Speakers

Glenn Armstrong

Glenn is 50 years old and a property millionaire. His personal portfolio of 192 properties is worth over £30 million, and believe it or not this portfolio was built up from nothing in just 3.5 years!

Glenn has gone on to share his knowledge and the methodology of his success with would-be investors in the UK and abroad so that they too can achieve their dream of becoming truly financially free. Over 30 of Glenn's mentees are now equity millionaires in their own right.

Before becoming a property millionaire Glenn qualified as a mechanical design engineer then left where he was working to set up a mobile video library, which he built up into 15 video shops, and later sold for £1.5million in 1989.

Glenn has also in the past developed a mail order computer game company which within three years was worth over £12million.

It was June 2004 when Glenn turned his entrepreneurial attentions to property. His very first deal showed him that that there was serious money to be made if you knew what you were doing. Glenn's first deal was well below market value and was a "perfect" deal; he negotiated on a property worth £60k and bought it for £30k renting it back to the owner who still leases off him to this day!

Glenn's Top Tips for Would-Be Property Investors are:

Buy in the right area - a maximum of 1 hour from where you live so as to avoid a scatter gun approach.
Don't get carried away on buy-to-let refurbishments, examine your target market and do the refurbishments in accordance with this market rather than your personal tastes.
Choose your buying criteria and stick to it, focus on your cash flow and not capital appreciation.

Contact Glen on 01908 423700      www.glennarmstrong.com

John Paul - The LHA Expert

John Paul is a full time Property professional, who has built up a sizable portfolio of high cash-flowing properties for himself using LHA strategies.   

He has also helped many other Investors to significantly improve their bottom line on the properties he manages for them, using these strategies.

He is Managing Director of The Castledene Group, which is a property based group of companies located in the North East of England

He started property investing in May 2004 when, probably a bit like everyone else, he saw a good opportunity and went for it. He quickly built up a portfolio of 50 properties of mostly terraced houses, which he primarily rented to private tenants, not really caring for what were then termed DSS tenants.

Then on April 7^th 2008 all that changed. The LHA scheme was rolled out nationally and his properties were ideal for LHA Tenants. Where he had been getting rents of £300 – £350 for 2/3 bedroom properties, he was now able to get a minimum of £390 and up to £500 pcm under the new LHA scheme.

The only catch was, like most other Investors, he didn’t know anything about LHA. 

But he did see LHA as a huge opportunity, and set about creating systemised policies and procedures that the Castledene business could use to get all LHA payments made directly, and then use that as a selling point to attract other Landlords to use him to handle their properties.

Within 20 months of establishing Castledene Property Management, in August 2008, his company is looking after over 1000 properties, and have a further 2 branches planned for the end of 2010.  They have a 97.9% rate of getting paid direct from the Local Authorities!

John shares his expertise in this area, to help other investors, through his articles his website, and in his eBook, Mentoring Programmes and Training Days.

You can find out more about The LHA Expert at The LHA Expert

Rohan Weerasinghe

Rohan Weerasinghe (44) was thirteen years of age when his father died of multiple strokes and a heart attack in his mid forties, leaving his mother to look after her three sons.  Rohan was the eldest of the three boys and although he did not consciously realise it at the time, he took on an emotional responsibility to work as hard as he could so that ‘one day he could help his mum out financially’.

With his mother’s support and working in summer holidays, sometimes both night and day shifts, Rohan studied hard for 10 years and emerged from University with a PhD in Civil Engineering. By 1998, Rohan had developed a growing desire to break free the traditional channels of employment and become an independent consultant, enabling him to create a greater income and more freedom.

However, it took another three years before Rohan started on his true path towards building financial security and multiple sources of income.  He points out that he simply kept putting off taking action and allowed himself to get distracted.  Now as an international professional speaker Rohan is passionate and very direct about reminding people not to make the same mistake he made: “Don’t wait for the time to be perfect, it never will be so have the courage to re-educate yourself in the subjects or Wealth Creation, Stocks and Shares, Property or Entrepreneurship, whichever vehicle inspires you – but whatever you do, don’t wait, your life is too short!”.

