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Tharusha from Milton Keynes is proof that you do not need years of experience to make rent to rent work. Within 90 days of starting one to one mentorship, he secured his first deal: a two bed house turned into a high performing Airbnb for professionals. With most nights booked and a healthy profit coming in every month, his fast start shows what is possible when you follow the right steps. If you are waiting for the right time, this is your sign to start.

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."

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."

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.