Canary Wharf pin (Property Investors Network)

IMPORTANT This pin Meeting location is now physical.
Book Your Place HERE: https://propertyinvestorsnetwork.co.uk/meetings/canary-wharf/

(held on 1st Thursday of the month, not Aug and Dec)

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Registration starts at 6pm
Networking: 6-7pm
New Members Briefing (6:45pm)
Introduction: 7pm
Mortgage, Lettings and Legislation Updates: 7:05-7:15pm
First Speaker: 7:15pm
Prize Draw: 7:45pm (Register at least 72 hours in advance)
Service Provider Pitches (20 seconds only)
Networking Break: 7:50pm
Second Speaker: 8:10pm
Announcements: 8:55pm
Close: 9pm

Canary Wharf May 2022 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...Headache in the Pipeline? Developing a Strategy for your Utilities... Jeff Topp

Jeff Topp, from pin’s preferred utilities supplier - Full Power Utilities – will be sharing his knowledge and expertise about utility management and helping us to minimise the associated headache and costs.
Normally a substantial running cost for HMO/Serviced Accommodation operators, Jeff will inform you of the different options available to you with regards the procurement and management of your gas and electricity supply.

During his talk, Jeff will cover several topics, including:

• How to minimise/remove the headache associated with managing your (growing) portfolio’s utilities.
• How a commercial utility rate can be secured on a domestic use property (without VAT implications).
• How to protect yourself from inevitable price increases and additional charges.
• How to avoid dealing with the suppliers!
• It’s not just utilities that savings can be found