Finally in 2002, Rohan and his business partner Raj Deb attended a three-day property course. Within twelve months of this first three-day course, and starting with virtually no money, Rohan and Raj had purchased over 35 properties and the portfolio continued to grow across the whole of the UK (and even included trading some properties in the USA).  Around the same time, Rohan also started applying the knowledge he had learnt on trading the stock market; all this in the space of just a few years.

Rohan smiles when asked about his new education: “I spent nine years within conventional education to earn my PhD only to start on an income of £16,000 per year.  Within a year of my first three-day Basic Training course on property with Tigrent Learning UK, we were able to make the same amount on just one property deal.  People told me ‘I had been ripped off’ when I paid for my property courses and these were people who were unhappy with their current jobs or careers.  I just wish they had shared the vision and courage to ignore the crowd because most of those very same people are still doing what they were doing seven years ago when they said ‘I was crazy’’.

Developing a multi-million pound property portfolio gave Rohan the chance to share his knowledge and skills with other. This rapid success and a strong gift for teaching and inspiring others led him to give back to the next generation of wealth creators, training others through Tigrent Learning UK: particularly under the following brands – Rich Dad™ Education, Making Money from Property With Martin Roberts and Building Wealth™ both in the UK and Australia. Rohan is now recognised as one the UK’s most inspirational Property and Mindset speakers and is often asked to comment on the current marketplace through expert eyes.  Rohan has helped thousands of people start out on their personal path towards financial freedom. He is invited to speak globally and in the last twelve months alone has educated investors in India, Canada and Australia.

See Rohan in action at the Berkshire Event here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n80Jljz-fH0

www.rohanlive.com

Karen Malin

The GI Consultant was started because a compliance director wanted one consultancy to work with a business that, in common with many others, dealt with financial services, mortgages and general insurance.

Busy advisers, brokers and administrators need practical help not a heap of extra work from compliance consultants, so that is what you get here: hands-on, practical, work with you kind of assistance and as much or as little as you need.

The GI Consultant was founded by someone who has ‘walked the walk’ in the worlds of life and pensions and insurance. The mission of this business is to help firms and self-employed individuals to do more of what they do best and to make compliance work for them, rather than becoming an extra burden.   

Karen Malin, whose vision this consultancy is all about, has been in the industry since 1980, a Registered Insurance Broker, Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and holder of the certificate in regulated customer care who has undertaken units of CeMAP and CeFA, still doing continuing professional development and keeping up to date with all things financial. 

Distance is no object; this business is set up to work remotely too.

Compliance is all about preventing things from going wrong. If everyone complied with the spirit of the regulations, customers would happily be getting great service and exactly what they paid for!  

m. +44 (0) 7890 113060   t. +44 (0) 330 111 6161 f. +44 (0) 330 111 6162

60 Cookridge Drive, Leeds UK  LS16 7HW

www.thegiconsultant.com    Blog: www.thegiconsultant.wordpress.com

Shimon Rudich

Rob & Mark are Full Time Professional Property Investors & Entrepreneurs. They have bought over 250 properties for themselves and their investors in less than 4 years before they were 30 years old. Their passion is Property, Business, Dealmaking & running events that empower investors of any level to take control of their financial future and create their own Property empire without full time work.

They own 4 Property companies and are best Selling Authors of “The 44 Most Closely Guarded Property Secrets” & “Make Cash in a Property Market Crash” You will also have seen them on Living TV, Channel 4, BBC Radio, the Independent & the Wall St. Journal.

Their goal is to create a minimum of 20 Property Millionaires from scratch in the next 9 months. Their belief is that ANYONE can do it with the right strategies, and they intend to prove it.

