Nc Real Estate Podcast

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 Commercial Property…without jumping on the Commercial to Residential conversion bandwagon". You're going to want to come to this if you want to learn about Commercial Property Investment! Sign up to join the webinar here. This leads me to this week's topic. How do you start out in commercial property if you only have 15 minutes spare? You're going to have to listen to today's podcast.  That’s it. That’s where I would start. You can do that! The next step is Deal Analysis… This is something we focus on in the Members' Club (there's a sneak peek in the podcast today!). 

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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 portfolio so that we know roughly how much tax we’ll be paying (or even saving) so that we can plan accordingly. If you’d like to reach out to Neil, you can do so here: Tel: 07834 600024 Email: neil@astonleigh.com Website: www.astonleigh.com

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 is different. In all honesty, a lot of these you would never have seen coming… but a little bit of common sense goes a long way to sorting these problems out. In today’s podcast, I’m going to run through several case studies. I’ll be chatting through the scenario, the problem and the resolution. A high end chocolatier with no contents insurance The tenant who turned the sewer into a water feature A jeweler who boxed in a leak rather than making a phone call A yoga studio that smashed all the windows of a brand new building An ex-brothel that collapsed internally due to the billionaire next door digging out the basem

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:  surveying skills workshop (+ a prize for the most accurate results) live deal analysis  planning and goal setting for the next 6 months  networking  lunch, snacks, and drinks throughout the day!  + you're going to want to hear my keynote speech about how you should be thinking as property investors right now and how you can make the most out of the market today.  If you've been sitting on the fence and wondering if you should join the Members' Club, now is a GREAT time to do so.  Here's the link to sign up for either the quarterly or annual membership (BUT listen to my podcast firs

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 market.  I'll also chat through a Commercial property that I'm negotiating on. While my strategy stays the same, I'm always on the lookout on how to position things to my benefit. Listen to my process in the pod! Did you see this article? It's from the Daily Mail (I know!), but it chats about how the Government is creating a tax break on Residential property. I'll discuss some of the options that were mentioned in the article (while they appear to be good options, are they really?!) Finally, I'm going to chat about Changing CIL to IL under the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill- seems hopeful for regeneration purp

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-Use. To register for this event, click here. Right, now onto today’s podcast. It's a mix of different points, which are relevant to you as a property investor. I’ll be discussing: Renting Homes in Wales (Fitness for Human Habitation) Regulations 2022 Another NB caution to landlords is to use professionals when drafting leases...... & A quick book review of The Unexpected Joy of The Ordinary by Catherine Gray.

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 lease term comparables Space for let comparables, just to see what’s on the market Looking at the current tenants' accounts to see whether they can afford the rent Reading the leases to see what the agreement is between landlord and tenant From this, I estimate what price I’d purchase at and what I think the potential value of the property could be if I implemented a regearing strategy. So, what do you think? Would you go ahead and buy this property?  Now, if you found the podcast valuable (it would be hard not to!), then I would like to invite you to a LIVE Deal Analysis Masterclass on the 19th May @8pm

This week’s podcast is jam-packed with A LOT of NB info. First up, I want to celebrate a little (actually a HUGE) win, and that’s that in the last 3 months, I’ve had 99% occupancy on Air BnB… Hell yes!! In the podcast, I’m also going to go through the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill - this is going to be unveiled in the Queen’s Speech next month on Tuesday the 10th May. The aim is to revamp high streets and provide accommodation to those that need it and stop high streets from becoming ghost towns- but this also has effects landlords. I chat about HOW… Something else that has come up recently is around HMO’s - are the Tax Bills really Quadrupuling? I’ve been doing a lot of research around this which you will hear in my podcast, but go and check out the Governments website that explains how HMOs are banded on a page called ‘How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax Bands’. (Essentially- it makes Commercial Property Investment seem way better!) I’m also going to go through a shocking case of a ten

In today's podcast, I'm going to be going through some very important Updates in Commercial Property from April 2022.  This is information you need to know as a property investor, and I've laid it out so that you know where you stand and what you need to be doing.  If you have any questions around the topics I've chatted about, you can email natasha@ncrealestate.co.uk Enjoy today's podcast, and I hope I've been able to clarify some NB & current updates that are happening in Commercial Property right now.  ALSO... .... in the spirit of showing off our good work and the excellent team we have over at NC Real Estate, I'm inviting you to a Deal Analysis Masterclass on Thursday the 21st April @8pm BST.  It's going to be a 90 - minute session, where the whole Team over at the Members' Club are going over current deals- we'll be discussing the pros and cons and some healthy debate will be happening between our team as to whether this is a deal(s) worth pursuing.  Getting GREAT at

Using your SSAS to Invest in Commercial Property. My inbox has been buzzing with this topic and so I thought I’d start addressing it. I’m a surveyor, I get involved at the point a client already has a SSAS and then wants to invest in commercial property. My job is putting together the property investment strategy and executing it. So, if you’re someone who doesn’t yet have a SSAS and wants one please make sure to speak to your financial advisor. Getting started: you need to make the decision to either hold the properties in your SSAS or in a Ltd Company. This informs the strategy. > In your SSAS we need to consider what lending is available. > In a Ltd company we have to consider how much your SSAS can lend, the interest rate at which it's lending, ensuring the SSAS always has the first charge, and then repaying the SSAS at a minimum of 20% of the loan per year, or repaying it all so the investor has enough cash to go again. I’m breaking this down into sections as it's a huge topic to cover. So once yo

