The HMO Podcast

In today’s episode, we are joined by Sarah Watt, the other half of Alt Street Property.Sarah and her husband Andrew were Australians who came to the UK in 2016 with seven years of experience in the Australian property market doing buy to lets and flips.And in this episode, Sarah shared how they started HMO investing in the UK, what she likes and hates about HMO, the challenges of building a portfolio as a non-dom, choosing the right tenants, and more. Plus, Sarah discussed a 6-bed Professional HMO case study with a 65% ROCE.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! 

One of the things that I noticed from my mentees and the HMO community, is they rarely have a business plan. And this surprises me because business plans are so useful. In fact, I have a business plan for every business that I want to start.So in today’s episode, I’m going to share the 10 reasons why you must have a business plan.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! 

One of the best ways to develop your knowledge, skills, and experience when it comes to investing in HMOs is to learn from other people who have already done what you want to do. And that’s why case studies are such a powerful learning tool. So in this episode, I’m going to talk about 7 incredible case studies that members of our HMO community have done for you to learn from and help you build a better HMO property business.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! 

In today’s episode, I’m going to highlight the 3 things that I think pose the biggest threat to HMO property businesses and what the impacts could mean, and what we can do about them.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! 

In today’s episode, we are joined by a special guest, Paul Shamplina of Channel 5's "Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords” and the Founder of Landlord Action. Paul has spent over 25 years in the legal field helping landlords and letting agents with problem tenants. And in this episode, we’re going to talk about a lot of topics like future-proofing our businesses as landlords and property investors, changes in the tenancy legislation, rental reform bill, abolition of Section 21 notices, and more.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! 

Typically, a HMO licence is renewed every five years and more regularly in some parts of the country. And in the last couple of days, I’ve been out on a couple of renewal inspections with a local authority.So in today’s episode, please bear with me as I’m going to have a rant because there were a few things and conditions imposed on me as a landlord that honestly pissed me off. Listen to find out what they are.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! 

Should you self-manage your HMO properties or should you hand this off to your local managing agent?A lot of my mentees really get stuck at this point and it’s because they don’t quite know what’s involved in managing HMOs, which is understandable because there’s a lot involved in managing HMOs.So in this episode, we’re going to discuss everything involved in managing HMOs to help you make an informed decision on whether you should self-manage or just use an agent.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! 

I’ve been inspecting my properties every quarter ever since 2010 but this time, I’ve decided to make a change and inspect the properties every single month. Find out why in this 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! 

In this episode, I am really excited to be joined by Architects Andrew and Mary of Elite Dwellings.Andrew and Mary shared about the reason why they started investing in HMOs, their strategy, how they’re making it work while still practicing their profession, and more insights! Plus, they shared a gorgeous 5-bed professional HMO with a 45% ROCE.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! 

As you know, I invested in some commercial property, a commercial to residential development. However, I haven’t shared how much I’m interested in it so in this episode, I’m going to share with you what I’m doing, why I’m doing it, and how I’ve been able to do it.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!