Rob & Mark both run large scale Property Buying Frenzy Events and teach people how to become full or part time professional investors themselves; buying 28% - 47.5%  Under Real Value as well as a Portfolio Building company that will build and manage a handsfree portfolio that people can use for retirement and to replace a pension.

They're just 2 'Ordinary Guys' who love doing Deals & have found a way to find the very best deals from the Estate Agents for Free, mostly by making a few mistakes in the beginning [like telling the agents we are investors looking for discounted property], having 4-5 years to build relationships & studying advanced negotiation techniques that have literally made us £100,000’s [including the Laws of Influence & NLP]

Rob & Mark will be sharing their "Insider Estate Agents secrets" with us in May 2010

Tony Newham

Key Commercial Solutions is lead by Tony Newham, an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Banking, who has many years experience in the financial sector.  Tony was previously regional head of commercial lending at one of the major UK banks.

In a rapidly changing and complex finance market, using an independent adviser like Key means you can access the best deals available at the most competitive rates, saving you both time and money. We are independent of all financial institutions and will use our expertise, our bulk buying power and our access to a wide range of commercial lenders to gain preferential lending rates for your business.

At our first meeting, we provide a full written quotation and then stick to it throughout.  In most cases, the savings you make on the finance we recommend will more than offset the cost of our fees.

And by gaining a thorough understanding of your company, we can present your needs to lenders to maximise the appeal of your business to them and find flexible, tailored ways to structure your commercial loan finance.

From first making contact, through to the arrival of your finance package, you will find us quick, friendly and efficient.  We aim to make the process easy for you, ensuring you can get on with running your business.

www.keycommercialfinance.co.uk      tonynewham@keycommercialfinance.co.uk

Tel:            0845 300 9053     Fax:           01484 646886     Mobile:   07988 417344

Download Tony's Presentation HERE

Matthew Moody - Matthew is a full-time professional property investor and entrepreneur.      

He lives with his wife Rebecca, and children Callum and Amelia in Northamptonshire and is passionate about property, business and marketing. He is always keen to dispel the myths of property investing, tell it like it is and stir up a bit of controversy.

With over 15 years corporate experience at senior management levels, Matthew started investing in property in 2004 and quickly built a multi-million pound portfolio generating significant cashflow. His strategy has always been focused on high-end professional houseshares where net cashflow of £500-£1,000 per house, per month is said to be achievable by anybody – provided they use the right tools and techniques to manage their properties.

Matthew has become one of the foremost expert on professional multi-lets (or HMO as they are known in the industry) with appearances on BBC2, Asian Star Radio and many speaking engagements. He hosts a blog where you can find out much more information about HMO’s at www.yourhmoexpert.com. He is also the author of the best-selling “HMO Survival Guide – Thriving In The Credit Crunch” and also runs a one-day HMO workshop.

Matthew is also one of the founding directors of Stanford Knight, a bespoke property consultancy who work one-on-one with investors located all around the country to help them achieve their dreams
His Talk for us is entitled:

"10 Cashflow Secrets" (which is backed by his new report out now) (www.stanfordknight.com/cashflowsecrets.html)

Paul Galbraith

Paul is a full-time property investor and developer who over the last 7 years has built an extensive portfolio of residential property in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Paul bought his first property at age 19, with no savings, without telling his parents, funding everything 100% off his own back by holding down 4 jobs & a full time degree at University (BA Hons in Jazz Studies) – buying a house made sense as he had to self-fund his education without the ‘bank of mum & dad’. By age 22 he’d single handily bought & refurbished 5 houses ‘on foot’ – his time was spent walking around the area where he lives with a rucksack full of tools doing the maintenance on his houses & carrying beds on his back several miles from one property to another. Funding was via. 0% credit cards, using his student loans to buy tools/ parts for refurbishment & re-mortgaging his properties to release capital increase. Paul then decided to quit University, ‘learn to drive’ & focused his attention on the property business full-time.

