Adam Heath

Feyikemi was an accountant who used rent to rent to break free from the 9 to 5. With mentorship and a clear strategy, she secured a three bed new build house in Essex. She shares the steps she took to move from a stable career to building her own property business, and what made it all feel achievable.

Glenn is from Lincoln and serves in the Royal Navy as an operating department practitioner, working in operating theatres. He'd been interested in property for years, and spent the year or so before joining Simon researching his options. Rent to rent stood out for its quick cashflow with minimal risk. His why is his family. After so long away with the military, he wants time at home to watch his little boy grow up and give his children the life he wished he'd had. His biggest challenge was believing in himself. The step by step training suited his military way of working, and between Sally, his mentor and the team answering questions within two hours, every worry was quickly put to rest. Less than two months after joining, he got the keys to his first property, with a three week rent free set up period. Next, he plans to use the cashflow from deal one to fund deal two.

Claire moved to London from Chile and was working long hours in software sales. The money was good, but she wanted freedom, time and a future with her own family. She loved property and interior design, and had already tried another training course, but it covered so many strategies she felt overwhelmed. Simon's training gave her focus. Her worries were that rent to rent would be another job, or that nobody would book. Hearing other members' results changed her mind. Following Simon's advice to go for houses with three or four bedrooms, she found a big Victorian house in West London on OpenRent, and the landlord agreed the very next day. After a month of cosmetic refurb, it went live and was booked most nights. Then a guest from the United States booked the whole house for a year, worth just under £100,000. Her advice: "Think big. It was a yes and it changed my life."

Marina works full time as a contract manager, and her partner Kate already had some buy to lets. They wanted quicker cashflow than buy to let gives, so they looked at different property courses and chose Simon. Rent to rent clicked instantly: it didn't need much money up front, so they could do several deals with what they had. Marina booked a call and joined that same evening. Her only worry was that it was Kate's money, but hearing the success stories on the calls convinced her: if others can do it, so can we. Within a couple of months of really getting going, they had signed three deals, two in Coventry and one in Leamington Spa. Now landlords are coming to them, including a landlord's sister and even their decorator, and Kate has handed in her notice. Marina's advice: "Follow the process and trust the process, it will work."