In this episode, Jeannette is in conversation with Anne Houlton who successfully pivoted from a senior position in dentistry to multi-millionaire property investor.They discuss Anne’s journey and what it takes to be a successful female entrepreneur in the world of property investment.
As someone who acknowledges that she likes to please others, Anne discusses how she makes the brave decisions that take her forward in the property arena. This is a candid discussion about what it takes in business, accountability, mentors, helping others and being courageous.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Being traditionally educated is not the same as being financially savvy.
Dream of home ownership was embedded into Anne from an early age, growing up in a rented house in South-East London.
Anne’s entrepreneurial spirit comes from having scarcity in her life and a lack of abundance in her childhood.
Leverage your money to get a much better return. No coincidence with the term ‘safe as houses’.
You make mistakes along the way, but you learn from that.
You have to be brave and courageous and keep moving forward making sure you enjoy the opportunities in life. An entrepreneur is always hungry for the next thing and prepared to take risks.
Anne’s drive comes from wanting people to like, love and approve of her and striving for more.
Everyone needs to have mentors and the right people to show them what they can achieve. It’s the accountability, knowledge and support from someone who is not part of your agenda, but the mentee has to take the action.You need your tribe to help you to get where you are going.
If you are able to identify what’s important to you then the opportunities fall into place. Be clear on what you want and then focus on getting there.
Don’t focus on other people’s agenda, carve out dedicated time for yourself for blue-sky thinking.
Being in the best physical and mental state as an entrepreneur is critical to success.
Personal development is an ongoing thing – always want to be a better version of yourself
It’s important to make sure you enjoy the journey as much as the destination, and celebrate success along the way.
There is nothing to stop you in property you can embrace it all.
In property you need to be a people person and be prepared to work and if you do this and take action you can be successful.
Once you have property it’s there forever as a passive income
Don’t wait to buy property, buy property and wait
Helping other people makes you feel joyful and when you help others your business will grow.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I could retire and take up knitting but I would just stagnate, it would be awful. You have to keep moving forwards in life’
‘If you are calm and in the best physical and mental state you are better placed to support others’
‘Exercise is time for you and can often be the time when you resolve problems and have your best ideas’
‘You have to be brave and courageous and keep moving forward’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality and property sectors. Having bought, ran and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
CONTACT METHOD
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Anne's on a mission to change people’s lives through property investing. She spent 30 years exchanging her time for money as a dentist before attending her first Progressive Property event in January 2014. She was trapped in a financial comfort zone with a good income but not enough time to do all the things she really loved, traveling the world, spending time with family and friends, fitness, and riding her horses and bikes. She quit her job as a dentist and her husband Steve quit his job as a GP in September 2015 when their income from property replaced their salaries. Property investing has given them financial and time freedom and their lives now couldn’t be more different.
Anne has a portfolio of over 80 properties. Four of these are HMOs and the rest are Single Let's. Her first (and true) love is Single Lets. Why? Because the income is the most passive of any property strategy with long-term tenants and high demand. They are a low-risk, low time-intensive, Set and Forget model.
Anne set up her own Lettings Agency that manages her properties for an additional income stream. Her property businesses take up less than 5 hours a week of her time as she outsources as much of the work as possible. With Single Let's it really is possible to do one-tenth of the work you are currently doing in your career and make ten times the money, you just need to be shown how!
Since 2015 Anne has been a public speaker and trainer. She’s discovered a new vocation, inspiring others to build the property portfolio of their dreams. As a healthcare professional, she helped to change people’s lives one person at a time. Now, teaching one to many, she’s making a difference to so many more people. Anne has delivered over 280 days of property training and has trained thousands of property investors how they too can become financially free through investing in property.
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