ZEN Properties Podcast

A podcast about building long term wealth and cashflowing businesses through real estate. Dive into interviews with industry legends, content packed with actionable tips and relaxed banter.

010 PD Conversions with Ben Richards & Jack Jiggens 12/25/2025

010 PD Conversions with Ben Richards & Jack Jiggens PD conversions are heating up. Ben Richards & Jack Jiggens from XP Property explain how they’ve used Permitted Development to deliver £100m+ worth of projects — covering sourcing, finance, development, exits, and the future of PD in the UK. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/39532755

009 Real Estate Photography - Practical Guide 12/11/2025

009 Real Estate Photography - Practical Guide Learn how to take professional, high-impact real estate photos without hiring a photographer. This practical 2025 guide covers gear, settings, HDR bracketing, composition rules, editing workflow, and everything you need to produce magazine-worthy images that boost bookings, valuations, and sales. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/39368445

008 Serviced Accommodation battle with Ed & Lora from Hinkley Homes - contractors vs high-end SA 11/28/2025

008 Serviced Accommodation battle with Ed & Lora from Hinkley Homes - contractors vs high-end SA What makes more sense - contractors SA or high end SA? Should you make your SA unit profitable enough without overinvesting, launch fast, keep simple VAT structure and move on to the next project or should you create stronger cashflow per unit by spending more time and money on reconfiguring, finishes and amenities at the expense of having more demanding guests and complicated company structure? Join our discussion with Ed from Hinkley Homes to see what strategy would be better for you! /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/39199395

007 Building business with kids, cats & babies 11/07/2025

007 Building business with kids, cats & babies I’ll focus on my business when my kids are older. Now it’s not a good time. BULLSHIT! Cut the excuses. You can build your business having kids, babies, cats and no one outside your closest family bubble supporting you. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/38950800

006 Property investment strategies 10/06/2025

006 Property investment strategies You have decided to become a property investor. Great! But where do you start? How do you scale? Understand your investment strategy choices and make an informed decision about your next steps. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/38488905

005 Top serviced accommodation tips for 2025 09/04/2025

005 Top serviced accommodation tips for 2025 Run or think of running an SA business? Tune in to learn how to streamline your SA operations and maximise your SA income. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/38191870

004 Top 14 fruckups you want to avoid 08/21/2025

004 Top 14 fruckups you want to avoid We’ve made tons of mistakes across our businesses. Don’t make the same mistakes. We share what didn’t go as planned across our projects and how to avoid fruckups. Discussing corp structure, development hurdles about delivery time, contingency, planning, leaseholds, VAT, finishes and more. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/37902730

003 Where to start in real estate 08/07/2025

003 Where to start in real estate Where to start as a property investor. We cover company structure basics, compliance, high level overview of property investment strategies like Rent to Serviced Accommodation (R2SA), Buy to Serviced Accommodation (B2SA), Buy to Let (BTL) and Commercial Conversions (CC) to Residential. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/37720745

002 Commercial conversion - process, numbers and tips 07/24/2025

002 Commercial conversion - process, numbers and tips How to approach a commercial conversion from start to finish. Unbiased numbers, step by step process and practical, actionable tips. What would we have done differently after delivering our first conversion from office to flats. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/37539595

001 Intro - start your business with an end in mind 07/10/2025

001 Intro - start your business with an end in mind How to define your end game goals and how to get there through building your own real estate portfolio. Packed with actionable tips and practical knowledge around small conversion projects and serviced accommodation business. /episode/index/show/985008dd-49f0-43cd-a3da-ff9f09a2e331/id/37367725

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