Today I want to talk about finding investment finance. This is a throwback episode to when I invited Daniel Woods from Momentum Property to chat with me about 25 ways to find money for a deposit. This was such a succinct and successful podcast that I thought I would bring it out again so that you can go through it. It's certainly worth every minute of your time! We chat about creative ways of finding finance too and not just from bridging loans and your regular mortgages. It’s about thinking out of the box when it comes to finding investor finance. Cryptocurrency included! I’m really excited to share this with you all today. P.S. Have you accessed my "Crossing over to Commercial" mini-course? You're going to love it! It's an hour-long and covers all the basics, PLUS I included a Commercial Deal Analysis (you'll receive that in an email once you sign up). Sign up here: https://ncrealestate.co.uk/crossingovertocommercial

Today's podcast is a throwback on the topic of Rest with one of my favorite authors, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.  I’ve been using the wisdom from the podcast over the last few weeks while taking some "off the camera" time off (maternity leave). This doesn't mean I haven't been working! The full story is in my weekly newsletter. If you'd like to sign up for that, you can email Lorenza (lorenza@ncrealestate.co.uk) and she'll get you signed up.  The content of this podcast helped me to come up with new ideas (watch this space) and just feel good in myself. So I wanted to re-release it for you today, have a listen, see how you too can incorporate a little more rest into your life.

On the 27th of July 2021, I did an awesome webinar on how to search and buy your next investment property. I’m not sure if you were able to attend it, but even if you were there is some *really life-changing* info in it. So what I’ve done is recorded an abridged version of the webinar because I think you need the goodness that is included in these slides. Essentially, these are your key takeaways...Don't skip out on this. I've put in the work, can I expect the same standard from you? I'm pretty sure you have 25 minutes to invest in yourself. I purposely made it short enough for you to be able to listen to...and importantly digest the info. So, notebooks at the ready... Natasha

I guarantee that if you are struggling to find the right property the reason will be one or all of the following: You haven’t set goals and conditions for the right property You aren’t being targeted enough in your search area You’ve not spoken to enough agents You haven’t been to enough viewings You haven’t made enough offers and negotiated hard enough If any of the above is true, then you must circle back and do the work. Today on the podcast I’ve invited Danielle Bell to come and talk to me about how to find the right property… it’s far simpler than you think! We also go through other myths in the industry and why the simplest strategies are the best strategies! This is a throwback pod originally aired in 2020- but I feel that it’s as relevant as ever. I’d love to hear what you think- send me a line or two after you’ve listened to it. Remember, keeping it simple and staying consistent is how you will create the most success. Natasha

In this week’s podcast, I do a throwback to an incredibly popular interview with Adam Vickers. We chat about how he’s built his property portfolio in Reading and his property business across the rest of the UK through using JV’s and investors. This is jam-packed full of tips and tricks, it’s one not to miss! Have you watched my "Crossing over to Commercial" mini-course? You're going to love it! It's an hour-long and covers all the basics, PLUS I included a Commercial Deal Analysis (you'll receive that in an email once you sign up). Sign up here: https://ncrealestate.co.uk/crossingovertocommercial  If you want to continue the conversation, head over to the Property Investment Mastery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/propertyinvestmentmastery/ Read my blog at: https://ncrealestate.co.ukplus don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter whilst you’re there! If you want to find out more about Adam: www.adamvickers.co.uk

GET ACCESS TO CROSSING OVER TO COMMERCIAL BY CLICKING HERE If you’re not here for Pregnancy content, you can skip this weeks newsletter/pod.But let me tell you it’s been my most requested podcast and so here it is, warts and all. Currently I’m on Maternity leave. Team NCRE have me covered and are still running the ship because I have the best team of Surveyors and  Property experts so service was never going to slip. But I may have got ahead of myself. I originally recorded this pod on the 28th Jan, thinking that I had a planned C Section a few weeks later so was feeling pretty together after just handing everything over to my interim MD and then planning for a 2 week crossover period… well I ended up having a real living baby in my arms 4.5 hours after I finished recording.  One of my good friends and mentors once said to me ‘there’s a reason pregnancy is 9 months… its so you can get everything ready and in your case that means your business too!’ And so I had two choices, stop NCRE during maternit

Have you started my free mini-course Crossing Over to Commercial?  It’s prompting a lot of questions, which I’m more than happy to answer… here’s a biggie: ‘You say only search in one location, but I can’t find any BMV deals there, so can I expand my search?’ No

I’m going to start by celebrating the fact that after 3 valuations I finally got a valuation for my remortgage that is what I wanted it to be… the RIGHT VALUE! I had to get to that figure mainly because I had my second charge mortgage relying on it and quite frankly, anything less and I was going to be out of pocket, which I’m not doing. To keep you in suspense, I’ll give you the names of the lenders and valuers in my pod ;) All I can say is, if you know the Comps state your property should be higher, keep pushing for it! Next Topic… Asset Management 101. When was the last time you ACTUALLY looked at the stats for your property portfolio? I mean really and truly compared them to see what’s working and what’s not. As an Asset Manager that’s the very first thing I do, I look at the figures, as they don’t lie. They give a true picture of how the portfolio is performing. From there I can make changes. If you want details on how to use it and what to measure, you are going to need to follow along with this weeks p

You can sign up to Crossing Over to Commercial HERE First things first, I need to get a public announcement out there to ask… please, commercial agents, stop with the Catfishing! I just can’t… What do I mean?! Pricing property deals way too low so that you get eyeballs or bids and then being shocked when I call up and give you an offer at the market price and you saying ‘No that’s way too low!’. Errm yass… so why bother listing at that price… grrrr! The problem being that I have to look into it because I couldn’t possibly tell my clients I overlooked it, in case it’s actually correct and I’ve found myself a unicorn. **Rant over** Second point I want to cover today is ITZA’s. I’m noticing a lot of commercial property investors ignoring this because they just don’t understand. NOTE: You cannot ignore this if you want to be successful here!! This is about valuing retail rents! I'll explain in the podcast...