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David Lenton is an ex-professional online poker player, turned entrepreneur and turned property investor. He has established and maintained a successful  search engine marketing business over the past 11 years. Alongside his online business, David has built a diversified seven-figure property portfolio.   Today we dive into his poker background and his transition to property investing....David explains how poker happens to be one of the most psychologically challenging professions you’ll find, but how operating in that environment has helped him pay extra attention to managing risk and emotions when it comes to property investing.  We go on to discuss his property buying criteria, what yields he looks for and why he is currently focusing on buying unencumbered properties. Finally, David shares how he is approaching the current market and the tips and lessons that he has learned along the way.     Enjoy   ***   GET IN CONTACT.   Email- raj@propertyinvesting2-0.com   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-chengadu-11381b69/

David Lenton is an ex-professional online poker player, turned entrepreneur and turned property investor. He has established and maintained a successful  search engine marketing business over the past 11 years. Alongside his online business, David has built a diversified seven-figure property portfolio.   Today we dive into his poker background and his transition to property investing....David explains how poker happens to be one of the most psychologically challenging professions you’ll find, but how operating in that environment has helped him pay extra attention to managing risk and emotions when it comes to property investing.  We go on to discuss his property buying criteria, what yields he looks for and why he is currently focusing on buying unencumbered properties. Finally, David shares how he is approaching the current market and the tips and lessons that he has learned along the way.     Enjoy   ***   GET IN CONTACT.   Email- <a href="mailto:raj@propertyinvesting2-0.com">raj@propertyinvesting2-0.com</a>   Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-chengadu-11381b69/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-chengadu-11381b69/</a>

From Professional Poker Player to Property Investor- David Lenton on Managing Risk & Your Emotions

Today, I am delighted to be joined by David Lenton, the founder of an SEO and digital marketing agency who started looking at property initially in 2018 as a place to protect and diversify his wealth. He started out by building up an unencumbered portfolio, thinking that when his capital ran out, he would stop with the property. But, you know how the story goes and, by that point, he'd developed a real interest in the industry, finding that his knowledge of the property business grew with every new deal he made and every new contact too. Now, he's looking to leverage the existing portfolio to fund continued growth and during the interview, we talk about his views on things like sourcing in the current climate, the serviced accommodation market now and in the future, and how he plans to scale up the portfolio while continuing to run his marketing business. * Subscribe to our YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/insidepropertyinvesting Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/insidepropertyinvesting/ Access our free resources - https://www.insidepropertyinvesting.com/resources/  ******Check out our content on your favourite platforms:Website: InsidePropertyInvesting.comInstagram: @InsidePropertyInvestingYoutube: Inside Property Investing

Today, I am delighted to be joined by David Lenton, the founder of an SEO and digital marketing agency who started looking at property initially in 2018 as a place to protect and diversify his wealth. He started out by building up an unencumbered portfolio, thinking that when his capital ran out, he would stop with the property. But, you know how the story goes and, by that point, he'd developed a real interest in the industry, finding that his knowledge of the property business grew with every new deal he made and every new contact too. Now, he's looking to leverage the existing portfolio to fund continued growth and during the interview, we talk about his views on things like sourcing in the current climate, the serviced accommodation market now and in the future, and how he plans to scale up the portfolio while continuing to run his marketing business. * Subscribe to our YouTube Channel - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/insidepropertyinvesting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/insidepropertyinvesting</a> Follow us on Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/insidepropertyinvesting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/insidepropertyinvesting/</a> Access our free resources - <a href="https://www.insidepropertyinvesting.com/resources/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.insidepropertyinvesting.com/resources/</a> ****** Check out our content on your favourite platforms: Website: <a href="https://www.insidepropertyinvesting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InsidePropertyInvesting.com</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/insidepropertyinvesting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@InsidePropertyInvesting</a> Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/insidepropertyinvesting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside Property Investing</a>

