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    Starting With Commercial Conversions; Creative JV Deals & Direct-to-Vendor Marketing With David Guest

    enFebruary 08, 2022

    About this Episode

    David took a professional approach to property investing in 2020 of all years. He started with a small commercial to residential project in South-East London. Since then He's gone on to bigger commercial conversion projects and growing a BTL portfolio in the North-East.
     
    In 2021 alone, David bought 4 BTLs and secured 3 large commercial deals.
     
    Today, David takes us through his commercial conversion career. An area not many investors start with when getting into property, it's not traditionally seen as an entry-level strategy. But that certainly hasn't held David back.
     
    Throughout the interview, you really get a sense of how David assesses and mitigates risk whilst still taking the right action to progress forward as an investor and developer. 
     
    We discuss:
     
    • Life as a musician and the transition to property- "Keeping your passion your passion".
    • David's first commercial conversion project- The details & figures.
    • A "no money down" (or very little) JV on a large 9 unit development project.
    • Success with direct-to-vendor marketing. 
    • The importance of pre-construction planning & liaising with your fire officer.
     
    Enjoy
     
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    GET IN CONTACT.
     
    Email- raj@propertyinvesting2-0.com
     
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-chengadu-11381b69/
     
    Now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/propertyinvesting2.0/?hl=en
     
    Guest:
     
     IG: @holkhamproperties
     
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