In our latest episode of putting real people - UK property professionals - into the spotlight, we have the fantastic couple Mark and Ellie McKay.

Known affectionately as the King and Queen of Doncaster to reflect the property and business empire that they're growing there, Mark and Ellie share their fantastic personal story of becoming property professionals.

Many listeners will be able to connect with their different backgrounds, their personal careers, kids coming along, and a drive and ambition to want and strive for more.

Building up a successful non-property business, growing together as a married couple, bringing children into the equation, and dealing with all the ups and downs of life in business and property.

The straight-talking Ellie and the detail-oriented Mark make a formidable couple who are growing from strength to strength.

They share with us their challenges, their deals, their strategies, their milestones, and their ambitions.

An impressive couple balancing life and home and business, and constantly striving and pushing to grow themselves and their businesses...

In today's show, Richard sat down with Jimmy Acton from Property Booking.

Property Booking is the UK's leading shared ownership portal.

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Shared Ownership, also known by some as 'part buy / part rent', is a solution to getting on the property ladder that is for most people totally unknown, and for some people misunderstood.

Jimmy's chat with Richard addresses both of those challenges by very clearly and simply describing every part of the solution that he wants to see become one of the standard mainstream ways enabling people to get on the property ladder.

Fully backed by the Government, Shared Ownership is a solution that can cater for the needs of customers looking to find their home without the financial constraints of a large mortgage and deposit, and also without the non-owner status of a renting tenant.

It also addresses many of the issues that Housing Associations and Property Developers have with unused and empty stock.

And Property Booking's online portal provides the space for those customers to search for such properties, and for those associations and developers to present such properties...

In our series of shows that put the UK's real property professionals into the spotlight, Richard sits down today with The Corrs.

Husband and wife team, Barry-John Corr and Leeann Corr, are a shining example of what's possible for any listener out there, who is thinking about getting into business and getting into property.

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This power team of a couple opened their doors, opened their books, and opened their hearts to every part of their property journey.

The challenges and the successes, the downs and the ups, the losses and the profits, and the hilarious stories of wallpapered doors to the exciting stories of completion restorations.

No question was dodged by this genuinely open and honest couple doing amazing things in business for them, for their family, and for their investors.

The nuts and bolts of refurbishments, the figures and percentages of deals and profits, and the emotional and human side of bettering themselves, working as a married couple, and enjoying the freedom and luxuries of quality time as a family, and having the flexibility in their private lives.

A fantastic example of inspiration and encouragement that listeners will really resonate with, and a great insight into what can be possible in the world of property for every ordinary couple out there...