Hey everyone, it's Rob B here with Rob D and you are listening to the property podcast.

This week we are taking you behind the scenes.

We're going to give you the type of detail that we never normally share.

We're going to give you the details of deals we've launched and sold this year.

We're also going to give you the details, and I think this is the juicy stuff,

of deals we've turned down this year. And the

lessons that you can get from it, I think, are going to be ridiculously valuable.

Yes, welcome to the property podcast. Thank you for joining us. In case you don't know, we run a business

that buys more than £100 million worth of property every year for our clients.

And so that puts in the perfect position to talk about deals that we say yes to and deals that we say no to.

In property, real examples and case studies are often the best way to learn. So there's guaranteed to be something in here that you can put into your process to make you a better investor. So it's time for our new story of the

week and we've got a very interesting one from The Guardian this week. And the headline reads,

YouTube videos tell homeowners they aren't bound by mortgages. Rob, is this you and is this the good

news that we hope it is? I hate to disappoint you on both fronts, but no, this is apparently

a financial

conspiracy theory spreading on YouTube, known as the Freeman on the Land movement, which

claims using common law arguments dating back to the Bacna Carta that you are not legally

obliged to pay your mortgage or your council tax. But if you read a little further, sadly,

lots of these cases have managed to make it to court

somehow, but all have failed. So it is not true. It's described in the article in The Guardian as a

scam, but I can't work out what the scam is. I don't know who's profiting from this. I guess you

just get more views for saying clickbaity stuff like this. I'm willing to give it a try.

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