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The Property Podcast

TPP346: Build To Rent: What it is and why you need to understand it

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

Business News, News, Business, Education, Investing

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week Rob & Rob are joined on the podcast by Build To Rent expert, Richard Berridge. After listening to this episode, you’ll know more about Build To Rent than most people in property.  Build To Rent (or BTR) has been flying under the radar for a while now, but it’s only really just starting to become a well known, big thing.  So whilst it’s a topic that has piqued Rob & Rob’s interest, they thought it would be best to bring in the experts to help not only you, but themselves learn all there is to know about Build To Rent.  Richard is not only an authority figure on the subject, but he’s also a consultant, an advisor and a writer. He’s 100% the right man for the job.  Here’s just a few of the questions that you can expect to get answers on from Richard: What is Build To Rent? Who’s the actual owner with Build To Rent? Is it only about income and not growth? Who makes it all happen? We cover a lot of ground in this episode so hit play and listen.    This week in the news, Place North West are reporting that the region’s green belt has shrunk by 3,400 acres. So is the North West becoming the new concrete jungle?  Well, not quite.  What most people don’t realise is that green belt land isn’t always beautiful flourishing forests or national parks, it could be a really unattractive piece of land that’s more of an eyesore and could be put to much better use.   So once again, a big scary headline that’s been blown out of proportion.    Also…it’s that time of the month again, Meetups are just around the corner and heading your way next week! So, if you haven’t yet secured your spot, go and book yourself a ticket now!   And this week’s Hub Extra is a book that Rob D is claiming to be the most inspiring book he’s read all year, and that book is Finding Ultra by Rich Roll. It goes on to tell his story of turning 40, being out of shape, a recovering alcoholic and going on to being one of the fittest men in the world.  It even documents how he had a challenge with a friend to run five Ironman triathlons in a week! Who even thinks that’s a good idea?! He’s also got a very popular podcast too, which is also well worth checking out. We actually included this book on one of our Hub Extra emails a while back after Rachel in our invest team recommended it - The Property Hub book club is in full swing guys!   We’d love to hear what you think of this week’s Property Podcast over on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You might even have a topic you’d like us to cover in the future - if so, pop us a message on social and we’ll see what we can do.   Make sure you’ve liked and subscribed to our YouTube channel where we upload new content every week! If that wasn’t enough, you can also join our friendly property community on the Property Hub forum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bill to Rent. You may have heard it mentioned, but most of us don't understand exactly what it is,

0:07.6

and certainly even less know how it's going to affect us all as property investors.

0:11.6

Well, the good news news is after listening to this

0:13.3

episode you'll know more about Bill to Rent than most people involved in property.

0:16.9

Welcome to the Property Podcast where every Thursday morning

0:26.3

Property investors come to be informed and inspired. Thank you for joining us

0:29.6

for a really exciting episode because we are joined by a true expert to talk about one of the most significant

0:35.2

trends going on in property right now. That's coming up in just a minute and make sure you stick around

0:40.4

to the end because in Hub Extra I'm recommending the most inspiring book I've read all year.

0:45.8

So for our news story this week, we've picked something out from the website Place Northwest.

0:51.2

And this sounds pretty shocking Rob. Clearly the whole Northwest is being paved over.

0:54.3

The headline is, Regents Greenbelt shrinks by 3,400 acres.

0:58.4

Yeah, when you read a headline like that, you can, oh no, what is going on? There must be nothing left to the northwest and big

1:05.2

catchy headlines like that can worry people. It's interesting actually while the

1:08.5

amount sounds a lot on the whole it is a very very small amount that most people won't notice. Now, the green belt is very important. We're not dismissing that having a green belt and having areas that are protected to keep our country looking beautiful is a must.

1:24.7

But I think a common misconception amongst people when they read headlines like this is that all

1:30.1

green belt is beautiful.

1:32.0

A lot of green belt is actually land that is far from attractive and you would think

1:36.4

wow doing something with that would be a much better use. Green belt isn't all forests and

1:41.5

beautiful shrubland.

1:43.2

There are large parts in a green belt that actually probably

1:46.6

needs to be regenerated in one form or another.

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