Interview With One of The Largest Deal Providers in The UK, Packaging Over 1,000 Deals to Date, Jamie York

In this episode of the Progressive Property Podcast, your host Peter Jones interviews one of the largest deal providers in the UK, packaging over 1,000 deals to date and accumulating an asset base of over £5million, Jamie York. If you’re looking to achieve success in the property market and want to learn the essential tips to becoming a full0fledged property investor then this episode is for you. Peter and Jamie discuss exactly what it takes to build your very own property portfolio and how you too can leverage industry changes to your advantage and make property your occupation and passion. KEY TAKEAWAYS Positivity. When you face challenges in your life, you should always have positivity in your life and you should always let that be your stepping stone. Do not let your challenges pull you down. Push forward always even when the times get hard. Action. Take action right at this moment that you are alive because you do not know what tomorrow brings. For you to succeed in life, you should always do what it is that you want to be done in the present moment because you don’t know what life brings you in the next minute. You might even die in the next minute, so be advised to take action now. You can't afford to start taking action. Surround yourself with the right people. If you ever want to succeed in life, always surround yourself with people who advise you always on the right path, people who always help you to achieve your goals and people who help you. Mentors. Have yourself mentors who mentor you and advice and help you make the right decisions in your life. Mentors help you make the right choices in your life and with this, you get to achieve your dreams. Commitment. You should be committed to that goal that you want to achieve and don't look any other direction and with this, be sure that you will achieve your goals in no time. Be focused on your goals always.   Education. Knowledge is another stepping stone to success and if you ever want to succeed in life, you should first learn and get the knowledge of what you want to do in your life. You should not dive into doing something without you acquiring the right knowledge to do that which you want to do or achieve. Going all in. For you to succeed in life, when you have made a choice of doing something, you should always go all in and it should not be testing to you, go all in and you will succeed in life. Being innovative. Since the world is always changing, you should be innovative, always try to make your product better and just don’t leave it there at that stage even if it’s selling well, always try to make it better and better for your customers if you ever want to succeed in life. BEST MOMENTS “If you don't have the resources, then you get resourceful.” “You should never look at other people's problems less or more, they are just completely different.” “Life is precious.” “You can't afford to start taking action.” “Every single person have the potential for greatness, whether that's in property or something else.” “If you’re going to go into something, don't dip your toes, because that's not the way to do it, just go all in.” “You make your own luck.” VALUABLE RESOURCES http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/ ABOUT THE GUEST Jamie bought his first property at 19 and has since then gone onto grow his property businesses to being one of the largest deal providers in the UK, packaging in excess of 1,000 deals to date.From an early age, Jamie has been persistent in following his ambitions, founding his first company at 18, and balancing property education with his university studies, to reach his current achievements to date, accumulating an asset base of over £5 million. ABOUT THE HOST Peter Jones is a Chartered Surveyor, an author and a serial buy-to-let property investor. He has been involved in property for over 35 years and now owns 78 letting units. He is still actively involved in buying and renovating the property, and regularly flips properties for profit. Peter has written a number of successful property books. The first, An Insider's Guide to Successful Property Investing, was first published in 2000 and was one, if not the very first, the book of its kind which was written for what we'd now call buy-to-let investors. On the back of its success, he was invited to be a guest writer for Property Secrets and wrote Spanish Property Secrets, French Property Secrets, and Portugal Property Secrets. He has since written a number of other successful titles dealing with UK investing including 63 Common Defects in Investment Property and How to Spot Them, the highly acclaimed The Successful Property Investors Strategy Workshop and The Property Renovator's Workshop ,in which Peter describes step-by-step how he built his own property portfolio, starting with virtually none of his own money. CONTACT METHOD http://www.thepropertyteacher.co.uk/ progressive, property, investing, rent, housing, buy to lets, serviced accomodation, block, auction, home, financial freedom, recurring income, tax, mortgage, assets: http://progressiveproperty.co.uk/