MANAGING DIRECTOR

I was born and raised in the GRANITE CITY, AND EDUCATED IN ​MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. GIVEN i’ve ​never really left the city, I LIKE TO THINK I KNOW A THING OR TWO ​ABOUT IT.

I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, WORKING AS A ​PIPING ENGINEERING CONSULTANT. THIS REQUIRES COMPLETE ATTENTION ​TO DETAIL, TIME MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION WITH ​CLIENTS. ACTING AS A CONSULTANT HAS ALLOWED ME TO UNDERSTAND ​THE PROCESSES AND REQUIREMENTS OF OWNING A BUSINESS ALREADY. ​ALL OF THESE SKILLS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL THROUGHOUT MY ​PROPERTY JOURNEY.

GROWING UP WITH A FAMILY INVOLVED IN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, AND ​THEN HAVING COMPLETED THE SELF BUILD OF OUR OWN HOME, I DECIDED ​TO PUT THE COCKTAIL OF ALL THE SKILLS I’D OBTAINED TO THE TEST AND ​ESTABLISH A PROPERTY INVESTMENT COMPANY.

HOWEVER I’M A COMPULSIVE LEARNER (AND QUITE RISK AVERSE), SO I ​DECIDED THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY A DECENT CHANCE THAT I DIDN’T IN ​FACT KNOW IT ALL AND I’D HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN BY ATTENDING ​PROPERTY TRAINING COURSES, MASTERMIND EVENTS AND PROPERTY ​RELATED NETWORKING EVENINGS AS WELL AS FORMING PROPERTY ​MENTOR RELATIONSHIPS. THIS HAS ENABLED ME TO GATHER AN EVEN ​BROADER KNOWLEDGE BASE OF ALL THINGS PROPERTY.

IF YOU HAVE EVEN A SMIDGEN OF INTEREST IN PROPERTY OR building ​your wealth, get in touch. there’s no catch here, I just love ​talking about property and sharing my knowledge and ​experience. it’s for some people and it’s not for others, but ​without the conversation, you’ll never know.

SPEAK SOON.

• HOW DO i KNOW WHAT A GOOD DEAL IS? How do I calculate this?
  
• what is the brrr method, and why SHOULD I CONSIDER IT?
  
• how can i access / leverage my existing assets?
  
• WHAT OTHER FINANCE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO ME?

These are all completely VALID QUESTIONS AND THEY DON’T EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE ON THE ​NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WE asked AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR JOURNEY. WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE ​TO TALK AND GO OVER ANY QUERIES. NO OBLIGATIONS, NO STRINGS.

MANY ESTABLISHED AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTY INVESTORS ARE TIME POOR. THAT’S WHERE WE CAN ​COME IN. AS WELL AS SOURCING DEALS FOR OUR OWN INVESTMENT PURPOSES, WE CAN SOURCE DEALS ​FOR YOU TOO.

FINDING DEALS, WHETHER ON-MARKET OR OFF-MARKET, IS TIME INTENSIVE. IT REQUIRES BUILDING ​RELATIONSHIPS, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, TIME TO ATTEND VIEWINGS AND NEGOTIATION. IF THAT’S NOT ​FOR YOU, WE CAN DO IT FOR YOU AND WE’LL TAILOR THE DEALS TO SUIT YOUR INVESTMENT CRITERIA.

We’ve been through the process from start to finish. we’ve worked with architects, the ​planning department, the SUPPLIERS AND THE TRADESMEN.

EACH DEVELOPMENT IS DIFFERENT, BUT THERE ARE REPEATABLE ACTIONS, AND WE’VE DONE THEM.

FROM ABOVE, YOU NOW KNOW WE CAN SOURCE PROPERTY DEALS FOR YOU, BUT WE CAN PROJECT ​MANAGE THE REFURBISHMENT TOO. WE HAVE THE CONTACTS AND EXPERIENCE TO TRANSFORM ​PROPERTIES INTO HIGH QUALITY HOMES ON BUDGET AND WITHIN SCHEDULE.

These values are the guiding principles of the business. They are more than words on a ​website and act as a framework for OUR decision making whilst setting us up for long ​term success.

