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Speeding up financial freedom with BTL Serviced Accommodation units after working for a Billionaire!
James was born in Reading and shares a huge passion for the great outdoors. After completing a Degree at Southampton University in Outdoor Adventure management business, James started his own company offering rock climbing and scuba diving holidays worldwide. After selling this company, James brought his first property in 2013 with the proceeds.
James then went to work for a billionaire on one of the most prestigious super yachts in the world as a personal scuba diving instructor for the owner. Here James saved his earnings and invested in more property. After many passages all over the globe, James left the yacht industry and moved to Cornwall where he was offered a fantastic opportunity as head property manager for Latitude50, a high-end luxury holiday lettings company managing some of the most luxurious coastal homes in the UK.
Here James saw the opportunity for the serviced accommodation model and has continued to build his own personal portfolio in beautiful Cornwall. This portfolio expansion enabled James to quit his Job and continue his eight year’s experience as a full-time property developer which was his dream from the outset.
James’ interests and hobbies consist of, mountaineering, surfing, scuba diving, tennis, skiing and property development. From a young age James was introduced to property as his father owned a small independent high end estate agency based in Berkshire.
James has always enjoyed property and loves the idea and execution of renovations, creating beautiful spaces for people to call home. James loves being a landlord and looking after people so that the whole process is enjoyable and stress free for everyone.
Tej graduated from King's’ College London with a BSc Biochemistry in 2014, he then pursued a career in Medical Education and Marketing. Soon after his second job… he was fired! A moment of relief and freedom was what he felt, not sure what his mother felt when he told her he was jobless at 23…
He then went in search of a more ethical path, a business he could set up where the reward was equal to the work put in. “If they are making pounds, why am I making pennies?” - was his thought process, not happy with slow progression and bureaucracy (& having to wear smart shoes everyday). This lead him to opening a Recruitment business (not sure where the ethics went) which doubled in profit every year, for 4 years. He hated it. Golden handcuffs they call it.
Fortunately, he used the cash he’d built up from that business, to educate himself in Property Investing. Soon, he’d stopped the business and transitioned into Property Investment full time. He then had a slow start -
Purchasing 15 properties in his first 9 months, using over £650,000 of Investor Finance, he built a £1,200,000 property portfolio and created £30,000 of profit from flips. This gave him ‘financial freedom’, but it was the most stressful period of his life. Growing quickly is very painful.
Let’s not forget that his Podcast grew to be the most-reviewed UK Property Podcast, peaking at 4,000 unique downloads per episode.
His Podcast (Tej Talks) now sits at 660,000 downloads in over 100 countries and has 489 reviews, rated 5/5.
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