In this episode, Jeannette talks to Mark Homer who is the co-founder of Progressive Property, Progressive Success, and several other ventures. Mark explains how being raised in different countries and attending boarding school positively shaped his life.
They discuss how he ended up buying and selling 1,000 houses and converting 600,000 square feet of space into residential properties. He explains why he is planning to put solar panels on most of the homes his 360 tenants live in. As well as talking about the current financial climate, inflation, wage demands, rising power prices, crypto and interest rates.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Travelling builds emotional intelligence. It teaches you that there is more than one “right way” to tackle things
Who you mix with from an early age has a significant impact on what you learn and your outlook on life.
Power bills are set to soar, so now is a good time to install solar.
You need a mixture of cash, equity, and property to insulate yourself during tough economic times.
Exercise, having a clean bedtime routine and being self-aware all help you to sleep well.
Working with a business partner who is different from you brings benefits. Mark explains how to maximise them.
As interest rates rise, demand and growth will fall.
Financial unrest always results in opportunities.
With a property business, it is important to focus on cash flow. If you can't pay your mortgage you are going to lose your property.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You need to go and see the rest of the world. It provides you with tools to use for business and relationships. ´
‘If you can navigate the bad times, the good times usually look after themselves.’
‘Focus on making sure that income streams and the yield are really, really strong.’
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to join Jeannette’s FREE Business Impact Seminar just DM Jeannette at info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970
EPISODE RESOURCES
Fast Asleep by Michael Mosely - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fast-Asleep-really-good-nights/dp/1780724209/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Mark Homer is an experienced property investor, developer, business owner and Co-Founder of Progressive Property. Mark has developed in excess of 600,000 square foot of mainly pubs, offices and retail into mixed and residential uses – many of which were built in house by Progressive. Mark has sourced and developed in excess of 1,000 property units since 2003 and has held an equity share in portfolios he has developed within properties valued at over £80M. His personal property portfolio holds in excess of 360 residential and commercial tenancies with a property value in excess of £37 Million making him the largest Private Residential Landlord in the Peterborough area.
Mark is also Co-Founder of Progressive Lets which manages around 1,100 tenants which represents over 4% of Peterborough’s private rented properties.[1]
He has commented and been referenced in many major publications including Independent, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC News, Sun, Metro, Guardian, Daily Mail, ITV, BBC Radio as well as authoring more than 7 books on Property and Business, some of which are internationally published and have reached best seller status. Mark also has a podcast called “Mark my Words”.
Mark is a Helicopter pilot, has run 2 Marathons, loves skiing, shooting, Business, Finance, Politics and Economics.
Mark broke the Guinness world record for the longest team speech marathon in 2015.
Mark quit corporate life in 2005 where he saw a long road to quiet desperation, giving up a ‘good job’ that was actually dead end and monotonous. Mark has been an entrepreneur investor since the age of 15, setting up many small businesses through University, and continually saving, re-investing and compounding the money using laws of wealth that he now teaches to 10,000s of people.
Often behind the scenes and reclusive, Mark just likes to buy property. He’d love to keep investing for another 50 years, doesn’t really like spending money and has a great eye for cost control.
It is possibly the unique partnership of Rob and Mark that has scaled and sustained Progressive when others have come, gone and struggled. Two very different people but with a great friendship, both best-men at each others’ weddings, and similar vision for educated property investment for freedom, choice and profit.
Since stepping back from training due to schedules, scale and demands on his time Mark has successfully trained many Progressive students to become trainers for Progressive. A large majority are “home grown”, all walking the walk practising what they teach, to help you build Multiple Streams of Property Income.
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 THE HOST
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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