Nicole Bremner

EP34: "People ask me 'what is it that pushes you Carl? And it's always the next 'can I achieve that? " -Carl Hutchings , Elite Property TradingCarl Hutchings played as a professional football player for over 13 years making over 300 football league appearances including Brentford, Bristol City and Southend United. Quite early in his career however he made a decision to take full responsibility of his financial future. After being introduced to the property market through a close friend and mentor, Carl bought his first property at the age of 19 in New Cross, Peckham for £58.000! He then followed that up with another purchase in Fulham and those two properties alone netted him over £250.000 in profit by the time he turned 22 years old. He set up his first property company which had bought and sold over £5 million worth of property by the time he retired at only 29 years of age. Now, Carl is the CEO of Elite Investments, the number one property company helping professional football play

EP33: "I think having good, positive values is important that's what helps me sleep at night. That's what motivates me, that's what drives me. " - Richard Blanco​ Richard Blanco is a London based landlord developer with properties in North, East and South East London. Areas of interest and his exceptional expertise include buying at auction, managing the development process, encouraging positive landlord-tenant relations, fundraising, and business strategy. Richard is also a London Representative for the National Landlords Association, sets up and speaks at landlord meetings and works on policy, press and media campaigns. His recent television appearances include BBC, Sky & Channel 4 News. He also commented on housing issues on BBC Radio London, LBC Radio and Radio 4, plus appeared in a range of national newspapers and property websites. Richard has featured in sixteen episodes of Househunters International which airs prime time in the USA, Canada and on Sky Living in the UK. He a

EP32: " It's all about mentality isn't it really? I think if you've got the mentality that you believe you can do something, that's so powerful. " - Simon Church Simon Church (happy birthday for earlier this week) had a successful career playing professional football at both Premier and International levels. He spent ten years at Reading after signing for their academy as a teenager. In six years as a professional, he scored 22 goals in 104 league appearances before moving to Charlton Athletic, MK Dons and finally Roda JC Kerkrade. Despite being born in Amersham, Simon represented the Wales national team at international level. He has been capped 38 times, including two appearances at Euro 2016. Luckily for him, quite early in his career he recognised the need to invest in the future. Buying property from the age of 20 was a kick start to his property journey. Now he is a founder and director of Church Investments where in partnership with established and well respected property

EP31: “Success is not just about providing finance; it is about creating opportunity for all of our stakeholders.” - Tal Orly, Co-Founder & CEO, Cogress A veteran of the UK property market with over two decades’ experience as a developer, Tal Orly is the founder of Symbia Realty Portfolio and an experienced global investor himself. He has been involved in large, complex urban property development projects since 1992. He has vast experience in acquisition, development and resale in both the residential and commercial sectors. As a licensed solicitor, Tal is well versed in the complexities of realty law in multiple markets, as well as the legal, financial, planning and execution stages that are vital to increasing the value of property investment projects. He is the co-founder and CEO of disruptive property investment company Cogress. First within the UK, Cogress provides mezzanine and private equity loans to SME developers, and makes off-market property development opportunities accessible to investors who

EP30: "Building a brand is very much about building a community." - Rosie Coxshaw Certainly a modern woman herself, Rosie​ started her first business after leaving school at just 16 years old. Since then she’s worked in finance, baking, interiors, marketing, and media! In 2009 she was one of the pathfinders of the Peter Jones (Dragon’s Den) National Enterprise Academy, a business course that is now available across many schools and colleges in the UK. Also a keen runner, Rosie ran the London marathon in 2012 as well as climbing Kilimanjaro for charity. After working in many industries Rosie felt that women weren’t being recognised in the business for who they are and wanted this to change so in May 2018 she launched Modern Woman. Modern Woman is now a multi-media brand to empower, support and influence women in the workplace. Accessible across events, podcasts, online, and via a digital and print magazine. In this podcast: - building a recognisable brand - the value of print over digital - the impor

EP29: "There is no competition. You're competing with yourself and if people want to compete with you, fair enough but you just have to smash it, you have to be better. " - Karolina Adamczyk I met Karolina Adamczyk three years ago for an informal chat as she was looking to switch from banking into property and I absolutely love her story. Despite travelling around the world having highly successful career in banking, she felt something was missing and decided to follow her passion for interior design. Building upon her experience in property development, she founded Ademchic. Karolina saw the need to help homeowners and developers create properties that make a statement. She noticed, that unique homes are often created once refurbishment is completed, through bringing together furniture, accessories, soft furnishings and items of emotional value. This is how ADEMCHIC was born. Ademchic now is an Interior Design and Styling Studio helping developers and vendors maximise perceived value of proper

EP28: Richard has been involved with property for the last 10 years, purchasing his first buy-to-let property at the age of 21. As well as a property developer and landlord, Richard is an ex-professional rugby player, spending 14 years playing over 150 premiership rugby games with London Irish, Leicester, and London Welsh. Richard has 12 international caps for Canada whom he represented at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He is a co-founder of RDT Invest​, a property investment company, with a core focus of SME Property Development. He is also a director of SBL Capital, a family office offering principle funding solutions typically to SME Developers. Richard combines his experiences from professional rugby career and property development with his knowledge of psychology, psychotherapy, financial and wealth management, and investment to produce content that adds value and is centered around mental health, performance, and career transition across various corporate events. "I found that the more prolific you are,

