Property Developer Show - The Podcast

Episodes

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  He Built a £20million Property Portfolio in 7 Years! | Chris King: Episode 121 30.10.2026 53m

  Chris King, director of Midpoint Homes, started his property journey in 2019 focusing on BRRs. He now has a portfolio of around 50 properties worth £20million, with an aim of transacting on 10 sites this year worth £16million. He’s doing everything from super HMOs, commercial conversions, temporary accommodation and serviced accommodation to his first international villa build in Marbella. In this episode he covers how a contractor’s fake invoices cost him around £500k and why he thinks BRR ...
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  He Bought a Trashed Industrial Site for £200k. Now It’s Valued at £1.3m! | Karl Pearce: Episode 120 23.10.2026 43m

  Karl Pearce is an ex-Royal Navy serviceman, business owner and property investor who bought an industrial site in Cornwall for £200,000, despite it having a cannabis farm, 2,500 tonnes of fly-tipping and 15 enforcement notices. After investing just shy of £600,000 transforming the site, he secured a £1.3 million valuation. Having sold his residential portfolio to focus entirely on commercial property, Karl joins us to explain why he believes the numbers make more sense, with build costs arou...
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  What It Really Takes to Succeed in Property (300 Franchisees Later) | Chris Kirkwood: Episode 119 16.10.2026 49m

  What does it really take to be successful in property? Chris Kirkwood has seen the answer play out hundreds of times. Chris has been investing for around 15 years, starting with buy-to-lets in Salford before moving into rent-to-rent and, more recently, new build development. He’s now Property Director at Sourced, the company behind a 300-strong property investment franchise network. Its franchisees source deals for investors or run their own projects, from flips and refurbs to HMOs, commercia...
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  1,000 Deals & 36 Years in Property Later! What’s the Secret to Long-Term Success? | Kam Dovedi: Ep 118 09.10.2026 46m

  In 1989, a 19-year-old Kam Dovedi signed on the dotted line for a family member’s mortgage. Then the market crashed, interest rates soared and he found himself in negative equity, two weeks from repossession. 36 years later, Kam is one of the UK’s most experienced property investors and developers. With nearly 1,000 deals under his belt across buy-to-let, HMOs, semi-commercial and development schemes. Around 80% of his time goes on investing and developing, and the rest on training the next g...
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  She Built a £2.4M Portfolio at 23 After Dropping Out of Uni | Jess Cleary: Episode 117 02.10.2026 55m

  Jess Cleary dropped out of uni at 21 and has since built a multi-million pound property business as well as a marketing agency. We get into how she balances a trading business with a property business and why property isn't a cashflow business. We cover the burnout that nearly made her quit and the hate she receives online. If you're young, ambitious and wondering whether to take the leap into property, this one's for you. 🎟️ Join us live at the Property Developer Show as we tour diff...
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  Are HMOs Still Worth It? Here’s Why This HMO Landlord Actually Wants Article 4 | Leon Hart: Ep 116 25.09.2026 41m

  Eight years ago Leon Hart was working at Euro Car Parts, driving to Manchester after his shift for viewings and sleeping on horrible mattresses at weekends so he and his brother Kyle could paint student houses. Now the Hart brothers develop and own HMOs across the North West and fund them with private investor money. In this episode Leon explains how he got out of rent-to-rent, the daily posting habit that raised investor finance on and why he actually welcomes Article 4. He also talks hones...
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  What The Planning Portal Data Actually Shows About UK Development Right Now | Jack Johnson: Ep 115 18.09.2026 42m

  Jack Johnson is Head of Land at TerraQuest and National Planning Portal, the platform through which virtually most planning applications in England and Wales is submitted. With a front-row seat to the data behind UK development, Jack sees what most developers don't: what's actually being submitted, where money is flowing, and what's separating the developers who are thriving from those who are treading water. 🎟️ Join us live at the Property Developer Show as we tour different cities across t...
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  He Turned a Derelict Georgian Estate Into an Aparthotel! 48 Years in Property | Ian Morton: Ep 114 11.09.2026 49m

  Ian Morton has spent 48 years in and around property, making him one of the most experienced voices in the UK development space. Specialising in heritage sites, Grade I and Grade II listed buildings, Ian has converted everything from Georgian merchant houses and country estates to schools, churches and a canal barge placed on a roundabout in Leeds. His apart-hotel Claremont in Leeds and the 7-year, three-phase conversion of Marske Hall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park stand as testaments ...
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  How He Completed 23 Property Deals in 12 Months | Dan Cheetham: Episode 113 04.09.2026 38m

  Dan Cheetham is a property trader and investor who, in just 12 months, has completed 23 property deals. His approach? Buying stock that shouldn't be in auction in the first place, no heavy refurbs, no complicated developments, just smart buying, solid fundamentals, and an obsession with purchase price. Dan shares what it actually took to build that pipeline from a near-standing start. We get into his auction model in detail, how he prices risk on properties he's never seen and why he walked ...
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  Lessons from 30 Years in Business: Finance, Hiring Abroad & AI | Richard Eyre: Ep 112 28.08.2026 52m

