In this episode, Paul is joined by Marios Stratis a property investor and developer who has worked in the industry for 23 years and is one of his students. He and his team have a reputation for sourcing land and buildings most others would not find or be willing to tackle, and then turning them into unique and profitable developments. 

Including doing so in conservation areas, with heritage properties and sites of archaeological interest. He shares his experience of flipping, HMOs, refinancing deals, handling landowners and much more. As well as sharing his take on recent legislation changes. Personal development has played a big role in Marios´ success, so he discusses that too.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Personal development is a vital component of business success. 
• Mindset and mental health matter.
• Raise your vibration, frequency, or energy. When you do people are more comfortable and open-minded around you.
• Put in place a good system for managing and monitoring your leads.
• You need to build a strong, but balanced relationship with the landowner.
• Collaborate with professionals who have experience in the area and the type of scheme.
• You´ve got to be on it with every single detail.
• Invest in your health, Marius has done so recently to reduce inflammation in his body, which has made him feel much better and become far more productive.
• The government needs to help landlords more, if they don´t they won´t create more homes, which is what is needed.

BEST MOMENTS

“I proved it to myself when I was a trader how important vibration was.”

“If they're (the landowners) difficult during the honeymoon period, you've got no chance when it comes to selling it, building, or completing on it. “

“Find the team that is relevant for that site.”

“It just comes down to the money pool at the end of the day.”

“You've basically taught us everything we needed to know from start to finish.”

EPISODE RESOURCES

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marios-stratis-57397511a

https://www.stratishomes.co.uk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-vs-Force-Determinants-Behavior/dp/B002SQ22L4

ABOUT THE HOST 

Paul Higgs is a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor with 40+ years' experience in land, planning and development and a 100% success track record in winning planning consents.

Paul undertook his first refurb project when he was just 17 and then worked his way up from labouring on building sites to becoming Head of Land for renowned plc housebuilder, Barratt Developments. He managed to escape the corporate world in 2002 to set up what is now a multimillion-pound award-winning property development company, Millbank Group. 

In 2013 Paul founded the Millbank Land Academy, the UK’s first training company dedicated to property development; to teach established and aspiring developers the insider secrets the big housebuilders don’t want you to know! 

Paul is also a founding investor and former board director of the industry-leading PropTech Co, LandTech, and has lectured on Advanced Development Valuations on the MSc Property Development at London South Bank University.

CONTACT METHOD

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-higgs

Millbank Land Academy: https://www.millbanklandacademy.co.uk

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paulhiggsofficial