

Rags To Riches
Terry Blackburn
A bit about your host:Terry has a Rags to Riches story himself: In brief, he grew up in a rough area with many disadvantages, failed in school and left early with no GCSEs and a bad attitude. Then got into sales age 19 and now age 30 has built multiple financial services businesses in the UK, turning over multi-millions each year, with a team of over 100 people. He also owns a real estate portfolio of worth over 4 million. He is also a family man with 3 children. “If you are born poor that is not your fault, if you die poor, that is your fault”
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Sep 23, 2021 • 37min
Immanuel Ezekiel: Over 100million purchased in 25yrs, Raising finance & increasing your financial IQ
Immanuel Ezekiel, has been investing in and developing property for over 25 years in London and the surrounding areas. Purchase, Invested & Developed over £100 Million in Property, Hotel & JV Acquisitions over the last 25 Years, Property Mentor, Author, Specialising in JV’s with HNW, Sophisticated Investors & Property Owners At the age of sixteen Immanuel Ezekiel left school with only a few basic qualifications and began working on a building site.Fed up with being poor, he educated himself on how to build wealth by readying books, listening to CD’s and attending seminars.He used what he learned to create a successful financial management company with more than forty employees and sales of more than £7 million a year. Now he has achieved financial freedom, owning shares in more than 250 properties worth more than £50 million.Having created a massive passive income for himself, his passion now is helping others escape from debt to achieve their own financial freedom.Immanuel knows the devastating effect that debt can have on people’s health, relationship and lifestyle. He has developed and enhanced a proven formula that gives even people with serious debt problems the right information, mindset and strategies to transform their lives faster than they could ever imagineThrough his financial management company and proven techniques, he has helped thousands of people eliminate debt, build wealth, and achieve financial freedom in the fastest time possible.An astute judge of value and a proven creative deal maker and has built a Multi Million Property portfolio, of standard BTL, HMO’s, Student Accomodation properties. Having survived and prospered through more than 3 property cycles, Immanuel understands the importance of having adequate profit margins and contingencies and having at least 2 exit strategies on any development or project.Featured on Channel 5 Rich House Poor HouseFeatured on Sky TV Property ElevatorAuthor:The 6 Steps to Financial FreedomCreative Strategy Property MentorHigh Performance & NLP CoachWinner of Legacy & Ambassador Trusted Land & Developers Board

Sep 16, 2021 • 31min
Diksesh Patel: 25 years property investing, 22 unit conversion, losing 50kgs at age 50.
A property entrepreneur with over 25 years of investing in property, including: Buy-to-Let, HMOs, Planning Gain and Distressed Assets.A passion for health and fitness having lost over 50kg at the age of 50 and appearing in a number of men’s health publications.As Diksesh points out this was as much about mindset and nutrition as it was working out.A regular on Club House where he is valued for his honest no holds barred views on property investing, human behaviour and mental wellbeing.He is a sought after speaker covering topics such as due diligence, joint ventures and mindset.Additionally he offers a range of property education programmes from group coaching to executive level support.

Sep 9, 2021 • 56min
Daniel Moses: Starting from nothing to become full time in property.
Daniel Moses is a serial business entrepreneur with a passion in real estate and property investing.His passion and deep desire to do something on his own got him started in learning the tricks of the trade. And soon enough he started his own company in Property Investment. He constantly took steps to gain knowledge and educate himself from Industry Experts and leaders. The learnings have been plenty, resulting in great transformation in his life.Milestones in Daniels journey so far….➢ IMMIGRANT IN UK➢ FROM TAXI DRIVER TO PROPERTY INVESTOR➢ MULTIPLE BUSINESS OWNER➢ FOUNDER- PROPERTY WEALTH EDUCATION➢ FOUNDER- PROPERTY WEALTH ESTATE➢ FOUNDER- PROPERTY WEALTH CAPITAL➢ OVER £380K TURNOVER➢ PORTFOLIO MILLIONAIRE – VALUE OVER 1.4M➢ HOST OF UK’S FIRST DEDICATED RENT TO RENT NETWORKING EVENT➢ HEAD COACH & PROPERTY MENTOR OVER 12 MONTHS➢ SUCCESSFUL BEST SELLING AUTHOR ON AMAZON - “RENT TO RENT MADE EASY”

