Ed Talks - UK Property Podcast

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Ed Talks - Lockdown Edition - Fixed property service costs you might do without Aug 06, 2020

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This week Viewber co-founder, Ed Mead caught up with CEO of Prospect Engine, Ishmael Herrera-Lee.

Prospect Engine is a clever lead management outsourcing outfit.

As Ishmael describes his company, it’s a white labelled outsourced prospecting firm, working predominately through historic data i.e. previous appraisals, landlords, listings, withdrawn stock, applicants with properties to sell on the market selling privately. They also manage and handle any type of lead source, giving a response within minutes – extremely efficient.

Ishmael bought some thought-provoking topics to the table – not just to get Ed thinking, but maybe for you too.

Ishmael’s company, Prospect Engine and Viewber work in sync with each other at different points in the customer journey – Proptech, two for the price of one.

We will let the podcast do the rest of the talking...

Ed Talks - Lockdown Edition - New build customer service, Show House Magazine offers more! Jul 09, 2020

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Another positive collaboration that’s come from Viewber co-founder Ed’s lockdown…

Rupert Bates has spent his career in journalism with a property background including twenty years at The Telegraph covering property and sport.

He's now editorial director and owner of industry bible Show House Magazine and B2C portal Whathouse.com. Anyone familiar with his Social Media feeds will understand his passion for Rugby and Wolves(!). He's also fearless about wandering out of his comfort zone.

Show House is the go-to publication in the housebuilding and development arena and Rupert realised that many of his readers might struggle post Covid with understrength staffing and booming demand. Thinking practically, he figured Viewber's last mile services could be a perfect fit for their readers’ businesses and the upshot is a thoroughly modern partnership between his magazine and the flexible Viewber services.

If you are connected to the housebuilding industry see if you agree with what they say...

Ed Talks - Lockdown Edition - Rawlings looks at outsourcing & wonders why (not)? Jun 25, 2020

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As the world came to a Covid halt, Viewber co-founder Ed turned lockdown around and used it to positively listen to a variety of industry experts.

If you don’t know Richard Rawlings, founder of Estate Agency Insight already, he is an award-winning estate agency trainer and sought-after coach and always at top-industry gatherings.

The reason Richard is here is because Ed was trouble shooting with the team on why all high street agents don't at least use Viewber occasionally – Ed knew exactly who would tell him how it is.

Richard’s insights into the industry and how it's changing are worth listening to, his seminars are always targeted at generating income and maximising profits and they have 70 years of property experience between them.

They also talked about something Ed used to do a lot during his time at Douglas & Gordon - acting for buyers. At uncertain times it's clearly a source of income that benefits from your local expertise and requires no extra set up costs, it’s very interesting to hear what Richard has to say about that too...

Ed Talks to Phil Spencer - delving deeper into Phil's property journey, filming TV shows and his new business, Move iQ Mar 04, 2020

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Welcome back to ‘#EdTalks’ the property podcast!

Ed has invited an old friend into the recording booth this time (a familiar face to a lot of you), Phil Spencer.

In this open and honest episode, Phil talks more about his journey, starting work as an estate agent at 23 and learning the hard way, especially when recession hit the property market! He has developed quite the career for himself in the property industry, seemingly mostly on the buyer’s side, so it was a fantastic opportunity for Ed to delve a little deeper into finding out more.

Ed asks more about filming on his hit TV shows such as ‘Location, Location, Location’ and ‘Love it or List it’ and uncovers more of what goes on ‘behind the scenes’.

We also learn more about Move iQ – Phil’s business that has just turned 2 and is based around guidance and advice for buyers, which is certainly growing at a rapid pace.

Grab your headphones and tune in!
(Watch the video recording of this podcast episode over on the Viewber YouTube channel)

Ed Talks to Paul Conway... Paul is re-branding 'Houses in Multiple Occupation' (HMOs) as "Co-Living" Dec 09, 2019

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Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) used to be a dirty word in Ed's day, but are they now a passport to better yields.
Do you worry about keeping up with lettings legislation in general and should you be actively thinking of turning your existing rental into one for a better return?

Do you even know if that rental you own/manage even IS an HMO and requires licensing?!
With over 300 authorities in the UK to understand and stay compliant with, how do you keep up to date?

Ed's guest this month has been working with some of London's top names for three years to manage compliance in this area. Let someone else keep up with constantly changing legislation and avoid headline grabbing and eye watering fines!

Hear how Paul Conway, owner and co-founder of HMO Services London, has been taming this fast growing area, is trying to rebrand HMOs as ''Co-Living" and how he can connect you with experts nationally who'll give simple on demand advice.
A great discussion - see what you think...

Ed Talks to Vice President of OneDome, Tim Price - This company is making the process of selling property much, much simpler! Nov 13, 2019

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Welcome back to Ed Talks, the property podcast.

