I've been on a mission this year to squeeze myself to release some equity and leverage borrowing options to acquire auction properties, and recently bought my 3rd of the year, giving a few basic learns from both my own experience and learning from others: - Always read the legal pack and get a second opinion/ quick solicitor check to read over it, as there may be hidden snags that don't always seem apparent at first glance. - Have your funding secured in principle plus a contingency option before bidding; some mortgage brokers and bridging finance options are much more reliable/ better value/ easier to work with than others, so have some confidence in what you can borrow first, plus a tight deadline and back up option in case it goes wrong. Don't rely on a single contact or source even if they're known to you. - Buy, refurbish, refinance, rent: Clearly auctions are prime opportunities to start the ball rolling and get on this ladder as you can undoubtedly buy below market value, but be realistic about your valuations which determine how much you can remortgage/ release. An estate agent valuation based on open market predictions/ confidence is very different to a RICS surveyor sent from the lender, so do your sums accordingly. Happy hunting people :)

Happy to have agreed a purchase for a big garage space next to a property recently purchased and being renovated as a SA. Pleased to see it come through as I bought the house with the plan/ hope to then buy the garage space, so massively improves the contractor opportunities having a large secure unit with the property.

What are we all working on this week to move the needle in your business?? - Content: Im going to focus on some content today and tomorrow, keeping you all up to date on the latest stuff. - Ads: work on ads to get more landlords and management client. - Relationship building: I have a few networking event planned as well. always great to speak to people in business and in property. Would be great to hear what you guys are up to?

Happy Monday people am ready for a great week looking forward to Wednesday night mastermind as we're gonna be going over everything to do with AI and service accommodation a lot of things have taken a massive turn in the AI world over the last month or so there's a lot of things that we can do to help us run our business so let me know in the comments below if you're gonna be able to make the call on Wednesday night!!

Hey team, I have a few free tickets for the Short Stay Summit in London April 22nd 1000 people will be there it's the best event in the country Saves you £200 Who wants the free ticket? @Adam Hindley feel free to @ everyone for this