Charmaine & Stuart

Yasmin worked in recruitment and then university careers advice, and Pash spent years as a solutions architect in tech. When both stepped away from work for family and personal reasons, they asked themselves how they could earn money working for themselves. They had tried an Amazon drop shipping business before, where the promised training and one to one support never really came, so they were sceptical at first. Simon reassured them, and the support started straight away: a call with Guy, weekly group calls and a community that has been amazing. Within a week or two of starting, Pash found their first landlord on OpenRent. The flat had already been an Airbnb, so the deal was done quickly. They are now on deal four with a fifth in the pipeline. Their London Bridge flat was fully booked for two months within four days of going live. Yasmin's advice: "Do it. It's scary at first, but it is absolutely worth it."

Homeplug are a powerhouse duo who have closed 11 rent to rent deals and grown their income five times over in just 18 months. They share how they scaled with strategy, consistency and the right support, from their first deal to building a thriving brand, and the key moves that helped them grow fast and stay focused.

Karen spent years working 13 hour days in dentistry, raising two sons alone, with buy to lets that barely broke even. When her health forced her to face reality, her son introduced her to rent to rent and she joined SSO. She turned her underperforming buy to lets into serviced accommodation and saw an incredible first month. Since then she has launched three rent to rent deals in Cheltenham and secured another property in Cornwall. With the support, accountability and straight talking advice she says was missing from every other programme, Karen is finally building something real for herself and her family.

Burr is a dentist in Manchester who loves his job and has no plans to leave it. But things at home made him realise he needed income that didn't depend on him being there in person. He started with a serviced accommodation unit using a deal sourcer and a management company, but the management fell below standard, so he took over himself and joined Simon. At first he wondered whether rent to rent was legit and why a landlord would agree. Once his first unit was running, he had his proof. Following the course step by step, he optimised that unit and it started making a healthy profit every month. Three months after joining he had gone from one property to four, ahead of his own target, all while still working and teaching as a dentist with his wife Mary's support. Now landlords and investors are coming to him. His advice: "If the why is strong enough, you just can't run out of fuel."