The Property Geek Podcast - Episode #2: Understanding estate agents, with Mike Cole

Episode #2: Understanding estate agents, with Mike Cole

10/24/12 • 32 min

Estate agents have had it tougher than most over the last few years. And funnily enough, not too many tears have been shed about the fact.

But Imagine Group have been opening up offices while their competitors are shutting down, so I thought I should speak to the founder, Mike Cole, about how they're doing it. Turns out it's a radical combination of employing good staff, marketing properties properly, and caring about the customer. Who'd have thought!

As well as being required listening for other agents, Mike also shares how investors can build a relationship with their local agent to find out about the hottest deals that cross their desk.

See this episode on the Property Geek site: https://propertygeek.net/podcast/understanding-estate-agents

Estate agents have had it tougher than most over the last few years. And funnily enough, not too many tears have been shed about the fact.

As well as being required listening for other agents, Mike also shares how investors can build a relationship with their local agent to find out about the hottest deals that cross their desk.

See this episode on the Property Geek site: https://propertygeek.net/podcast/understanding-estate-agents

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Episode #1: Focus on Housing Benefit tenants, with Aki Ellahi from DSS Move

Many landlords shy away from accepting tenants who receive Housing Benefit. This is partially due to a lack of understanding of the benefits system, but also because of perceived problems of antisocial behaviour and non-payment of rent.

Well, there's no one better placed to give us the truth about Housing Benefit tenants than Aki Ellahi, the founder of the portal DSS Move and the owner of a Wolverhampton lettings agency dealing with over 500 tenants on benefits.

See this episode on the Property Geek site: https://propertygeek.net/podcast/housing-benefit-tenants

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Episode #3: Forming a property strategy, with Rob Bence from Rescue My Pension

Knowing your yield from your elbow is all well and good, but what do you want to achieve with this property malarkey anyway?

If you don't know where you want to end up, you can't put together a plan to get there. And without a plan, you've got a recipe for underperforming assets that cause you headaches without getting you where you need to be.

Rob Bence from Rescue My Pension is an expert in helping people work out what they want to get out of property. His company, Rescue My Pension, doesn't just source property for investors - they spend time finding out about the investor's situation and what they want to achieve, and source properties specifically to help them reach those goals.

In the podcast, Rob explains more about what he does, and shares his tips about what investors should be doing to make sure they're getting the results they need from their property portfolio.

See this episode on the Property Geek site: https://propertygeek.net/podcast/property-strategy