343: David Lenton on building an unencumbered portfolio and leveraging growth

Who is David?Dropped out of university to become a professional online poker player. Had a solid amount of success.Transitioned from that into my first business in 2010 (Lenton Marketing Ltd), which I still run today, that focuses on search engine optimization and affiliate marketing in the online gaming space. Current clients include Bet365, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and most other large domestic operators.Started investing seriously in stocks and shares (2015-2016) and have been building my portfolio ever since.Established Lenton Property Ltd in 2018 with the goal of deploying £1,000,000 into a diversified range of property investments. Currently that number sits at £972,000 in property that's 'complete' with another £350,000 worth of projects in development at present. Portfolio includes standard buy to let, student HMO and holiday lets / serviced accommodation. I've also currently got £155,000 in cash loaned out to developers as part of the overall property portfolio.Points of discussion would be...What yields are possible with unencumbered property.What should your yield target be.When or where you should consider breaking your own rules or targets (other potential upsides or hidden upsides).How easy or hard is it to deploy a large amount of capital quickly and how concerned should you be about opportunity cost when making investment decisions. How much to commit to one geographic location and what risk are you looking to circumvent here. How much diversification of strategy do you need and are certain strategies more 'risky' and should therefore feature less in your portfolio.Should you consider using leverage even when you have a large sum to invest and what are the main points of consideration.How much time is sensible to spend on or commit to investing a large sum of money into property and how that impacts what projects you should work on or investments you should make.What can you do to make your portfolio as efficient as possible over the long term.Why make this kind of investment, on such a large scale, in the first place.Is it wise to be 'all in' on property.I think it's also interesting to reflect back on how the process has actually played out, how the different parts of the portfolio yield and what kind of time commitments the portfolio requires. There are some serious lessons to learn as well in regards to how long projects take, what to expect from sources/developers, how to make judgements on the people you work with and how to avoid over reliance on individuals in order to protect yourself and your capital. The value I bring is having been through the process, having made mistakes with some investment properties, having made mistakes dealing with certain individuals (builders and developers included), having dealt with the decision making process behind each investment and the burden of deploying that amount of capital and having come out the other-side and what that looks like along with what I'd do differently with with the new experiences I've gained. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<blockquote>Who is David?</blockquote><ul><li>Dropped out of university to become a professional online poker player. Had a solid amount of success.</li><li>Transitioned from that into my first business in 2010 (Lenton Marketing Ltd), which I still run today, that focuses on search engine optimization and affiliate marketing in the online gaming space. Current clients include Bet365, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and most other large domestic operators.</li><li>Started investing seriously in stocks and shares (2015-2016) and have been building my portfolio ever since.</li><li>Established Lenton Property Ltd in 2018 with the goal of deploying £1,000,000 into a diversified range of property investments. Currently that number sits at £972,000 in property that's 'complete' with another £350,000 worth of projects in development at present. </li><li>Portfolio includes standard buy to let, student HMO and holiday lets / serviced accommodation. </li><li>I've also currently got £155,000 in cash loaned out to developers as part of the overall property portfolio.</li></ul> <blockquote>Points of discussion would be...</blockquote><ul><li>What yields are possible with unencumbered property.</li><li>What should your yield target be.</li><li>When or where you should consider breaking your own rules or targets (other potential upsides or hidden upsides).</li><li>How easy or hard is it to deploy a large amount of capital quickly and how concerned should you be about opportunity cost when making investment decisions. </li><li>How much to commit to one geographic location and what risk are you looking to circumvent here. </li><li>How much diversification of strategy do you need and are certain strategies more 'risky' and should therefore feature less in your portfolio.</li><li>Should you consider using leverage even when you have a large sum to invest and what are the main points of consideration.</li><li>How much time is sensible to spend on or commit to investing a large sum of money into property and how that impacts what projects you should work on or investments you should make.</li><li>What can you do to make your portfolio as efficient as possible over the long term.</li><li>Why make this kind of investment, on such a large scale, in the first place.</li><li>Is it wise to be 'all in' on property.</li></ul><blockquote>I think it's also interesting to reflect back on how the process has actually played out, how the different parts of the portfolio yield and what kind of time commitments the portfolio requires. </blockquote><blockquote>There are some serious lessons to learn as well in regards to how long projects take, what to expect from sources/developers, how to make judgements on the people you work with and how to avoid over reliance on individuals in order to protect yourself and your capital. </blockquote><blockquote>The value I bring is having been through the process, having made mistakes with some investment properties, having made mistakes dealing with certain individuals (builders and developers included), having dealt with the decision making process behind each investment and the burden of deploying that amount of capital and having come out the other-side and what that looks like along with what I'd do differently with with the new experiences I've gained.</blockquote> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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