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Who talks about property on their first tinder date?
Alexandra Powell and her now husband, Richard, that's who! On date one, having met on Tinder, they talked about property investment, development and refurbs without knowing that they would eventual tie the knot and become business partners. WE LOVE THIS!!!
Today, Alexandra, of @powell_properties shares with us her story on how she ‘accidentally’ got into the property business while studying Architecture at University. From a simple discussion with her parents about the cost of renting, she managed to convince them to invest in a 2-bedroom apartment and then rented out the second bedroom. She then sold the house after graduating and this is where her property journey began.
Being married to an Engineer, Alexandra and Richard were both knowledgeable about design and construction but admittedly needed schooling up on the investment side. So, they got educated in property, started meeting people, taking on mentors, reading books and listening to podcasts - and yes, Property Jam included!
As another power couple in property business, Alexandra shares with us how they manage to handle the business as partners and a married couple as well as having a cute little one in the mix as well. -
Today, we jam with the Knight of Investments, Aaron Knightley.
Aaron started his property journey through project management doing logistics on the industrial side and movement of steel constructions. Aaron had ambition to move beyond this and be an investor himself and set about getting skilled up by investing education and reading books.
And did he make a success if it?! Hell yes. The boy has been on fire ever since and it was just awesome jamming with him on how that journey has been.
The thing that Aaron has truly nailed is raising private finance from high net worth individuals by observing human behaviour and getting himself in the right places at the right time with the right people. And it has massively paid off! He shares some golden nuggets on how he has done this – it is legendary. We rate this fella so much.
For Aaron the human side of property is so much around his observation of human behaviour itself and understanding how to leverage that to raise money and create win-win investments.