Paul is an accredited landlord in Leeds and as such, he’s been working with the Local Housing Allowance (the system that replaced Housing Benefit last year) for the last 5 years.  Spotting an opportunity with DSS tenants, Paul has built a large property portfolio and uses social housing to devastating effect.  He has no voids & limitless tenants for his rental portfolio which leaves him ample time to play in the rhythm section of his local jazz band.  Paul will give a talk called:

How To Recession Proof your Property Portfolio.  This is what you will learn:

Mark Jackson

Mark Jackson founder of Property Option Expert, has been using Lease Options and Rent to Own strategies since 2006, having helped many people move on and move in. With a strong ethic and a real passion for finding solutions and forging deals that benefit all involved you will find their approach refreshing, open and honest.

He has been using options for more than 3 years in the UK.  He is currently agreeing on average one sustainable option deal a day.

Besides distributing a regular newsletter simply full of expert tips on Property Options in the UK, Mark runs regular workshops to share his experience and help others succeed.  He also offers a personal mentoring service. 

Mark has taught Options at various venues across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast, Darlington and Harrogate.  He has written informative articles in YPN Magazine on putting Lease Options into Practice, and is the guy Simon Zutshi goes to for Lease Option training.

Just email Mark and the team at Property Option Expert to find out more.

Blog: www.optionexpert.co.uk   Website:  www.propertyoptionexpert.co.uk

Chris Weatherhead & Franco Sharpe - Property Equity Solutions

How often has a fabulous deal been struck only to be lost before completion? In the proffesional property invetors world a not often talked about part of the deal is the completion process. The process itself is vital to the success of every Investor and requires several important skills to ensure the process moves smoothly especially in todays market.
Chris and Franco have been managing completions for around six years and are here to talk about the importance of communication within the completion process to ensure the vendor's expectations are met and they are happy whilst ensuring the completion occurs as quickly as possible resolving any unforseen issues along the way.

Learn more about Deal Completion

Contact: t: 0800 012 2674             www.propertyequitysolutions.co.uk

Richard Shepherd - "Your Property Tutor" -  "How To Profit From Property Using Lease Options"

Richard Shepherd is a prolific property investor.  Following a career as a largely under-employed actor, Richard has built a property portfolio of over 50 properties in 2.5 years!  Richard is a charismatic & well-respected property expert with an eye for detail.  He constructs property portfolios for portfolio clients and armchair investors.  Richard is somewhat of a property investment theorist.  He's featured on the BBC, he writes articles for Your Property Networking Magazine, is on the Council of The Rent Back Charter Association.  His acclaimed Instant Success 1-day BMV workshop has produced many successful property investors - some of whom are now experts in their own right, and also The Mastermind University www.TheMasterminduniversity.com has lead to many investors replacing their income and becoming financially free - with many investors purchasing portfolios of 30-40 properties while on the programme!

Richard is admired by those who have come through his programmes which have been built on the premise of an ethical framework in how to attract and negotiate with motivated sellers, how to handle the repossession process, how to construct creative property deals in a difficult market.  What Richard's students love is that he isn't some investor who has been there and done it, he is out there walking the walk and talking the talk right now so he has hands on experience in THIS market.

Unlike many 'experts' teaching about lease options Richard has done them and is using them in this market.  In this talk, Richard will share with you how you can take advantage of the current market conditions to buy properties without even getting a mortgage!  What you will learn is:-

• How To Cut Through The Hype Of Lease Options
• When You Can Use A Lease Option
• How To Buy Properties Without Even Getting A Mortgage
• How To Skyrocket Your Monthly Cashflow Using Lease Options
• The Power Of Lease Options: Case Studies

Contact: -   t: 01254 970014       e:  info@yourpropertytutor.com        www.yourpropertytutor.com

John Davies of Hedge Property Investment

Hedge Property Investment eat, breathe and sleep property.  Our entire focus is on providing financial solutions for today's property investor.  We have a first-class reputation amongst many UK property investors, and constantly deliver outstanding results for our clients.  Whether you wish to build a small portfolio for your retirement pension, or you wish to become a full-time property business, we can help you hedge your investment - that is we can help you minimise the risk associated with property investment in general and maximise the return on that investment through tried and trusted methods.

