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Inside Property Investing was started by us, Mike & Victoria Stenhouse, to document the ups and downs of creating our property portfolio. We’ve gone from living on building sites and working all hours to sailing the world on our floating home – all thanks to property investing.

We now want to help you navigate the UK property investment world – setting the right goals, understanding the different investment strategies, and building a portfolio to help you achieve financial freedom!

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Learn from the best in the industry

Inside Property Investing is one of the original UK property podcasts, meaning we have a backlog of valuable free content covering every aspect of investing in the UK property market.

Every week we bring you an exclusive interview with an inspiring property investor to help you understand how to succeed in growing your own property business.

As well as that, Mike & Victoria regularly share the successes and struggles of their own property business – growing a team, growing a portfolio, and running it all remotely whilst travelling the world.

Latest Episodes

354: Is now a good time to invest in the UK property market?

August 31, 2021

353: Can you really become financially free from property?

August 23, 2021

352: Discovering a £600/month addition to our latest HMO project

August 17, 2021

351: 5 steps to your most productive 90 days ever

August 9, 2021

Property Investing With Passion

Mike & Victoria Stenhouse

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What do you want to about?

In addition to our weekly property podcast, we’re slowly building out our blog with free guides to all aspects of property investing. New categories will be added below as they’re released.

Strategy Definition

Picking the perfect property investment strategy is unique to your own circumstances and goals, but understanding the pros and cons of each is the best starting point.

Finance & Investors

Money is one of the 3 essential resources we need to succeed in property investment. Whether it's your own, a bank's, or from private investors, we break it all down for you here.

What do you want to about?

Inside Property Investing is one of the original UK property podcasts, meaning we have a backlog of valuable free content covering every aspect of investing in the UK property market. Every week we bring you an exclusive interview with an inspiring property investor to help you understand how to succeed in growing your own property business. As well as that, Mike & Victoria regularly share the successes and struggles of their own property business – growing a team, growing a portfolio, and running it all remotely whilst travelling the world.

Goal Setting

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Strategy Definition

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Sourcing

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Purchasing

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Finance & Investors

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Managing Renovations

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Property Management

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Business Development

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As well as the wealth of free content available on our podcast and blog, we create a range of guides and tools to help you build a deeper understanding of different strategies and start to build your own portfolio. Feel free to download our most popular guides below, or click ‘View All Guides’ to see all of the free tools that are available for you.

Introduction to HMO Investing

Ready to find out if HMO investing is right for you? This guide shares an introduction to the market, case studies and answers to our most frequently asked questions.

30+ Property Tasks to Outsource

Being an investor doesn’t mean doing everything yourself – the quicker you bring on a team the quicker you can grow. Here’s where we suggest getting help early on.

Financial Goal Setting Guide

Setting goals is the first step to success, so before you jump in to your first deal this guide will help make sure you’re on the right path to the life you want to lead.

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Follow Our Journey

One things we’re passionate about (you might have already realised this by now) is getting our hands dirty with our own projects to practice what we preach and keep our own knowledge up to date. Sharing both the ups and the downs of these projects means that you can learn from what has gone well, avoid what goes wrong, and take inspiration and ideas from our strategies, interior designs, and business model.

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New awning day! And yet another photo from Will wh

New awning day! And yet another photo from Will where he manages to capture a plane flying overhead.
There’s either a lot of planes or he’s very patient… 🤷🏻‍♀️ #ipibrewery #stockport #stockportunderbank #rediscoveringtheunderbanks #stopinstockport #sk1 #commercialconversion #buytolet #landlord #propertydevelopment #propertydeveloper #propertynews #propertybusiness #realestate #propertymarket #renovation

Let there be light 💡 One of the final delays on

Let there be light 💡 One of the final delays on this project was the new electricity connections. Will has been chasing them daily for months, but still back and back it got pushed. It blows my mind how many businesses continue to blame covid for delays and incompetence, but we got there in the end 🥳 New meters finally installed, and it’s great to see the lights on in the living space of the first floor apartment. In other news, the decorators are almost finished, meaning we’ve just got flooring and snagging before we call this project complete 🏆 The kitchen is in and tiled (picture two) and the bathrooms are finished (picture three). I LOVE the bathrooms here - what do you think? #ukproperty #ukpropertymarket #ukpropertyinvestment #ukpropertyinvesting #ukpropertydeals #ukpropertydevelopment #propertyinvestment #propertyinvestor #buytoletinvestment #buytolet #propertydevelopment #propertydeveloper #commercialtoresidential #buildtorent #stockport #stockportbusiness #stockportoldtown

