Money Tips Podcast

Amazon recently ran its ‘Amazon Prime day’, offering special deals on millions of products in order to get people to buy billions of dollars’ worth of more stuff.  If you are shopper on these days, like Black Friday, then you might pick up a few bargains on the other hand you might spend money on things you don’t need!  If you are a retailer or marketer, you need to prepared for these events.  Wha...

Anyone can be rich. You just have the mental (and physical) capacity plus the determination to make it happen. In this episode of the Money Podcast, Rob gets interviewed by Charles Kelly, a former IFA and the host of the Money Tips Podcast. Discover some useful tips on how Rob grew his wealth and built his own legacy from nothing at all. From having a routine to networking to scaling up your busin...

Just 25 years on from when it started, Amazon has grown from start-up to one of the most valuable public companies on the planet, with Mr Bezos now the world's richest man. Amazon started as an online book retailer but has become a global giant, selling multiple products with membership subscriptions, physical stores, groceries for sale, its own smart devices and a delivery system which can get th...

How will 'Brexit', the 'slowing of the UK economy' and 'increased taxes' affect property?   In this episode, I look at the effects of our New PM, Brexit, a possible recession looming and the 'potential for increase of tax' on the future of UK property.  Can You Acquire Property With No Money Down?  Learn multiple no money down strategies. Join me at the “No Money Down Weekend” in London. Email me...

A low-price asset is not always cheap – look at value not price Many years ago, are used to get a newsletter mailshot from a company recommending penny shares.  Penny shares traded at 10, 20 or 30 pence per share, and the idea was that you could buy these ‘cheap’ shares in the hope that they will go up in value massively compared to buying a blue-chip stock.  The company was offering a paid newsle...

Have you ever had one of those great ideas which you thought could be turned into an amazing business or even change the world? But somehow you never quite seem to get it off the ground or lacked the capital or know-how to implement it. Then a few years later you see that someone else has “stolen” your business idea!  Many years ago, I used to conduct sales appointments around central London with...

Listen to what the current PM has to say about landlords and letting agents. Respond to the consultation and lobby your MP if you feel the removal of section 21 would be a mistake. You’ve heard a lot of negative news, so is this the end of the property as we know it? NO! Of course not. Firstly, entrepreneurs are adaptable and it’s in their DNA to find solutions to problems. Secondly, property inve...

Money News – Mortgages, Monza Bank, FTSE100 and MLM Scams   Finance news round-up including: Best Mortgage Rates, Monza Bank, FTSE100 Returns 1, 3 5 and 10 years Vs Property MLM Diet Coffee Scam Pre-Pay Funeral FCA Investigation UK Economy

Important news for landlords which could prevent you from gaining possession of your property under Section 21 I recently attended a landlord’s meeting and was shocked at the lack of knowledge in the room, especially regarding important changes which came into effect this month.   Firstly, new legislation came into effect from the 1st of June under the Tenants Fees Act 2019 regarding charging tena...

You may have read recently that Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire has gone into administration. The talented TV chef had rapidly built up a chain of around 50 restaurants over the last few years. Like his new restaurant branches, Jamie seemed to be popping up everywhere on television, in the newspapers and on the Sunday Times Rich list.  We don’t know exactly why his restaurant business went wrong....

New Peer to Peer Lending and Crowdfunding Rules after Lender goes Bust Leaving Thousands of Investors Out of Pocket Following the collapse of Peer-to-Peer lender, Lendy, the government is imposing tight new rules on the industry in order to better regulate the market and protect investors. In the last few years, new types of lending have given the traditional banking monopoly a bit of a run for it...

The final part of my book, yes, money can buy you happiness, discusses the importance of giving. Giving is not only good socially, but it also enriches us.  This week I was at a very posh fundraising dinner at the famous Carlton Club in London. Although attending fancy events like this can bring you short-term happiness – or hedonism from the Greek word meaning the pursuit of pleasure and things –...

