I buy, refurbish and operate UK property — and I use AI to run it lean. No gurus, no get-rich-quick. Just the working version of a portfolio I'm still actively running, and the playbooks I use to run it.
Before property, my wife and I were professional musicians. Together we built an agency supplying entertainers to cruise ships — a good business on the surface, but income that moved with the tide and a calendar we didn't really own. With our first child at home and our second on the way, that stopped being something I could square.
So I went looking for something with weight to it. Something that paid whether I was on a stage or not. Property turned out to be that thing — not a side hustle, not a hobby, but the actual job.
From the start I went after the strategies that move the needle: HMOs, blocks of flats, portfolio acquisitions. I use lease options and vendor finance to scale faster than my own capital allows, and I bring investors in on the deals that need them.
I learned the job by doing it — living the refurbs, the negotiations, the financing, the operations — not by reading about it. That's why what I share isn't theory. It's the working version of a portfolio I'm still actively running, and the lessons that come with running it.
No hype. No shortcuts. Just the version of property that builds a life you actually want to live in.
Right now that means a portfolio that runs without me hovering over it, AI doing the work that used to take a team, and a family who get me present rather than permanently distracted. In 2028 it'll mean running it from somewhere else in the world for a year or two, while we figure out where we actually want to be.
Each part supports the others. The portfolio gives the lessons their grounding. The investors share in what's built. And AI and automation are the thread that ties it all together — the leverage that creates the lifestyle.
I buy through lease options, vendor finance, and traditional purchase — refurbish to a high spec, and run a portfolio of HMOs, BTLs and serviced accommodation across the South West.
I use AI and automation to handle the lead handling, reporting, ops admin and content that used to take a team. Then I show other property businesses how to do the same. No hype, no hopium — just the workflows I actually run.
For investors who want the upside without the operations: I source, package, and operate the deal. You bring the capital, I bring the deal flow and the team.
I'm writing this over the next few weeks — the actual ways I'm using AI in the business today, from the cheap quick wins to the systems running in the background. Drop your email and you'll get your free copy the moment it's live.
Vendors with motivated properties, mentees considering working together, podcasts and press — drop me a line. I read every message.