Babies first site visit. Gotta start them young! A

Babies first site visit. Gotta start them young! Anyone know where we can get a tiny hard hat?! 🏗 P.S I’m really happy with this half tile/half brick wall vibe in the kitchen of this flat. Probably overkill for a single let, but the building has so much character and I want to do it justice! Do you like it? #propertybaby #ipibrewery #greenkitchen #propertyparents #sitevisit #babyonboard #brickslips #constructionbaby #propertymum #commercialconversions #propertyinvestor #landlord #buytolet #propertydeveloper #renovation #instakitchen #howdenskitchen #howdenshome

HELP PLEASE 🙏 We’re looking at this house as

HELP PLEASE 🙏 We’re looking at this house as a potential family home, and whilst it ticks pretty much every box on our list, we can’t decide if there’s a ground floor layout that really suits what we’d be looking for. Requirements: large open plan kitchen/diner; separate lounge; playroom; utility; pantry; downstairs WC. We’ve been through virtually every option and have a shortlist of the most viable options. Our favourite is the last one, but what do you think? I’ve also included the site plan so you can see it’s got quite a small back garden but a decent (private) front garden. That rules out any sizeable rear/side extensions. Option 1 gives us the rooms we want, but the open plan is an awkward shape, and we lose the best fireplace in the house which V wants in the lounge. Option 2 keeps the lounge where we want but the open plan is still an awkward shape. Option 3 is a big open plan, but I think 2.7m is too narrow for a decent kitchen with an island… it also takes up the garage conversion which is the least characterful part of the house - ideal for utility room, WC etc. (we could extend sideways, but it’s an expensive option we’d rather avoid if possible). Option 4 - our current fav, albeit requiring a small rear extension to square off the open plan space. It’s basically an improved version of option 2. We’d likely have crittall doors between the open plan and the lounge as well. Let me know which you think works best, or if you’ve got any better ideas for us! #interiordesignideas #interiorarchitecture #architecture #construction #ukconstruction #housedesign #ukproperty #ukpropertymarket #houseflipping #flippinghouses #propertyinvestment #propertydevelopment #propertydeveloper #ukpropertyinvestment #ukpropertyinvesting #hgtvuk #hgtv #fliporflop #homerenovation #homerestoration

First day back after the holidays? Same here, albe

Ahem…. Day 12 of property in a pear tree 🙈 S

Ahem…. Day 12 of property in a pear tree 🙈 Sorry we disappeared off the face of the planet during our own Instagram challenge, in hindsight we probably didn’t pick the best timing to host one and you can probably guess what happened! Our beautiful daughter Clementine arrived last Friday, and our world has been turned upside down (for the better!) We will be back soon (ish) but for now we are signing out to enjoy our first Christmas as a family. Thank you to everyone who took part in the challenge and thanks to everyone who continues to support us via Instagram, listening to our podcast, coming on our open days or buying our courses. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Mike, Victoria, Douglas 🐾, Blue 🐾 and Clementine 🍊 #propertyinapeartree #7daysofproperty #newparents #babyannouncement