Property Hedging is not just for the experts.  We can help you as we provide complete support and education for all property investors and property entrepreneurs. 

Contact:-     t:  0870 385 0512     e: admin@hedge-propertyinvestment.com        www.hedge-propertyinvestment.com 

"Accounting with Attitude" - Specialists in property tax for investors and developers.  Run by business people for businesspeople - not by number crunchers for the Revenue - we are not your traditional 'suits'.  All our team have experience outside accountancy so that we can work with you and talk 'real English'.

Contact - t: 01788 568161  e: dnicoll@jtdcertax.co.uk    www.jtdcertax.co.uk

Declan Metcalfe 

Declan Metcalfe started his marketing career in KP FOODS after leaving the Army.  During his time there he worked across a number of crisp and snack brands predominately Disco, Frisps and Roysters. In 1997 he was instrumental in taking KP Foods online, developing consumer websites for a number of key brands including Brannigans, McCoys and Discos. These included a number of world first including the a hand drawn flash website for Brannigans pub guide.  Declan began working agency side, initially with Leighton Media based in Sunderland where he was responsible for delivering a number of public and private sector digital marketing projects before heading up their small business solutions team. Subsequently Declan joined Calm Asylum based in Middlesbrough, where he worked predominately with start ups, including online businesses, developing and delivering their brands as Creative Director within the business.

Last year Declan started his own company, Better Brand Agency with partners Mark Easby and Peter Jones and has continued to work with public and private sector organisations helping them gain fresh customer insight and develop their brands. Social Media is an area Declan is extremely active in and works closely with organisations to help them create a culture of social media within their organisation as well as developing strategy, advises on consumer trend, and social media metrics. Earlier this year Better won 'best social media campaign' at the Digital Awards. Declan also writes articles and presentations regarding thefuture of brands, corporate customer responsibilities in relation to marketingpractice and implementing a social media strategies

Ken Day 

Ken Day is an Independent Business & Marketing Consultant & Trainer, and he set up his Marketing & Training Consultancy in the North East of England after spending over 30 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Managing Regional and National sales teams, preceded by 4 years in FMCG (Grocery Industry) and (just for good measure!) 2 years in Financial Services.

Ken has a select group of 1:1 clients he works with and he also holds regular Training Courses on Marketing and (by popular recent request) Presentation Skills. Ken has been instrumental in helping many of his clients obtain Grant funding from the Government's 'Train to Gain' Scheme, and he is always available to guide people through this very easy and quick process ... ask for more details!

On the Property Forum meeting Ken will be introducing some of the basics of 'How To Get Your Marketing Campaigns Right First Time', whether that be Landlords seeking to Market their Property portfolios cost effectively, Sourcing the best tenants, or indeed getting your marketing right for any other Business interests you may have.

t: 07887 824 431             e: ken@kendaymarketingandtraining.co.uk                               w: www.kendaymarketingandtraining.co.uk

David Hogg of Investment Solutions UK

David is a specialist buy to let mortgage broker (he was voted independent mortgage broker of the year last year) and he will be speaking on how to finance property during the credit crunch.

Investment Solutions prides itself on being an investment property specialist.  It's mortgage brokers are landlords themselves, they not only find you the best mortgage rates but can offer advice and support in all aspects of being a property investor and landlord.  If you need any help and support with anything property related come over and see us at the event.

Contact:- David Hogg      t: 0114 2541177 or 07775 842356        e:  david@investmentsolutionsuk.net      www.isbuytoletmortgages.co.uk