Mentoring with Dan

Mentoring With Dan
UrbanShared was created by Dan Jackson in November 2016 with a mission to change the shared home market in South West London. We acquired our first deal in February 2017 and by the end of 2017 had acquired a further 8 properties. We now have a portfolio of over nearly 100 units with an annual rent roll of over £1.2m.

Dan runs the portfolio without any full-time staff.
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Whats included?
We've been through the complete lifecycle of a R2R deal many times and have developed in-depth understanding of how to create a sustainable and profitable R2R business. Our experience includes;

• How to set-up your business
• Creating your website, marketing brochure, sourcing free stock images
• Sourcing deals via agents and direct to vendor
• Why we would never recommend a sourcing company on a R2R deal
• How to conduct viewings with agents
• Deal analysis
• How to pass referencing
• How to set-up a property including
  • How to furnish a property on a budget
  • How to comply with regulation
  • Setting up electronic noticeboards to make management super easy
  • How to use email as a workflow tool
  • How to create an inventory
• How to find tenants
  • Email templates for use when contacting tenants
  • How we use a clever macro to automatically send 100's of targeted messages in Spare Room
• Everything we've learnt about viewings and how to maximise conversions
• Which systems we use to 
  • Project Manage almost every aspect of a new deal
  • Enable full automatisation of payments
  • On-line document signing
  • Access to our bespoke mobile App (that you can use in your business)
• Managing the properties
  • Property inspections
  • Finding and retaining great tradesman
  • Creating house manuals to reduce maintenance effort
• Raising finance for your R2R business (we were the first R2R business in the UK to be offered a tailored R2R loan product from a niche lender - we can provide access to the lender)
• How we market properties
  • How we do our own 2D floor plans
  • 3D floor plans
  • Spare Room advertising and how we keep voids below 2%
• Landlord management
  • How to ensure you maintain good relations with your landlords and how to drive referral business
• Access to our 92 point blue-print, which offers a step by step guide to finding, securing, filling and managing your first R2R HMO deal

Why Mentoring with Dan works
Relevant 
I started UrbanShared in 2016 and in that time have been totally immersed in running and growing the business.

Whilst I love mentoring and helping people, I love building this business. Not only is it a profitable business, it's also changing lives and I'm so excited by what the future holds for UrbanShared.

Honest
"If you are so good at building the business, why don't you just concentrate on that?" - I love helping / mentoring people. It's fun and satisfying. I create partnerships through mentoring and yes, I also get paid for doing something that I enjoy and find super fulfilling.

Passionate
I strongly believe that the shared-home market needs some attention. Standards are still poor, housemates don't get the love and attention they deserve. In short, the rental industry, and particularly the multi-let market has been neglected for decades.
I want to change that. And I can't do it on my own!!

If you are interested in learning how to get involved in this incredible business, then please contact me via the form below and I'll send you our Mentoring Accountability Form that helps us understand where you are in regards to your business.​

Dans YouTube

Dans YouTube channel is packed with coliving / shared home content including deal analysis on both good and bad deals, property walkthroughs and loads more - definitely the place to start if you want to understand more about coliving and Rent 2 Rent 

GO to DANS CHANNEL

CoLiving with YPN

UrbanShared were invited to a round table on coLiving hosted by the popular property magazine YPN - we started with "What is coliving" and it went from there! A must read for all those interested in this growing market sector 

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With HMO Heroes

This FaceBook live was with Stephanie from HMO heroes.

​We talked in depth about how UrbanShared started and how we are using technology to enhance the customer experience

With CoLiving Code

Christine McDannell is almost single handedly pushing the coliving agenda.

In this video we discussed in detail what coliving means and why it's different in the US when compared to the UK market.

WATCH THE INTERVIEW

With Inside Property Investing

Mike Stenhouse and IPI are the gold standard for property podcasting

This podcast was a little different to their normal interviews as we really went deep into how Technology will disrupt the Property Industry

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

With Tej Talks

Tej runs the Property PodCast Tej Talks.

We spoke about all things portfolio building (in London), how I started UrbanShared and why Proptech is game changing. 

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

With Tej Talks (AGAIN!)

Dan did a second interview with Tej 

This podcast gives great insight into tenant management, reducing voids and increasing profits. A must listen
 

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

In Absolutely London

An article all about moving to London and which areas are good for shared homes. Photos of one of our favourite properties were used in the section on Clapham

READ THE ARTICLE

In Culturewhisper

We were super proud to be listed in an article in Culture Whisper all about the best coliving companies in London
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It's great to be part of such a wonderful group

READ THE ARTICLE

#DownToSouthLondon

Jeroen Hoppe's brilliant Podcast Series which focuses on all things Property South of the river. 

We discussed many things about the coLiving revolution but i particularly enjoyed talking about the challenges around scaling a business

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

HeavyMetalMoney

Loved doing this podcast with Pete Baker! We chatted for over 4 hours (the podcast is 2 hours, but crammed full of value) 

We talked business, property, technology and customer experience. Grab a coffee and enjoy!!