Is cashflow a dirty word? It’s day 11 of #proper

Is cashflow a dirty word? It’s day 11 of #propertyinapeartree, and today’s theme is your biggest struggle, mistake or challenge this year! The easy option would have been to talk about C-v. I think it’s hit us all this year. Developers have struggled with delays to projects, delays from lenders, delays in sourcing good deals. But everyone else in the chain has struggled as well. Builders have had a tough time getting hold of materials, pricing jobs accurately with cost fluctuations, and controlling their own labour, never mind sub-contractors. There’s been a huge surge in demand through the market as well, impacting everyone from estate agents to solicitors to contractors and suppliers. If you’ve made even 10% of the progress this year that you planned for, I take my hat off to you! And if you haven’t, don’t beat yourself up. Property is a slow game, and 12 months in the grand scheme of things is irrelevant. Just come back in the new year ready to try again! 🥊 But despite the external environment this year, it’s a great reminder of just how important cashflow is to any business at any time - whether things are good or bad. It’s just as easy to overextend yourself in a buoyant market as it is to run out of cash in a recession. And we’ve had some challenges to deal with this year. Good deals coming up, but existing ones moving slower than expected. Project costs escalating, programmes extending into the horizon. And refinances taking an eternity with slow valuations and slower legals. This business is a constant juggling act. But one thing Victoria and I decided early on is never to take on a single project that can break us. It’s a rule we live be, so whilst cashflow has been tight at times, we’ve always been able to stay afloat. No single project is worth betting the farm on. And despite the difficulties this year, that rule has kept us in the game. Hopefully next year will be different, will be better. But there will always be a new obstacle to overcome as well. So even if you’re frustrated just now with how ‘slow’ your progress is, the fact you’re still in the game is something to be proud of. This is a marathon, not a sprint! 🏃‍♂️

‘The last thing to make me jump for joy’ is th

‘The last thing to make me jump for joy’ is the theme for day 10 of the #propertyinapeartree challenge, and how could I go for anything but the imminent arrival of our little girl. At first I was grateful when we found out Victoria was pregnant. Then it became an instinct to protect whilst V struggled over the summer. The past few months have been a slow dawn of terror. I have literally zero idea just how radically our life is about to change or how we’ll possibly have time to do everything we do in addition to looking after a tiny human. But the past week or two the overriding emotion has been joy/excitement. I can’t wait to meet her, I can’t wait to see Victoria and baby together. And I can’t wait to have a new ‘reason why’ that will shape every decision we make from here on. I’m grateful for all the positive messages of support we’ve received over the past 9 months. And particularly to those dads who have reached out to give me the real inside scoop on what to expect. You know how you are! So it’s not property related. But property has given me the freedom to know I can take all the time I need to look after mum and baby. And that in itself is pretty special! #newdad #dadtobe #expecting #38weekspregnant #financialfreedom #propertyinvestment #propertyinvestor #7daysofproperty #realestateinvestor #buytolet #ukproperty #ukpropertymarket #ukbuytolet #grateful #jumpforjoy #ukinvestment #hgtv #propertycouple #richdadpoordad #propertylife #investorlife

Hey there! Always feels funny introducing ourselve

Hey there! Always feels funny introducing ourselves but we included this in the #propertyinapeartree challenge as social media moves so quickly that there’s always someone new reading, and it’s great to give you an idea of who we are, what we do, and what’s important to us. So here goes (with the short version)… We are Mike & Victoria Stenhouse, the faces behind the Inside Property Investing account and podcast. We met over a decade ago in the corporate world and started investing in property together almost immediately. At first it was super hands on - doing virtually everything ourselves on our early flips - but gradually we’ve focussed more on building a team and our business. We have big plans to increase our portfolio by 500 units over the next 10 years, but there’s no way we could do it on our own. The investment focus is very much on converting unloved and under-utilised commercial buildings into modern residential spaces, and this all takes place in or close to Stockport. We’re not from here (V from Sale; M from Scotland), but it’s been home for the last 6 or 7 years… At least it has been for part of that time. A few years ago we sold our home in order to buy a catamaran and sail the world. We’ve lived on board for most of the past 3 years, continuing to run and grow our business, but the big C word messed our plans a little resulting in us coming back to the U.K. for winter. The most recent update is that Victoria is 9 months pregnant (38 +2 today) so we’re expecting the latest addition to the team to arrive very soon! Yes, we’ll keep investing after she arrives, and yes, we’ll be going back to the boat with her as well 🥳👶⛵️ #propertyinvestors #propertyinvestment #propertyinvesting #propertydevelopment #propertydeveloper #propertycouple #hgtvuk #7daysofproperty #landlord #buytolet #digitalnomads #nauticalnomads #homesunderthehammer #fliporflop #propertymarket #ukpropertymarket #realestate

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