Paul Smith Influence and R2RSA Strategy

Jane continued, “We then spent time attending many seminars and training providers to research other property strategies, but none really appealed. All of this time people kept on telling us to go into serviced accommodation (SA). We knew about Rent to Rent (R2R) as a cashflow method and eventually decided to give it a go.

“We had heard of Touchstone Education and attended a fabulous free weekend seminar where Paul Smith gave most of the training.

“During the weekend John won £500 towards Touchstone’s Serviced Accommodation Bootcamp and so it went on from there.

“We immediately put the training into action and in those days landlords on ‘Open Rent’ would answer your applications to rent their properties. We were fortunate that the first landlord who we spoke to had done SA herself in London and so understood exactly what we were doing. Then, the second landlord was a commercial landlord who built student accommodation. These were both a good break for us and we quickly took on more of their properties and those of other people as well.”