  Richard Eyre is a property and business specialist with over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience across 7 different industries. He's the founder of The Key Club, an education and community platform for property investors and business owners, as well as a driving force behind the Property Entrepreneur Summit, which brings together 300-400 delegates annually. Rich has become one of the most honest and practical voices in the UK property and business space. Rich breaks down the foundational ...
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  He's Been Involved in Over £1billion of UK Property Development! | Steven Carnes: Ep 111 21.08.2026 53m

  Steve Carnes is a property developer with over 30 years’ experience in the industry, having worked at Knight Frank and Savills, before moving into property development full-time. Since then, he’s delivered north of £1 billion in GDV across city centre conversions, tower buildings and large-scale mixed-use schemes. In this episode, Steve pulls back the curtain on what large-scale development actually involves, from navigating complex planning processes and the challenges of developing in city...
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  Inside the Mind of a Property Developer | Dion Ferra: To The Point 14.08.2026 11m

  Dion Ferra went from homeless at 17 to building a property portfolio, after working as a labourer and mechanic while running his own 500-client mechanic business. Dion joins us for this special bonus episode of To The Point to answer seven quick-fire questions. From what he'd do if he were starting again today to how he learnt about property, this episode is packed with insights from an active SME property developer. To hear Dion’s full episode, head to https://youtu.be/xLFIt0xZMy8 🎟...
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  £10million Property Pipeline at 28 & 30! 😳 | Georgia Braithwaite & Jacob Jones: Episode 110 07.08.2026 55m

  Georgia Braithwaite and Jacob Jones have built a pipeline over £10 million. They started the traditional way (Jacob bought his first buy-to-let at 19), got serious with a mentor and haven't stopped since. They currently have 12 active refurbs on the go. We get into what scaling a property business actually looks, the cashflow juggle, finding the right investors and why they love buying at auction. 🎟️ Join us live at the Property Developer Show as we tour different ci...
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  Everything You Need to Know About Title Splitting! | Rachel Knight: Episode 109 31.07.2026 58m

  Rachel Knight is the founder of TitleSplit. A landlord since 2005 and former corporate sales director at one of the UK's credit bureaus, Rachel left a high-flying career in 2015 to do property properly and discovered a strategy that had been hiding in plain sight for centuries. Today she runs a training and consultancy business helping experienced landlords and developers extract enormous equity from properties they already own or are buying, through the structured process of splitting titles...
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  How He Turned a £405,000 Bungalow into a £1,100,000 Home | Dion Ferra: Episode 108 24.07.2026 42m

  Dion Ferra’s journey took him from labourer, to mechanic and now property developer. Left homeless at 17, Dion quietly built a portfolio of social housing stock while running his own mechanic business with 500 clients. Dion breaks down the differences between investing and developing, why ground-up is a completely different game full of trap doors most people don't see coming. We get into the importance of team, killing your ego, building agent relationships, joint ventures, daily rout...
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  Getting Started in Property? What He’d Do Differently After 4,500 Deals | John Howard: To The Point 17.07.2026 7m

  John Howard has completed more than 4,500 property deals over a property investing and development career spanning more than 40 years. Best known for his appearances on Property Elevator and his decades of experience in the UK property market, John joins us for this special bonus episode of To The Point to answer seven quick-fire questions. From what he'd do if he were starting again today to his favourite property strategy and the lessons he's learned along the way, this episode is packed w...
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  Turning a £474,500 Auction Purchase into £900,000 | Bernadette Anderson: Episode 107 10.07.2026 44m

  Bernadette Anderson is an award-winning property developer and investor based in London. From navigating down valuations and tight auction deadlines to managing development finance in one of London's most competitive boroughs, Bernadette brings a level of rigour and resilience to her deals that most developers never achieve. We get into the Richmond development that won her the award, a project that included two down valuations, both successfully challenged and a final valuation of £900,000 ...
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  He’s Traded 850+ Properties Over 40 Years! Here’s Everything He Knows | Episode 106: Paul Ribbons 03.07.2026 53m

  Paul Ribbons has spent four decades investing in UK property as a property trader, buying unmodernised houses on the open market and selling them on at auction. With more than 850 deals completed and two full boom-and-bust cycles behind him, Paul has seen this market from every angle. In this episode, he explains what actually causes a property crash and what four decades of hindsight taught him about reading the market instead of following the crowd. We get into where prices go next, how st...
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  We're Building a New Business From Scratch: The First 9 Months | Episode 104 19.06.2026 52m

  Scott Williams & Shane Traynor have been building a new business from scratch and this is what the first 9 months looked like. In this episode, we document the real behind-the-scenes of launching the Property Developer Buying Club (PDBC), a membership club giving SME developers, landlords and property professionals access to exclusive discounts, deals and preferential rates on the products and services they already use day-to-day. From onboarding members and building supplier partnership...
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  How He Retired at 35 With a £10,000,000 Property Portfolio | Daniel Hill: Episode 103 12.06.2026 49m

  Daniel Hill retired at 35 after building a £10 million property portfolio, but he didn't stay away for long. Having completed more than £100 million of property projects, Daniel joins us to share the lessons he's learned from decades of property investing and development. In this episode, we discuss reducing risk, navigating difficult markets, building sustainable wealth, the mindset required to take on bigger deals, and why Daniel believes today's market could be one of the greatest opportu...