
Risky Business: Managing Risk in UK Property (Part 1)
08/09/23 • 32 min
If you’re going to be successful in building a UK property portfolio, you’re going to need to have a certain appetite for risk.
In Season One of my property podcast, at the end of each interview, I asked my amazing guests one simple question: 'What does the word RISK mean to you?'
I withheld their answers for this two-part special on a topic you MUST understand if you are serious about investing in UK property.
These episodes feature contributions from the finest minds in UK property:
Vanessa Warwick
Mike Stenhouse
Rob Dix
Jerry Alexander
Stuart Lordan
Simon Allen
Richard Brown
Stuart Ball
Ivan Goh
John Howard
Michelle Cairns
Helen Godbold-Eade
Peter Meek
Dale Smith
Rod Turner
Jon McDermott
Steven Pardoe
Bronwen Vearncombe
Jay Howard
Rehman Akhtar
Adam Lawrence
I also talk about our own Seven Deadly Risks: the seven riskiest things we've done while building our UK Property Portfolio.
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If you’re going to be successful in building a UK property portfolio, you’re going to need to have a certain appetite for risk.
In Season One of my property podcast, at the end of each interview, I asked my amazing guests one simple question: 'What does the word RISK mean to you?'
I withheld their answers for this two-part special on a topic you MUST understand if you are serious about investing in UK property.
These episodes feature contributions from the finest minds in UK property:
Vanessa Warwick
Mike Stenhouse
Rob Dix
Jerry Alexander
Stuart Lordan
Simon Allen
Richard Brown
Stuart Ball
Ivan Goh
John Howard
Michelle Cairns
Helen Godbold-Eade
Peter Meek
Dale Smith
Rod Turner
Jon McDermott
Steven Pardoe
Bronwen Vearncombe
Jay Howard
Rehman Akhtar
Adam Lawrence
I also talk about our own Seven Deadly Risks: the seven riskiest things we've done while building our UK Property Portfolio.
To Join our Mailing List to access our Newsletter
To leave an honest review of Expat Property Story
To tell us the one thing you’re struggling with in UK propertyKeywords:
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Risky Business: Managing Risk in UK Property (Part 2)
Part 2 of our special feature on Risk.
If you’re going to be successful in building a UK property portfolio, you’re going to need to have a certain appetite for risk.
In Season One of my property podcast, at the end of each interview, I asked my amazing guests one simple question: 'What does the word RISK mean to you?'
These are MUST LISTEN episodes for building a UK Property portfolio featuring contributions from the finest minds in UK property:
Vanessa Warwick
Mike Stenhouse
Rob Dix
Jerry Alexander
Stuart Lordan
Simon Allen
Richard Brown
Stuart Ball
Ivan Goh
John Howard
Michelle Cairns
Helen Godbold-Eade
Peter Meek
Dale Smith
Rod Turner
Jon McDermott
Steven Pardoe
Bronwen Vearncombe
Jay Howard
Rehman Akhtar
Adam Lawrence
I also talk about our own Seven Deadly Risks: the seven riskiest things we've done while building our UK Property Portfolio.
To Join our Mailing List to access our Newsletter
To leave an honest review of Expat Property Story
To tell us the one thing you’re struggling with in UK property
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