The latest podcast is an interview with Kate Wieliczko who became successful in property sourcing during lockdown. She arrived in the UK from Poland, initially working as a receptionist, before setting up a property sourcing business that has seen rapid success over a short period of time.
Kate details her property journey, which has picked up pace very quickly, even through lockdown restrictions. She shares the following:
- How she first started thinking about getting into property
- Why other training options did not work for her
- How joining Goliath helped her to make strategy decisions and start progressing, including using templates, calculators and scripts
- How she started working with a business partner
- The different types of agreements she has negotiated with landlords
- Her successful marketing technique
- Not having any fear of conversations with landlords, rationalising your fears
- Her future goals and ambitions to continue her property journey
Podcast Timestamps
03:50 Introduction with Kate
04:45 Summary of Kate’s background
05:35 First property purchase and sale
06:20 Buying a new flat made her start thinking more about property
07:45 Discovering Goliath and how it changed her life
08:40 Strategies she considered and working without huge savings
10:05 Educating herself
11:35 Trying some training seminars and disappointment of quality
12:40 How joining Goliath got her started
13:05 Finding her business partner
14:00 Persistence and mindset
14:45 Benefits of the partnership
15:15 Using lockdown time for training and compliance
16:05 Looking at different areas
17:10 How documents and scripts from Goliath have helped
18:00 Deciding on the strategy
19:50 Marketing/sending out letters
21:00 Conversations with first landlords to call her
22:10 Progressing through lockdown
23:30 Work completed on HMO properties
25:20 Different areas have different rules and requirements
28:50 Agreements and negotiating with landlords
30:50 Managing different types of landlords’ expectations
33:00 Cold calling and getting over the nerves
34:30 Learning from experience and creating your own luck
35:50 Current position and next leads lined up
36:30 Goal is to buy their own property
38:05 Being active on Goliath forum, learning and getting support
39:25 Outsourcing opportunities
41:10 Achieving goals and dreams