Almost everyone wishes they could live in a house that is tailored to meet their needs. Now you can find out how that wish can become reality!

Mike has built his own house – twice!  And before that, was a sales director for a major timber frame manufacturer, so he’s been in self-build most of his life.

“No skills are required, just the aspiration to build your own house. The course is going to help you achieve that dream.  There’s a step-by-step guide that removes the fear factor and helps you mitigate any risks involved in self-build”.

“Find a plot, finance it and build it. It really is that simple, but of course you need the knowledge to do all these things successfully and that’s where education comes in.  

Whether you choose to project manage or engage a project manager, or bring in a building contractor I’ll help you avoid those Grand Design disasters where budgets run over by tens of thousands of pounds!”

Husband and wife team Tobi and Toyin explain how the need to change their lives has helped them create and build a successful property business.

From a 7 year old selling snacks to her classmates, Toyin had a successful career as a Consultant in the City but, when their first child came along and the commute began to tell, she realised her work/life balance needed to change. 

Keen viewers of Homes under the Hammer the pair had already moved up the property ladder and retained some property for buy-to-let; flipping others. Whilst educating herself in property, Toyin had a chance encounter with Paul Smith on a train, which led to further education and eventually also moving into Serviced Accommodation.

Tobi worked as a well-paid IT consultant in banking but was eventually convinced to leave his job too, so they could both spend more time with their children and on their growing business which, again through further training slowly moved into Commercial conversions, and eventually take on staff to enable them to make life changing deals.

Their joint property education through Touchstone has enabled them to identify and profit from commercial property that is ideal for residential conversion – whether to sell, to let or to run as serviced accommodation – they do all three.

They teach what tax breaks are available for this strategy, how to benefit from capital appreciation, how to run the numbers, what planning permission is needed, what financing you should use and how huge savings on vat are possible.

Tobi: ‘If we can do it, you can do it’ ‘You lose 100% of the shots you don’t take!’ ‘

Toyin: “Being able to give time to your family is the best gift you can ever give. This quality time is immeasurable which is why Property is the answer for us”.

Finally, something unrelated to property, but a strategy that certainly creates wealth! Dave & Sharon will explain how they run a lucrative business online, through a virtual store for which they hold no stock or inventory, by utilising Amazon's own machinery to meet that need of customers.

Dave: “Amazon needs hundreds of thousands of third party sellers to help them meet their goals, and in return they support you with great customer service, a backend dashboard to run the business on with full reports, they’ll stock and store products, refund for damages, and even do part of your marketing.”

They can teach you how to:

• Understand the criteria for product selection
• Find out how to approach manufacturer’s in a professional manner to provide confidence
• Be in a market where people are already buying but not competing with very established markets
• Understand the pinch points for size, weight and cost of products

Sharon: “People trust Amazon. We leverage Amazon's systems and distribution to send products out to customers: they'll follow-up; they'll send it; they'll do all the emailing; and then send us the difference every couple of weeks.”

Online sales are only increasing. A laptop lifestyle – enabled and supported by Amazon - is within your grasp!

Touchstone founder, property entrepreneur and Amazon #1 best-selling serviced accommodation author will be discussing some advanced strategies throughout the weekend; one on property investment and another that can help you achieve your life’s ambition, whatever sphere it’s in.

Property Mentoring

Paul will be discussing the Platinum BELIEVE mentoring programme, which will help you assess, choose and succeed in, your preferred property strategy that’s right for you, be it SA, commercial conversions, flipping, HMOs or rent to rent.

The programme help you understand the best structures for your business(es), how to fund your investments, where the tax breaks are, what your exit strategy can be.

All mentors are vetted, quality assured and approved by Touchstone. This programme will quite literally change your life!