The Rodcast - Property, Business, Investment

Julian Evans is a Proprietary Partner & Head of Healthcare at Knight Frank. Since 1994, Julian has concentrated on the valuation, acquisition and disposal of trading businesses. As of 2000 he then specialised in healthcare consultancy (C2/D1 use property), now annually advising on approximately £12 billion of healthcare property. Within the last 2 years his team has won 21/23 major pitches. Ju...

Have you heard people say things like "no one has a crystal ball" when it comes to what is going to happen in the market.... Well duh but as investors it is your job to forecast this as investing is about future income from the assets we invest in. I welcomed back Adam Lawrence back to the show to discuss just how important forecasting is. Not only has Adam bought over 400 properties in the last d...

In this episode, we are joined by Barak Zimerman, the Managing Director of UK & Europe for REEF Technology. The REEF Platform enables the real estate to be tailored to meet the diverse needs of the surrounding neighborhood. They have built a foundation on top of the traditional parking infrastructure allowing them to get essential products and services closer to the customer than ever bef...

In this episode, we are joined by James Sinclair, the Founder, and CEO Of The Partyman Group of Companies. James started his career entertaining as ‘Jimbo the Partyman’ when he was 15, built up an entertainment agency, then moved into acquiring his first soft play venue, laser arenas, day nursery, and outdoor venues. James also shares his story towards success, the challenges and risks one wi...

With all the talk of inflation recently we thought it would be sensible to delve into the mechanics of interest rates and why and how they may increase, when that may happen and what that can mean for different assets as well as investors and developers. Who better to Join us for this than Daryl Norkett. Daryl is a Director of Lendwell and has had a long career in banking with Barclays and Shawbro...

In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking to Connell Grogan, the portfolio manager for Resonance. Resonance is an Impact investment company that works with social enterprises and charities to help them raise capital from like minded investors. They also create and manage award winning investment funds such as their Homelessness fund which has over £250million under management and houses over...

Despite its controversy, Universal credit is of big help to those who lost their jobs because of the pandemic, those who have low income and for those who are unable to pay rent in full. Tenants are one of those greatly affected by the pandemic and the need for universal credit is a reality, but even before the pandemic started, Landlords were already struggling with the system of Universal credit...

Financing Developments is a key part of the deal. However, it takes a lot of time to find good lenders since each lender has different policies and parameters as to what they can lend and under what terms. In this episode, we will be joined by Ian Humphreys, co-founder, and head of Brickflow ―the very first online search engine for development finance in the UK. Ian will highlight the importa...

Adam Lawrence joins me again in this episode to discus the Macro Factors affecting the economy, different markets and of course what that means for property investments. Adam tells his story in episode 14 so make sure you have listened to that episode. We look back over the past 12 months and what we discussed previously in episode 23 at the start of the pandemic as well as looking forward and dis...

When investing and developing real estate of any kind, it is crucial to consider VAT. VAT can make significant differences to your net returns which is why we need to be educated and knowledgeable about it. In this episode, Jane Deeks, a VAT specialist from Bell Howley shares her expertise on VAT, its downside and even benefits. Jane will also share the benefits of VAT groups for specific property...

In this episode I am joined again by Ranjan Bhattacharya, Piotr Rusinek and Jay Howard to discuss a few of the properties on offer in the upcoming February auctions. Please click on the below links to see the properties we discuss and which auctions you can bid for them in. Lots and the opportunities and risks we discuss; HSBC Sudbury  How and why tired commercial landlords are starting to se...

Fraser Slater has 25 years experience as a Real estate analyst, Fund manager, Developer and Buying Agent in Prime Central London Market. He is the former founder and CEO of one of Europes best performing Hedge funds in the great financial crisis, WDB Capital. He is now the Chief executive of Ludgrove Property a research firm for buyers in the Prime Central London Property market (PCL) providi...

Ed Mead has spent 40 years working in the London Property market in Estate Agencies as well as being a prolific commentator on all things property with regular columns in The Telegraph, Sunday Times and Property Industry Eye as well as TV shows on the BBC. In 2016 he left Douglas and Gordon as Executive Director having helped grow the company considerably, to co found an outsourced viewing service...