How to Save Money on Your Mobile Phone Simple tricks you can use now to save mobile data, slash your phone bill and rip-off data roaming charges and stop wasting money on your mobile or cellphone. You can see the video on https://www.facebook.com/moneytipsdaily or on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZJzDWiQmmQ

Figures released recently show that unemployment is at its lowest level since 1974 when Barry White was in the charts singing, you’re the first you’re the last my everything. Unfortunately, I’m old enough to remember that record when it came out.   Many people on the left side of the political spectrum would argue that these are not “proper” jobs, zero-hour contracts, no security and little or no...

In this week’s episode: Thousands of buy-to-let investors have sold properties since 2016, when the then Chancellor George Osborne announced punitive taxes on landlords, according to research by Hamptons International. Find out what a former housing minister told me when I confronted him directly about the anti-investor measures and suggested how mortgages could be more flexible for first-time buy...

In an earlier Money Tips episode, we talked about how to recover debts without using a lawyer. Now I want to give you 3 Golden Rules on how to avoid the bad debts in the first place. If you follow these 3 Golden Rules you will avoid 90% of problems with bad debt and poor cash flow. Cash flow will improve massively and bad debts become a thing of the past.

One of the biggest issues a business will face is cash flow. Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business and bad debts and poor credit control will bring a business to its knees. Are you owed money? Have you been ‘knocked’ or taken for a ride by someone who now refuses to pay you after you’ve supplied goods or services in good faith? Have you obtained a court judgement against somebody but still no...

Would you invest in a company which is lost $4 billion? Ride-hailing company Uber will shortly be selling its shares to the public despite losing billions of dollars and warning that they may never make a profit! Are investors being taken for a ride? Find out more. Subscribe to my podcast on iTunes or Stitcher and I will send a special pre-launch offer for my new book, ‘Yes, Money Can Buy You Happ...

In light of tougher legislation on landlords, Is property still a good investment? First, we had the George Osbourne 2015 finance act phasing out tax relief on buy-to-let mortgages. Tax relief will be gone by next year as will many property owners and landlords as they start to pay more tax and even struggle to show a return on their investment. This is a travesty and goes against all principles o...

Can you invest your money into an asset and get a new car? Contrary to common belief, you don't have to choose one. You may have seen my recent Facebook post of me standing beside the latest Porsche 911 and driving a Porsche. I want to point out that I did not actually buy a new 911 and I don’t actually drive a Porsche at all! Let me explain; Firstly, I wouldn’t spend £100,000 of my cash on a bran...

5 Tips To Improve Your Network and Net Worth Your network is your net worth, so get around like minded people Choose your friends wisely and get around the right people if you want success, happiness and wealth in your life. In this episode, you’ll learn how to expand your network, where to meet like-minded people and which friends to avoid! Listen to my 5 tips to help you get around the right peo...

MLM, network marketing and direct sales, which is best for you? People say that the Internet has changed everything! I say that some things never change. For instance, whether you’re selling online or face-to-face; people do business with other people. Your customers are people you are selling to people even if you are using the Internet as the platform. Recently we talked about ways to make money...

In this week’s episode, 5 Quick Money Saving Tips. What’s the funniest money saving tip you’ve ever heard? One of the strangest tips I’ve heard was on a radio show, which had a daily “housewives tips” feature. The Alan Partridge sounding DJ would say: “ send in your money saving tip on a postcard and if it’s read out, you’ll get a free mug!” One tip sent in by a listener recommended gathering up a...

In this episode, Charles looks at the reasons why a  business can fail and what actions a small business can take to make sure that it is being proactive in securing customers and moving forward. If you have a business or are thinking about starting one listen in now to find out about how to be part of the successful 50%. KEY TAKEAWAYS There are lots of possible reasons and lots of places you can...

When the family of footballer Emiliano Sala needed money to search for his body after the plane in which he was travelling to his new club Cardiff City went down in the English Channel, they launched a fundraising campaign which raised £300,000 Euros in a few days. The money came very quickly out of nowhere, which illustrates that despite what some people say, money around everywhere. In fact, the...