Episode 84: Planning, sourcing, development and more with Imran Lokhon

Stuart and Simon chat to Imran Lokhon about the planning permission process and other property business topics including sourcing, development and building property teams. The discussion this week includes: How Imran got started in property (and planning). Imran's podcast. Starting in property sourcing. Around 2008 was a very lucrative time to be buying property. Travel still needed to get deals with good yield. Providing end-to-end sourcing. Get clear about your ideal client. Choosing areas based on yield, market opportunity and the local team. Evaluating letting agents. Progressing with property flipping. Developing properties into multiple units. The National Planning Policy Framework. Local authorities are now more open to development. More, and early, communication to improve planning for local authorities and developers. The 4 most important things to think about when considering a planning application. Go pastel! Find Imran at Modus Academy. Please leave us a rating and review if you're enjoying the show.Special Guest: Imran Lokhon.

Om Podcasten

The Business of Property follows the journey of two entrepreneurs working in the property world. Stuart is a property investor with a focus on HMOs, mostly for the student market. He prefers a hands-off approach with most of his investment properties being remote. Simon has a small portfolio of vanilla buy-to-let properties that he mostly self-manages. To make his property management easier he created Property and Tenant Manager (https://www.patma.co.uk/). Simon and Stuart, along with guests, discuss the ups and downs they're experiencing in their property businesses. Along the way they share property news, business tips and anything else that happens to crop up their weekly chats. Popular episodes include: Getting started in property (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/59) - the first in a mini series discussing topics to consider when starting in property investment. Property investment terms (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/12) - great if you're just getting started in property and need some help understanding the common jargon. Property strategy terms (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/13) - another jargon busting episode that's great if you're early in your property journey or considering changing your property strategy. Less property but relevant to everyone is a discussion on time management (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/10). Last but not least are a couple of episodes that talk about angel investing (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/14) and property finance (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/15) more widely.