Aug 26, 2021 • 1h 12min
REWD group: 200 properties in 2.5yrs. 6 million+ in the pipeline. How to think bigger…
Four for the price of one!Despite a global pandemic, REWD Group have achieved a spectacular record year of growth. Now with over 200 units, a gross rental income of over £93K per month, and total assets of over £10.8 million, REWD Group and their investors have cause for celebration! They have secured some huge property investments this year and are set for further MASSIVE growth in the coming years. From REWD HQ themselves, they are forecasting at least double these figures in the next 12 monthsEnjoy!

Aug 19, 2021 • 53min
Wayne Dance: 20 million turnover, world wide business, supplier of kitchens to over 500 shops.
Starting in early life, he was being brought up in a council house estate in Lexington which was a very tough area. After working tirelessly through his life from job to job. Wayne found his success in kitchens.Today his company Inhouse Kitchens supplies over 500 shops in the UK. They are the number 1 importer in the industry generating over €20 million euros per yearAt the age of 60 he invested over £2 million in the state of the art dedicated showroom in Hexham and they now have the Inhouse HQ there as well as 63 displays of kitchens bedrooms and bathrooms. Since opening in feb 2019 they’ve sold £4 million BToC on top of their retail network despite COVID and Brexit.His legacy will live on in his 2 sons and Malo who I call his adopted son as they are the other shareholders of Inhouse.

Aug 16, 2021 • 12min
Sam Ibgi - The Lessons

Aug 11, 2021 • 56min
Sam Ibgi - Homeless to homes all over the world, 21 flips in 18 months and apart hotels in 6 countries
From homeless to owning homes all over the world.Sam started from nothing, working as a cleaner to then building a cleaning company to starting building company to then buying properties in his own name.He flipped 21 properties in his first 18 months as a property developer. He now owns properties in 6 countries across the world. He has properties in Ibiza, Kensington, Cannes, Italy etcHe has properties all over the world which provide luxury serviced accommodation through his own company, Buckingham Lloyds. He strategically used famous people and influencers online to promote his properties and grow his brand. He is now giving back to charities.

Aug 5, 2021 • 57min
Adam Collard: 12k to 1 million followers, Reebok & Musclefood sponsorship & Love Island
You may or may not have seen Adam on the TV or plastered all over instagram but you may not know about his true passion: fitness.Since catching the gym bug, racking up thousands of PT hours and then opening up his own gym in the space of 3 years, Adam has gained a hell of a lot of knowledge when it comes to getting people to reach their very own personal goals. It doesn’t matter where the starting point is, the age, gender or anything like that. You can get results with the right plan and a little bit of effort.Adam has achieved a lot already in the sense of his own physique and business goals but that wasn’t enough for him. He has always enjoyed helping people reach their goals when working in gyms from a young age. Now his ultimate goal is to help everybody he possibly can on a worldwide scale through his guides and though the academy.

Aug 3, 2021 • 10min
Charlie Sullivan: The Lessons
Looking back over highlights from Episode 4 of Rag To Riches with Charlie Sullivan: Leaving corporate world to full time property developer, BTLs to HMOs to larger developments.

Jul 28, 2021 • 44min
Charlie sullivan: Leaving corporate world to full time property developer, BTLs to HMOs to larger developments.
After a successful career in the offshore energy industry spanning 10 years as a chartered mechanical engineer, Charlie was a key part of the senior management team that led Tekmar Group to floatation on the London Stock Exchange in 2018. Following this he decided to leave the corporate world and start Capstone Fox to focus his time on building his group of property companies.As an experienced landlord, property investor and now developer, Charlie has been investing in the UK property market intensively in recent years growing a portfolio of residential property and now concentrating on commercial conversions and land development as well as working with other aspiring investors to help grow their portfolios.Initially focussing on Buy-to-Lets and HMOs in North East England his company has grown significantly, now delivering projects across North England and Wales. Charlie has a passion for property and working with great people on interesting and challenging projects whilst creating time and space to spend with his young family.