In this December Auction Review I am once again joined by Piotr Rusinek, Jay Howard and Ranjan Bhattacharya to look at 8 upcoming lots in the December 2020 Auctions and delve into how we would approach these opportunities,  The Due Diligence we would perform, What traps we feel may lay ahead for potential buyers, What opportunities specific lots bring with them. This episode is jam packed ful...

In this episode I was joined by Allen Chiltern.  As Head of Fund Capital Markets at Patrizia, a global real assets manager with over £47 billion of real estate globally. Allen is responsible for all discretionary and non-discretionary funds. Allen and his international team ensures each fund is fit for purpose including strategy, regulation and marketing plan for each region around the world....

In this episode I am joined by Andy Fahey, PWC's Global Esports leader. Andy offers some brilliant insight into the fast growing world of Gaming and Esports and what this means for the UKs commercial property sector. With all the negative media attention that leisure property and the high street are getting this really is a fascinating discussion about some of the opportunities for real estate own...

Paul Roshan has developed over £200million of prime London residential property.  He tells a cautionary tale of how he lost a £120million prime London portfolio in 2008 and the struggles involved in getting over it. An inspirational story from someone who has learnt the hard way and battled their way through the tough times to get back to success.  In the episode we discuss; How he start...

Alex Cadwallader is a director at Leonard Curtis business solutions.  A company specialising in insolvency advice, finance raising, administration, CVA, distressed real estate portfolios and addressing fractured lending facilities, as well as providing directors of struggling businesses with positive strategic advice.  Alex is incredibly knowledgable on a wide range of business subj...

I am once again joined by the auction specialists; Jay Howard, Piotr Rusineck and Ranjan Bhattacharya to discuss 8 lots coming up for auction. We discuss what we like about the lots as well as what we don't like including traps or potential investment uplifts we feel may be available to potential buyers. Some of the points we discuss in relation to the below lots are; Commercial to residential dev...

I am joined once again by the fantastic team at Bell Howley Perrotton, Simon Howley, Amanda Perrotton and Andrew Thornhill QC, to go through a warts and all case study involving the incorporation of an existing property business into a small group structure. There are so many interesting points in this case study including; Creating new titles in a development and when you may want to consider it....

In this Episode I am joined by Retail Asset Manager and Founder of the Podcast "Retail is Dead", Leanne Catterall, to discuss what is the current state of play in the retail property sector. Leanne is a qualified commercial surveyor and has worked with some of the biggest UK Landowners as an Asset Manager specialising in Retail and Leisure We discuss; The broad range of retail property. How Brand...

After developing £100 million of Central London real estate, Guy Harrington decided to start a new lending Business (Glenhawk) having been frustrated with many of the traditional bridging lenders. In Just 2 years Glenhawk has managed to grow into a hugely successful company having secured funding lines from the likes of Shawbrook Bank and JP Morgan as well as getting registered with the FCA. In th...

I am once again joined for our Tax series by Simon Howley and Andrew Thornhill QC as we discuss Tax issues for Property Investment and Trading. As always the sheer volume of useful information that Simon and Andrew provide is sensational. Some of the discussion points we include in this episode are; Traps for people setting up spvs and selling the spv. Benefits and disadvantages of company ownersh...

There is always the danger that you can talk for hours to Manish Kataria as what he has to say is so interesting and this time was no different. In this episode we look at what could be in store for UK House Prices and some of the reasons why. Some of the things we discuss are; Disposable incomes Relationship between House Prices and the stock markets. Metrics to measure the economy and what they...

I am joined again by the Tax specialists Simon Howley and Andrew Thornhill QC, this time to answer my many Questions on Trusts; What are the most common forms of Trusts. What are the tax implications to capital gains on the setting up of different types of Trusts? How do different taxes such as CGT IHT and Income tax differ between different types of Trusts? What are the ongoing costs of different...