In this episode Ed talks to Vice President of sales at OneDome, Tim Price, also in charge of business development and partnerships.

If you are an Estate Agent you have probably already heard of OneDome but you might not necessarily know what they do.

Tim describes OneDome as ‘the gear box’ that connects consumers, buyers and sellers, estate agents and conveyancers/ mortgage providers. There are LOTS of moving parts when it comes to selling a property, it can be overwhelming for consumers and there is a lot to tick off on the to-do list. OneDome has been built, adapted and is now succeeding in enabling the consumer to manage the entire process from start to finish.

As if that wasn’t enough they have used the nous they’ve gained to launch a next generation 'free to list' portal which now lists over 400k properties.

OneDome has some fascinating people behind it and Ed finds out more about how they’ve evolved.

Whether you’re a property investor/landlord/owner, an estate agent keeping up to date with what’s happening in PropTech or an entrepreneur building your own business this is a great episode for you as Ed looks under the bonnet to uncover more.

Ed Talks to Kevin Hollinrake MP about Affordable Housing, Stamp Duty, Regulation vs beefed up Redress, Hunters and much much more! Oct 16, 2019

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Everyone coming on the #EdTalks podcast series has something to say, they're also increasingly listened to as our figures show. This month, however, Ed's guest is not only Chairman of one of the UK's biggest agency groups, but is also MP for Thirsk and Malton.
Kevin Hollinrake MP talks to Ed about Affordable Housing, Stamp Duty, Regulation vs beefed up Redress, Hunters and much much more.

If you want to listen to someone who actually has a voice and a say in YOUR future, this is your chance.
The perfect commuting listen and if you have any comments to make please let us know or go to Kevin's own website - www.kevinhollinrake.org.uk

Happy listening...

Ed Talks to David Sandeman & Tim Main, they delve deeper into the alchemy that is the Property Auction business... Sep 25, 2019

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Ed tries to bring guests onto the property podcast who have good ideas for the future, but also like to try and open the door to some people that you may have heard about and may not know much about.

So, on this latest episode of Ed Talks, he has invited two guests – one with a healthy and longstanding auction background, the other with an eye on using tech from auctions to improve private treaty sales.

David Sandeman, MD of The Essential Information Group (does what it says on the tin and has been providing data rooms and data for well over 20 years) and Tim Main, an RICS qualified Estate Agent and also Director and Founder of PIPs Ltd – a new PropTech company designed to speed up the buying process.

They are now working together on something new and exciting.

Please join in and listen to this discussion as they delve deeper into the alchemy that is the Property Auctions. A lot of humble agents, like Ed (who was a successful estate agent for quite some time) simply don’t have a clue how on earth people at auction sell a property on the fall of a hammer…

As always, do let us know your thoughts on this episode and if you would like to be a guest on the show, or if you perhaps know someone you think should be!

You can listen on the Viewber website or find us on Spotify (search 'Ed Talks Property')

Enjoy!

Ed Talks to Rajeev Nayyar, ex lawyer now MD of Fixflo Jul 25, 2019

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Rajeev is someone Ed asked for advice, in the early days he said to Ed, “don’t try and do too many things well, just do one or two things well.”

Fixflo is a system to help people deal with maintenance and repairs in properties… and helps tenants just as much as Landlords.

As a tenant and landlord, Raj saw pain in the property repairs and maintenance process and that it was broken.
Lots of you will have now heard of Fixflo, almost 40% of resi agents use their software - it’s mostly white labelled. They're also in 10 countries.

Rajeev is a true entrepreneur with the right attitude and full of great advice. You’ll find some of his tips useful whether an agent or starting up your own tech business - so buckle up and listen to Ed probing him a bit. You might be surprised by some of it!

Ed Talks to Tom Tennant, Chief Executive of successful family-run, Somerset Estates Residential Buy to Let REIT Jul 04, 2019

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“What we like to do is get out there and meet landlords face-to-face. Property is a people’s business.” – Tom Tennant, Chief Executive of successful family-run, Somerset Estates Residential Buy to Let REIT.

In this podcast episode, Ed invites Tom back into the recording studio to follow up on some important topics that they touched on in their previous episode.

Tom is someone who has been at the forefront of what’s happening with changes in buy-to-let legislation and trying to adapt to them.

Ed really makes use of Tom’s expertise and advice as they delve deeper into Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Interesting fact: Tom’s business, Somerset Estates Residential Buy to Let REIT was the last listed REIT – another good reason for you to tune in for Tom’s first-hand experience.

Landlords and property investors, you won’t want to miss this conversation – even Ed was caught by surprise from some of the things he found out… “I’ve had an unusual insight into what the difficulties have been for you. I think it’s extraordinary that no one else has done it.” – Ed Mead.

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