

The HMO Podcast
Andy Graham
Welcome to The HMO Podcast, the dedicated resource for HMO and Co-Living property investors and developers! Join me and my special guests to learn everything you need to know about HMO property investment, from the tips, tricks and hacks that can save you time and money, to the best practice advice, the technical 'know-how' and inspirational stories of success and failure that will help you start, scale and systemise your very own HMO portfolio or business today.
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Apr 6, 2022 • 33min
Joint Ventures - Why & How To Set Them Up To Build A HMO Portfolio
In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about joint ventures. We’re going to talk about what joint ventures are, how we can use JVs to build our portfolio and what we need to be aware of before going into a partnership with anybody. So, if this is something you’re thinking about and if you think going into partnership will help you build your business, then this episode is exactly what you need.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Apr 1, 2022 • 19min
Q1 2022 Review - Are You On Target (Plus Here's What I've Achieved & Struggled With So Far)
Can you believe Q1 is a wrap? Did you hit your goals and objectives for the quarter? I've been reviewing my progress and that's what I'll be sharing with you in today's episode of The HMO Podcast! Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 30, 2022 • 48min
Scaling Up From HMOs To Commercial Conversions With Mike Clay & Marc Turnier
There’s no doubt that investing in HMOs is a gateway to doing other things in the property industry - the cash flow that we can generate, the fact that it is such a robust model gives us a huge amount of confidence and the ability to develop other types of property. And for many of us, that is commercial property.As you know, I’m investing in commercial property at the minute and so today, I’m bringing in my partners for this project, Mike Clay of Clay Properties and Marc Turnier of Arcvelop to talk about our ongoing commercial project.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 25, 2022 • 16min
Are You Using Smart Thermostats To Help Reduce Rising Energy Bills?
There’s no doubt that the running energy costs of your HMOs have gone up. So you might be wondering, what do you need to do and how will this affect the future of your HMOs?Realistically, there’s not a lot we can do about the rising energy costs but we can definitely put some mechanisms in place to help reduce consumption by managing the use of utilities wherever possible. So in this short episode, I’m sharing with you this simple solution that we use to manage energy costs.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 23, 2022 • 27min
How I've Made £282k From One HMO (Lifetime Deal Analysis)
Do you know the lifetime performance of your HMO deals? In this episode, we’re going to look through the archives and, analyse one of my HMO deals. Doing this exercise will help you plan ahead and make an informed decision on how you will analyse your future deals.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 18, 2022 • 17min
Using WhatsApp To Manage Your Tenants? Here's A Solution To Improving The Process & Getting Your Time Back
Are you managing your tenants on WhatsApp? Well, if you are then I bet you feel like you can never switch off and I bet you're cursing investing in HMOs in the first place. I remember what it was like and it’s really hard work but don’t worry, there are other ways of doing this. So in this episode, I’m going to talk about the problems that we had using WhatsApp and discuss some of the alternatives.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 16, 2022 • 1h 5min
How To Calculate The Commercial Valuation Of A HMO - Our Expert HMO Broker Ellie Broadhurst Reveals All
In today’s episode, I am joined by Ellie Broadhurst - an expert and a specialist in HMO mortgage and finance solutions. I’m going to ask Ellie about one important question that we all want to know the answer to, the million-dollar question - How do I know what commercial valuation my HMO is going to have? Find out in today’s episode.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 11, 2022 • 21min
Update On My Latest HMO, Our Commercial To Residential Projects & The Recent Ups And Downs In Business
It’s our 100th episode but today I’d like to share some of the frustrating and exciting stuff that is happening across all my businesses, which are all part of being a property investor.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 9, 2022 • 25min
Be Your Own HMO 'Expert' And Build The Best Business Possible - Here's How (10 steps)
What does it mean to become an expert and why is it important as a HMO investor? In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about what we need to know to consider ourselves as experts in our field and in the locations that we’re investing in. I’m going to share 10 things that if we master, we can then consider ourselves as experts in our field.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!

Mar 4, 2022 • 26min
My Journey & Struggle To Re-shape Property Education (Why I Built The HMO Roadmap & What You Can Expect)
As you know, I’ve been investing in HMOs for over a decade now and I’ve been to a lot of property networking and training myself. However, in my opinion, the property training industry is broken - people with very little credibility and actual real-life experiences are selling expensive courses.So in this episode, I’ll share with you my journey in building The HMO Roadmap to help you start without getting you out of pocket.Got any questions? Ask us in The HMO Community Facebook Group or become a member at The HMO Roadmap to help you start, scale, and systemise your HMO business. You can also follow me on Instagram @andygraham.hmo or follow The HMO Podcast on Facebook for more updates!