EP27: "You've got to be consistent. It's about the signal, not noise" - Daniel Priestley Daniel Priestley is the closest I've had to a mentor. He knew me when I was a shy returning to work mum sitting at the back of the KPI classroom too scared to ask a question. Dan's straight-talking, insightfulness has always inspired me so I was thrilled when he agreed to be on my podcast. Daniel started out as an entrepreneur at age 21 and built a multi-million dollar event, marketing, and management business before the age of 25. A successful entrepreneur, international speaker, and best-selling author, Daniel has built and sold businesses in Australia, Singapore, and the UK. Daniel is the founder of Dent Global, which runs a 9-month growth accelerator programme for small enterprises, working with over 500+ entrepreneurs each year to develop their businesses. Dent has offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, and Australia. Daniel uses campaigns to help raise up to $100,000 for charity each year a

EP26: Atuksha’s background is in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and data analytics. Over 15+ years, she has helped businesses, across many industries build a raving fan base through her CRM consulting business. Her focus now is crowdfunding. In 2013, Atuksha co-founded Simple Backing, a property focused Peer to Peer Lending (P2P) platform. She then launched a second platform, Simple Equity in August 2016 following feedback from the crowd. P2P (including investing using the Innovative Finance ISA) and Equity projects now sit alongside each other under her brand ‘Simple Crowdfunding’. Being an active property investor herself, she understands the benefits that crowdfunding brings to this industry. Atuksha is also a director of the UK Crowdfunding Association and in 2017 won the National Venus Award for ‘Influential Woman of the Year’. In this podcast: - current state of the market - the benefits of crowdfunding - how to crowdfund your projects? - how to communicate with investors and keep them happy? Ch

EP25: 'I want to do ground-breaking things; things that are interesting and difficult! Because that's how you get to the next level.' Michelle Lowe is a streetwise and spirited Quantity Surveyor with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. Leaving A-level studies at 17 to pursue a career in construction, Michelle was looking for a career path that would offer tangible fruits of her labour and provide the variety and challenges that only construction can! Michelle has worked her way through the ranks as Trainee QS to Senior, Project Manager to Associate and is now the founding director of Redshell Consulting, an independent and agile consultancy company offering the very best of Cost, Project and Development Management and has worked on some of the largest and most prestigious developments in and around London. In this podcast: - doing sustainability on a high-end level - construction costs - importance of design - being a woman in construction Michelle is now working on a new,

EP24: Lafina Diamandis​ is a medical doctor, educator and property investor with over 10 years of experience buying, developing and selling residential properties. She is also the co-founder of Eurekadoc, a startup providing education and training to help doctors to create careers they love. Lafina delivered education and training to over 1000 doctors to date, is an advocate for portfolio careers in medicine and the author of two books. Her recent crowdfunding campaign known as ‘The Doctors Project’ was overfunded in just 7 minutes! ‘Healthcare real estate, that’s a new area for me, but I think it’s a really important area. Something I feel really passionate about because a lot of my patients have huge housing problems.' Currently working on a pipeline of developments between £1 and £5 million across the UK, Lafina’s focus is on leveraging her experience and contacts in both real estate and healthcare, to create innovative solutions for the housing problems faced by patients as well as healthcare staff.

EP23: Mike & Victoria Stenhouse are full time property investors who, after years of flipping houses and creating HMOs, were both able to escape the rat race before they were 30. Aside from continuing to add to their personal property portfolio the duo also run a hugely successful property media company centred around their iTunes top 10 podcast - Inside Property Investing. In this podcast: - Leaving corporate for the property life - Starting a media company especially for property professionals - Valuing your time - Building and sharing a community Mike and Victoria are well known on Facebook, Twitter and iTunes - see Inside Property Investing.Support the show

EP22: How do you solve the problem of old-fashioned, limited 2D design briefing in building projects? 'Most people do not know how to read plans, or really visualise the project from a simple document. If we can show our clients a complete 3D look of how the space will feel and work, it solves a huge amount of problems down the line.' Oli is an architect and co-founder of Ackroyd Lowrie. At AL the focus is on using VR to design and collaborate with their clients. Previous to this, Oli spent 10 years working at Architype where he was responsible for developing a modular, timber-framed construction system that was used by several London Boroughs to deliver new Primary Schools and Nurseries. Most recently Oli has spent three years as Project Architect for the prestigious £24m New Junior School for Highgate School in North London. Oli passionately believes in working closely with clients, makers and builders to deliver projects in a collaborative manner. This approach, along with the revolution in 3D pr