RESULTS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF A BUSINESS. RESULTS NOT ONLY DETERMINE HOW SUCCESSFUL A ​BUSINESS IS IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. THEY PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE ​INFORMED DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

OUR STANDARDS MATTER AND THE QUALITY OF OUR PROCESSES MATTER. EXCELLENCE IS NOT ONLY ​DETERMINED BY THE END PRODUCT IN THE FORM OF A NEWLY REFURBISHED PROPERTY. IT ​PERMEATES THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM HIGH QUALITY PROPERTY TRAINING, CUSTOMER / INVESTOR ​SATISFACTION AND THE USE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY BROKERS, SOLICITORS AND TRADESMEN.

WE WANT TO GROW OUR WEALTH AND WE WANT TO GROW YOUR WEALTH...

bUT GROWTH IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE VOLUME OF MONEY THAT CAN CROSS HANDS OR FILL BANK ​ACCOUNTS. BUSINESSES DON’T GROW ON THEIR OWN, OR GROW BY ACCIDENT. THERE HAS TO BE ​INTENTION BEHIND GROWTH. WE TAKE CARE TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE A STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN ​WHICH WILL GUIDE THE BUSINESS IN THE YEARS TO COME.

TRANSPARENCY, TRUST AND OPEN COMMUNICATION IS THE BEDROCK OF ANY STRONG RELATIONSHIP. ​WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OPERATING UNDER THESE PRINCIPLES WITH AGENTS, CLIENTS AND OUR ​TEAM.

THERE ARE NO SMOKE AND MIRRORS OR SLEIGHT OF HAND. WE ARE STEADFAST IN OUR ​DETERMINATION TO OPERATE OUR BUSINESS ETHICALLY.

THE BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE TO CALL HOME HAS REMAINED CONSTANT ​THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THIS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN NEED TRANSLATES INTO A CONSTANT DEMAND FOR ​PROPERTY. AS AN INVESTOR, AT ANY LEVEL, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION ​WHILST ALSO BUILDING FOR YOUR OWN FUTURE FINANCIAL SECURITY. BELOW WE’LL EXPLORE THE ​ADVANTAGES OF PROPERTY INVESTMENT IN A BIT MORE DETAIL AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAN TAP INTO ​THE POTENTIAL RETURNS AVAILABLE.

PROPERTY INVESTMENT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ​FORMS OF INVESTMENT THAT EXISTS.

IT IS A TRIED AND TESTED MEANS OF BUILDING ​WEALTH IN THE LONG TERM AND DEPENDING ON ​THE METHOD OF INVESTMENT, A SOURCE OF ​REGULAR CASH FLOW IN THE SHORT TERM.

GENERALLY, AS A BUSINESS, WE ARE RISK AVERSE. ​WE LIKE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

DIVERSIFICATION IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS THE ​BEST WAY TO REDUCE RISK ACROSS AN ​INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

PROPERTY INVESTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ​INVESTMENT IN OTHER TRADITIONAL ASSET ​CLASSES IS A SENSIBLE WAY OF DIVERSIFYING AN ​INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

MOST TRADITIONAL INVESTMENT METHODS DON’T ​INVOLVE YOU BEING ABLE TO PHYSICALLY TOUCH ​OR SEE YOUR ASSET.

UNLIKE NUMBERS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN, ​PROPERTY CAN OFFER A SENSE OF STABILITY AND ​SECURITY, HOLDING YOUR INVESTMENT IN ​SOMETHING PHYSICAL.

PROPERTY VALUES AND RENTAL INCOME OFTEN ​INCREASE WITH INFLATION, PROTECTING YOUR ​INVESTMENT AGAINST THE DECREASING ​PURCHASING POWER OF CASH OVER TIME.

THERE’S MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER ​PROPERTY INVESTMENT IS A SOURCE OF PASSIVE ​INCOME OR NOT. THE REAL ANSWER TO THIS IS... ​SOMETIMES.

THE METHOD OF INVESTMENT IS WHAT WILL ​DETERMINE IF IT IS TRULY PASSIVE OR NOT.

PURCHASING OR SOURCING PROPERTIES AND ​THEN REFURBISHING AND REFINANCING IS TIME ​INTENSIVE. THE RENTAL PIECE, IS LESS SO AND IS ​FAIRLY PASSIVE.

WHAT IS PASSIVE, IS IF YOU CHOOSE TO INVEST ​WITH A PROPERTY INVESTMENT COMPANY WHICH ​OFFERS RETURNS ON CAPITAL INVESTED.

*THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE