Rags To Riches

Solo episode with your host Terry Blackburn: In this episode Terry discusses whether he believes property is really passive.

A property entrepreneur with over 15 years first-hand experience in residential, commercial and holiday home property investment, property development, and holiday home management. Dale has grown what is now The SDDE Smith Group from one holiday home in March 2017, to a group of six customer facing brands with over two hundred emloyees and a forecasted group turnover of over £25million for 2022.

Solo episode with your host Terry Blackburn: In this episode Terry discusses the methods he used in his own personal life to eliminate any self doubt.

John Howard is one of the most experienced property developers and investors in the UK today, with nearly four decades of experience in the industry. John’s proficiency stems from the sale and purchase of almost 4,000 houses, apartments and developments within the UK.With a rental portfolio similar to many investors through his property companies, John’s experience is vast; from buying traditional houses, hotels and large scheme developments.One of the recent developments in John’s portfolio is the £27million construction of 150 apartments on Ipswich Waterfront. A unique distinction between John and many large developers is his passion and drive for small deals and developments. This year has seen the launch of the John Howard Listed Bond which is regulated on the Euronext Exchange, the largest in Europe. Allowing high net worth investors, the opportunity to invest in some of the developments that John purchases.His fervour for advising and helping less experienced property developers and investors has also led him to launching the John Howard Joint Venture Fund. John co-invests with other property developers and offers his own guidance and mentorship allowing ambitions to become a reality.The knowledge that John has gained throughout his career is now being passed on through his books, property seminars and TV appearances. John co-producers both Property Elevator and Property Graduate on Property TV on Sky and is a regular contributor on Property Question Time.

If you’ve never heard about this guy called Arsh Ellahi - you are in a surprise. Arsh is well known for his brutally honest account of his portfolio, his experience, his challenges and his 'real life stuff'.With a portfolio of 1000+ tenants and having built multiple 7 figure businesses Arsh talks about the ‘Boom, Bust and Back Again’

Liam J Ryan started out selling sweets in the schoolyard, and today he has completed over £28 million pounds worth of property deals , raised over £9 million from private fingers and his training business does over 7 figures yearly in revenue.

Solo episode with your host Terry Blackburn: Property, business and life in general can get so hectic and busy. In this episode Terry discusses his top tips on how to stay motivated through it all.

Simon Zutshi is a professional property investor. He has over two decades of personal experience investing in residential property in the UK and overseasSimon started investing as a first time buyer in 1995 as a recent graduate in debt. He found a strategy to purchase his first property using none of his own money. By renting out the spare rooms, he was able to cover the mortgage payments and effectively live for free! Caught by the property bug, Simon Zutshi started to buy more property. Thus, by the age of 32, he was financially independent. All from the passive income generated from his property portfolio.Since an early age, Simon Zutshi has been interested in the art of magic. He started performing professionally at the age of 13. He then became a member of the world-famous Magic circle. This was by his early 20’s. Simon has often said that investing in property draws many parallels with magic. Once you know the secret, what seemed impossible before is simple to achieve. As and in order to become truly successful, you must practice and apply your knowledge with skill.Simon now spends his time helping and educating other investors. This is by sharing his ‘hands-on experience’ gained over many years as a successful investor. He is one of the few property investors in the UK who is a member of the Professional Speakers Association. As such, Simon Zutshi is regularly invited to share his residential property investing strategies at the major property exhibitions and entrepreneurial business conferences in the UK and around the world.’

Solo episode with your host Terry Blackburn: Terry discusses the age old question - Does money make you happy?

Jatin has over 17 years’ experience within the capital and property markets. Previously working as an investment banker at UBS for 12 years, he was responsible for Portfolio Risk Management and optimising performance of bond portfolios.  he is a serial entrepreneur, who once started a fresh juice bar in London just as the UK was flying head-first into the biggest recession in recent memory.  Luckily, he left that behind and then started Shojin in 2009, having recognised that there was a huge opportunity to bring a broader market of investors into lucrative property deals which they would not otherwise have access to.