EP21: What Simon can’t draw isn’t worth illustrating. His unique ability of being able to visualise in minutes a vague thought and idea in his clients’ mind-eye; bringing concepts to life in simple yet compelling sketches, is like watching a maestro at work. Simon has over 24 years worth of practical experience in both residential and commercial interior design, having worked for global agencies and clients in London, Milan & Sydney Australia. Clients include Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge, Moda In Pele for House of Fraser, and Dennys. And with a background education in furniture design, Simon's creative process brings a very full spectrum of detail to his work. More recently Simon founded his own interior design practice in London where he and his talented team craft unique environments for a multitude of clients across many dynamic sectors including retail, F&B, hotel, workplace and residential. In this podcast: - the changing design of work spaces and its effects - finding a connection with clie

EP20: 'The funding puzzle is quite organic. What was once the way to get funded can be affected by the economy, lenders own situations, changing needs of the borrower, interest rates, geo political situations...' After a career in Corporate Banking helping large listed companies with their funding needs, Piragash Sivanesan set up Totum Finance in order to support SME businesses and property developers improve their access to finance. He has worked at KPMG , Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, across credit, front office, restructuring and turnaround divisions, in a career spanning over 14 years. In this podcast: - seeing through the ups and downs of financing a project - crowdfunding and changes in the lending landscape - starting your own finance business. Piragash has worked with London Central Developments on several projects, working tirelessly to get results. I'm grateful for all the support he has given through some fairly hair-raising moments. Piragash is also a member of th

EP19: Greg Pope is a property developer and investor located in the North West of England. After successfully selling his large estate agency business Greg concentrated on building his property development and finance business. As an entrepreneurial property developer, Greg has looked to fund his developments with creative finance consisting of angel investors, crowdfunding and his own capital. A range of developments have been completed by Greg which include commercial to residential conversions, new build apartment blocks and private luxury housing. Greg devotes a lot of time to building a social profile and connecting with other like-minded people and growing the group brand under which he operates his businesses. In this podcast: - Developing quality homes and products - Crowdfunding developments and social media - Building a brand and becoming an entrepreneur - Building a finance business sector. The Magnus Group have a crowdfund going live this week with Simplecrowdfunding.co.uk and are featured in Prop

*COMING SOON - BRICKING IT - ON AUDIOBOOK* Want to create a stunning property portfolio and still have time to go to the kids’ school plays? Want to get started now and learn while doing it? My book Bricking It takes you into the world of property development from first purchase to scaling up the business and growing an internationally-known brand. - Choose a strategy which suits your skills and your lifestyle. - Create an attractive brand so investors and partners come to you. - Learn as you go, being prolific not perfect! Here is a 5 minute sample from the audio version of my book, coming soon to Audible. About the Author For Nicole Bremner, property was not an obvious choice. An ex-banker with three kids to work around, she had tried all the usuals - photography, cooking, even knitting. None of them allowed her to contribute to the family finances in the way she wanted. Since her first property development in 2010 (her own home), Nicole’s gross development value has risen to over £120 million. Most recentl

EP18: What defines success when it comes to personal style? Style consultant, fashionista and former model Lizzie Edwards joins Nicole to talk about dressing for work and making an impact through your personal style. Starting her style career early, Lizzie was 'spotted' by Storm model agency and spent much of the 1990’s working as a fashion model living in London, Milan and Paris and working with some of the leading fashion photographers including Rankin, Corrine Day, and David Sims for magazines The Face, I-D and Dazed & Confused. She also worked for fashion magazines such as Elle, Marie Claire, and Glamour and as a fit model with designers including John Galliano, Jasper Conran, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloe, and Issey Miyake. In 2005 she set up her Style and Wardrobe Consultancy combining this grounding in fashion with a talent and love for shopping and effortless style, and an interest in personal development. ‘I loved advising people on what to wear, and it was a joy to see how my skills helped peo

EP17: Having left school Ollie started to look for a "real" job. To keep him in petrol money for his racing cars Ollie started selling discontinued bathroom products on eBay. His eBay strategy snowballed and he never found the "real" job. Instead, Ollie focused on building his bathroom product company. At just 19 years old the Bathroom Cellar was incorporated and now has a distribution hub, office and showroom based in Kent. Seeing the frustration involved in buying full bathroom suites from multiple retailers and wholesalers Ollie came upon the idea of selling full bathroom suites perfectly curated to your individual bathroom. In 2017 he founded Salacia of London, a disruptive, online bathroom brand alongside long-term family friend Jamie Dixon and Creative Director Simon May. In early 2018 I came onboard as the marketing director. Ollie lives a life that many people only dream about with winters spent in Barbados and summers in St. Tropez. His passion really lies in fast cars and one ver

EP16: From a standing start of just one property, 30 years later Avi Dodi’s high-end commercial and residential property development portfolio boasts a global reach spanning the UK, Israel and the US. In 2013, Nicole and Avi became partners and formed London Central Developments - the development partner to East Eight - now developing around 300 units together. Here Avi joins Nicole at April 2018's Quorum Property Club to give insights into his long career in development including: - Keeping construction costs competitive - The UK and London market currently - Building a loyal team in property With a focus on sourcing interesting sites, Avi has navigated the vagrancies of the UK property market to become an expert in creating and handling property and development opportunities. His two sons have recently graduated from university and now work alongside him and with staff who have been with him from the beginning.Support the show