even fix your maintenance costs, but I’m a Surveyor and I stay in my lane. So this week I invited a tax professional, Neil Ryder, to come onto my podcast and explain ways in which we can put in place a tax strategy for our property portfoli...

I thought it was time to bring out the big guns and share with you some stories of commercial property that I’ve been involved with over the course of my career that were absolute horrors at the time… I look back on them now and laugh, but also thank goodness I experienced them because it’s made me a better surveyor today. I thought I’d share some of them. Every property is different. Every tenant...

I'm so excited to be getting everyone together for a phenomenal day together in Birmingham on Saturday the 2nd July at 12:30. My team and I have put an enormous amount of prep into making this the very best day for our Members.  Curious? Then listen to this 5-minute podcast about how you can attend the LIVE event too!  Here's a little info about what you can expect on the day:  surv...

As the title suggests, this podcast is going to be full of useful tips and information. There's a lot going on in the market at the moment, and we as property investors need to keep abreast of everything that's going on.  In this podcast, I chat about why Commercial Property Investors need to be resilient at the moment and to keep offering on properties- this is what is going to change the ma...

Before I get into today’s podcast info, I wanted to remind you that on Thursday the 19th of May @8pm BST you have a single-use guest pass to the Members' Club LIVE Deal Analysis Masterclass . *As a non-member, you will be able to attend this event once. It's going to be 90 minutes of deal analysis magic where my whole Team will be looking at the pros and cons of 2 deals; a Commercial and a Mixed-U...

This week I thought I’d bring you with me for the Deal Analysis journey and do a follow-along Commercial Deal Analysis on the podcast. ***This is a two-storey building in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Rent income per annum of £26,400pax, which is on the market for offers in excess of £295,000***. My due diligence: Sales comparables to see comparable yields Lease comparables to see market rent and lea...