Episodes

This week on Ask Rob & Rob, Jane Cooper asked: My tenant is in arrears but wants me to fix it! What should I do? Annoyingly, the answer is that you probably have to stick to your side of the bargain, even if your tenant isn’t...

Property investing is a business just like any other, so why shouldn’t you build a team instead of trying to do it all yourself? Whether you’ve got a big portfolio to manage, or you’re struggling to get started because you’re...

This week on Ask Rob & Rob, Sam Brown from London asked: Should I pay for a rental guarantee? Ultimately, it all comes down to your tolerance to risk. Both Robs do go for it, even though it’s a luxury – it should also be ment...

This week we’re exploding 5 of the most common myths you’ll hear if you spend any amount of time listening to the media (or “gurus”) when it comes to property. It’s not just an opportunity for us to get on our high horse and ...

This week on Ask Rob & Rob, Graeham asked: Am I a bad person for being a landlord? A slightly tongue-in-cheek question, but an interesting one nonetheless. The answer is clearly no, but there is nuance to be considered: at on...

A different type of episode this week, as we flip on the microphone to record the type of business-related discussion that we typically have over coffee (or distract ourselves with when we’re meant to be working): is it advan...

This week on Ask Rob & Rob, a Mystery Guest asked: What’s better: property or shares? There are lots of pros and cons either way! Property can be leveraged and normally offers higher returns, but some people do very on shares...

Our first nationwide local meetups are TONIGHT – so to mark the occasion, we thought we’d dedicate this episode to questions you can ask other property investors you come across. (And if you haven’t booked your place on a mee...

This week on Ask Rob & Rob, Niraj asked: Should property investors use a limited company? Never an easy decision! The answer touched on weighing up yield and capital growth, as well as the impact of tax on your final financia...

A short podcast this week, in which we announce…that we’re going twice-weekly! Yes, that’s double as much property podcast goodness for the hard-to-beat price of “nothing at all”. If your’e a subscriber already, you don’t nee...

This week we’re sharing 5 of our favourite negotiation techniques…oh you’ve twisted our arm, we’ll make it 6…fine, we’ll throw in a big announcement and a Resource of the Week, can’t say fairer than that. Among other things, ...

A sorry tale, a warning and a therapy session all rolled into one this week as we tell the story of how Rob B lost £40,000 on a single deal. We rub the salt ever deeper as we examine: How Rob found the deal in the first place...

It’s a frequent debate, which has had fuel added to it by the recent Budget measures: should I shelter my property investments within a limited company? There are benefits in terms of inheritance tax and treatment of financin...

The Budget came as a bit of shock for property investors, but there’s no need to admit defeat! After explaining the changes last week, in this episode we’re sharing ideas for what to do about them. (If you haven’t listened to...

We were anticipating a quiet few years for property investors with the Conservatives in power, but how wrong we were… The emergency Budget contained a lot that will directly affect investors – among the measures, an absolute ...

Investing in property is never going to happen unless you can find properties to buy in the first place. And rather than just buying whatever your local estate agent has in stock, you want to find the right property: a deal t...

This 18 year property cycle we’ve been going on about for the last year…is it all just a scam? That’s what we’re asking this week, in response to a voicemail from a listener who expressed doubts about the veracity of the data...

We all have a finite amount of cash, and that puts a ceiling on the total size of your portfolio: when the money for deposits runs out, the only way to buy more is to hope the market rises so you can refinance. Unless, that i...

When you’re viewing a property, it’s useful to have a checklist to make sure you don’t miss anything important – whether that’s to do with the area, the property itself, or the vendor’s situation. A listener asked us what we ...

This week we’re guiding you through the process of conducting a portfolio review: an important process to conduct at least annually so you can course-correct and measure your progress towards your goals. The steps we suggeste...

This week we’re talking about something we don’t know that much about (no change there then): commercial property. It’s a very different asset class from residential property in terms of its benefits, drawbacks and risk profi...

This week we’re pulling back the curtain on property deals that we’ve personally done recently. They’re both slightly unusual by the standards of what we usually do, but we’ll also be publicly sharing more of our “routine” de...

Any good financial adviser will tell your to diversify. But if we’re honest, our portfolios are weighted heavily in favour of property over any other asset class. So how about diversifying within property? In this week’s epis...

Uh oh…it’s a LIVE edition of the podcast! We’re celebrating Issue 1 of The Property Hub Magazine landing on doormats around the country by conducting a Q&A with some of the listeners who’ve played a big part in helping us to ...