An entrepreneurial spirit, a drive to solve problems and succeed, and a restless, insatiable appetite to question and test and seek out ways to 'join the dots' in business and in life. Many viewers and listeners will find a kindred spirit in today's guest: Taylor McDonald...
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Taylor speaks of the challenging school life, varied early work life, and the characters who've played special parts in his growth, that have all determined the path that he's tread to date.
He shares the story of the first commercial project that boosted his desire to push on and grow his property business.
Taylor speaks of the business and family dynamics of a father-and-son relationship.
He also speaks of the support and creativity found with a partner who shares the same entrepreneurial drives.
Hear Taylor speak about the various projects in the commercial and residential property worlds, and the profits and returns that he's enjoyed from them.
Listen to him talk of the fascinating and creative opportunities he sees around him, from property, to pet grooming, to abandoned train carriages, to launching a future property staging business.
He's a young man on a mission, and he's just building up steam...
And also the exact same initial thoughts of today's guest, Billy Farrell.
But after changing how he viewed the social media world and decided how he would personally approach and use it, he went on to build and establish a powerful networking and marketing tool that he uses to real effect when it comes to business and profits...
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Listen to Billy open up honestly right from the start about the single biggest mistake he ever made when it came to his online presence.
Hear Billy explain how to steer clear of fakeness and B.S. and instead operate with authenticity and transparency.
Listen to Billy talk about the capital and the leverage that these digital tools can bring into your real-world business of contacts, resources, finances, and opportunities.
Billy speaks about the various platforms and tools available, but why it doesn't have to be confusing and paralysing.
Billy talks about content and the ways to make being on social media a very easy and actually a fun thing to do.
Links to the special Social Media Masterclass for Property Investors can be found below...
In today's show, we hear from Lynda Clark, editor of First Time Buyer Magazine...
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Lynda looks back over her fascinating career and all of the twists and turns that have taken her up to and through a long and successful connection with the magazine.
We discuss the crucial key role that first time buyers play in the property market.
Lynda reviews how the market and the first time buyer demographic has been affected through the pandemic.
Hear Lynda speak about the big disadvantage of the pandemic restrictions that actually led to a very surprising advantage.
Lynda covers the various challenges, successes, lending, products, services, and opportunities available to first time buyers, and how they affect the market as a whole.
Lynda lists the key things that all first time buyers should be considering when looking to buy.
And Lynda also covers how developers play their part in serving this crucial part of the marketplace.
In today's show, we sit down with Guy Horne, one of the co-founders of HSPG, the UK's leading social impact real estate investment firm.
You'll hear how along with his long-time friend since school, David Searle, they have managed to unite, build an amazing team, form powerful partnerships, and make a gigantic impact in UK property that is helping so many lives...
Guy reflects back on the very first project that he and David got together on: a low-cost HMO investment project in Manchester. And how a crazy 6 and a half year journey has seen HSPG grow into working with over 30 housing providers, over 60 Local Authority partnerships, over £350m in invested funds, and over 4,000 new bed spaces created.
It's a highly-impressive journey that's been making waves in the affordable and supported housing areas that face up to the gigantic housing and homelessness crises in the UK.
Listen to Guy tell the "William Hill" story and how the changes in Permitted Development and a creative way of achieve affordable housing have brought about unique ways of solving problems.
Guy speaks of the individual human tales he saw around him, which inspired him to find ways to help so many people, and to tie into the public and private partnerships that could bring the expertise and solutions required.
Listen to Guy tell about their "Project 2000" initiative and how they're not just on track to meet it, but to blow it out of the water.
A passionate team, a demand-driven strategy, an entrepreneurial mindset, and an open and vulnerable approach to learning and working with others around them, HSPG is a formidable force that isn't anywhere near stopping in it's vision...