Welcome to Inside Property Investing!

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!

OUR PODCAST

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

Discover over 300+ podcast episodes to learn from

What do you want to learn 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 learn 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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Ready to
dive deeper?

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.

Discover all of our free tools & resources

Connect With Us &
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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“If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, bu

In 2015 we bought and renovated our own home. This

In 2015 we bought and renovated our own home. This was the last project we completed where we haven't used private finance. Since then, investors have helped finance every single buy to let, HMO, serviced apartment and development that we've added to our portfolio.
Some have been funded on a debt basis, and some equity (joint ventures). But the point is, not having enough of our own cash didn't need to be the end of our growth.
And it doesn't need to be the end of yours either! Our free sessions on private finance started on Thursday but are running for another week, so there's still time to join us if you want to explore whether or not private investors are right for your property business.
#propertyinvestment #propertyinvestor #buytolet #buytoletinvestment #propertydevelopment #financialfreedom

Wooo hooo! Step 1 of the planning strategy for thi

Wooo hooo! Step 1 of the planning strategy for this building was successful. We submitted a permitted development application for the change of use from office to 9 apartments, and that has been approved today by Stockport council. The next step is to submit a full planning application for external changes to the building. We could have submitted this all as a single application and saved ourselves some time in the process, but we decided to split them for good reason.
New developments are often subjected to Section 106 charges made by local councils, which pay for things like transport improvements to the local area. But permitted development schemes are exempt from these Section 106 charges. In Stockport, the S106 charge is about £1,500 per occupant, and with our 9 apartment scheme providing housing for potentially up to 25 people, that would result in a charge of £37,500!
That's a big saving for the sake of waiting 56 days for the permitted development change of use to be approved first, and then submitting a follow up application for external changes that don't impact the number of occupants in the development.
It's so important to have good people around you on any construction project who can advise on the best way to run different aspects of a project.
Hopefully this tip might help you out on one of your projects some day!
#propertydevelopment #buytolet #buytoletinvestment #propertyinvestment #planningpermission #ukarchitecture #permitteddevelopment

Lots of reasons to consider alternatives to banks

Lots of reasons to consider alternatives to banks and bridging finance! Which is the biggest reason for you?
Remember to join our training on private finance for buy to let investors and property developers this coming Thursday. DM for more details!
#ukpropertyinvestment #buytolet #landlordlife #propertydevelopment #investmentproperty

Ouch! That’s a lot of fees and ‘hidden’ cost

Ouch! That’s a lot of fees and ‘hidden’ costs for bridging/development funding. Don’t get me wrong, we still use it on projects, but private is always our first option, whether it’s a simple buy to let, or a large property development project.
Significantly cheaper over the life of a project! Have I forgotten any fees?
#buytolet #buytoletinvestment #propertyinvestment #propertydevelopment #ukpropertyinvesting

Article 4 directives are the death of HMOs!!! Or a

Article 4 directives are the death of HMOs!!! Or are they?
Another clip from this week’s podcast. Have you got any HMOs in article 4 areas? Would you consider taking on the planning risk?
#hmoproperty #buytoletinvestment #planningpermission #propertydevelopment #propertyinvestment

Private investors are the holy grail to expand you

Private investors are the holy grail to expand your property business.
✅ 1) There’s an abundance of it out there
✅ 2) There’s huge demand from people with money, who trust in U.K. bricks and mortar
✅ 3) It’s a cheaper, quicker and easier option for you than traditional bank applications
Are you joining our training on July 21st to learn more?
#propertyinvestment #ukpropertyinvesting #buytolet #propertydevelopment #buytoletinvestment #raisingprivatefinance

9 years ago I left my comfortable life in a well p

9 years ago I left my comfortable life in a well paid graduate job, living in a low cost city (no sob story here 😂) because I’d grown up watching too much @sarah.beeny
Not gonna lie, it’s been tough at times. But it’s been the best decision I ever made as well!
Can’t wait to see what the next 9 years bring.
Frustrated that you haven’t started yet? Tomorrow’s the next best time to start!
#financialindependence #propertyinvestment #buytolet #throwback #ukpropertymarket

Do you ever get bogged down in what the ‘right’ decision is for your business? The right decision for your business is whatever the right decision is for you!
Your business should exist to help you achieve your goals - that’s it. So next time you’re not sure which direction to go in, ask yourself which option gets you closer to your own personal goals.
And… if you don’t have clarity on your own goals, that’s something you need to address pronto!
For more context check out podcast episode 360!
#businessgrowth #ukpropertyinvestment #propertydevelopment #buytolet #buytoletinvestment

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