Bristol November 2021 Meeting

The pain and gain of a life in property - Ankie Bell  

With over 15 years experience in property, from single lets to HMO’s to commercial conversions, and more recently Holiday Lets, Ankie has learnt a lot over the years. 

They built up several high value property assets in a short period of time, around 2 years. They learnt a lot, about commercial conversions, vendor finance, raising private finance, project management and running a holiday let business.

What Ankie didn’t do, and didn’t focus on was to look after herself  in the process and early in 2020 her wheels fell off! She broke down and struggled to function. Over a process of many months, she had to re-learn how to prioritise, how to plan her day how to look after herself  and her family first.

The lockdown period helped a lot in being forced to re-structure and re-think how she did things. To leave some things and not allow FOMO to drive my decisions.

Coming out of the pandemic, we know the business model for the holiday let business will fly once restrictions are lifted and having learnt to re-focus and re-prioritise, its there that my time and efforts are now spent.

Ankie's talk is honest about the trials she faced and the mistakes made, especially during most recent years – with the lessons learnt to pass on and share further.

ALSO....Visibility creates credibility: Building your brand….(and how to do it) Nick Hume

If you’re looking to build a portfolio you need to attract investors. To attract investors you need to be credible. To be credible you need three key elements:

1. Build a brand so people know what you stand for.
2. Engage in social media to keep yourself current.
3. Optimise your website to stand out and attract partners. 

That all sounds great but how do you do it? Easy. Outsource it. 

During Nick's presentation he will show you how to move forward building your brand in the simplest way possible.