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Investing, business, finance &economics - Mark Homer has the experience to help you with many of your questions & challenges. Mark My Words is a successful, eccentric & introverted businessman’s experience of 20 years with no waffle, ads, bravado or big pitches. Mark will interview the worlds most successful business, finance & money experts as well as impart his knowledge in a factual, direct manner. Mark runs & owns multiple businesses & property portfolios so teaches you what he does on a ...
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Van H. Avram, private investigator, is a tragic gumshoe living from one case to the next, getting past on his good looks and sharp mind. A mysterious client visits him, but declining the case sets him off on a destructive spiral driving him from death to death in a dark world that sucks him deeper. He uncovers that his own past is not what he thinks, and his role in the disturbing events is pivotal in the destruction of the world.
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When I’m not working on the text of my next book, I’m blogging. When I’m not blogging, I’m recording a podcast about the most recent blog, because sometimes it’s easier to listen to a disembodied voice in the speakers than read the text from an electronic page. I can’t include pictures in the podcasts, but I do my best to walk you through each entry. New episodes drop on Monday mornings. The podcasts are brought to you by the kind people who use AMAZON links from my website and those who fol ...
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Join Mark as he gives an overview of the current news stories around property including the growth of the construction industry and his take on the favourability of first time buyers and what targets we should instead be focusing on. Mark also talks about the current rent crisis and the impact of the cost of living on landlords, investors and tenan…
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This is it for our time with Charlie and His Lying Factory, at least as far as my coverage is concerned. I'm certain his lying will go on!And it's not just the lies he told which were evident at that time we recorded, like his boasts of his success at Corizon or the experience consumers will have using Kelly-Moore paints now that he's at the compan…
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Mark has been investing in property for 15-20 years, approaching the 100 mark in terms of deals made and has a 70 million equity stake in various portfolios. One of the questions he repeatedly gets asked, is whether it is worth using additional cash to pay of your mortgage or if it is better to invest it elsewhere. Listen in to this episode to hear…
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When Charles Gassenheimer told me of his experience at Corizon Health on a podcast recorded with the Kelly-Moore CEO he offered Corizon as evidence of executive skills saying the company was doing "fantastic." Which is a fantastic fucking story, but that's all it is!Days after spinning this tale, Corizon would settle one of the many wrongful death …
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Mark gives an overview of the current news stories around property including new legislation and the recent budget. Mark also talks about the many changes around serviced accommodation, current house prices and gives his thoughts and opinions on why other markets aren’t investing in the UK. KEY TAKEAWAYS When governments reduce taxes, they generall…
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Mark Homer reflects on his 20-year journey to becoming a multi-million-pound property CEO. Hear how he started with naive investments abroad, learned difficult lessons, and shifted his strategy to focus on local houses with strong cashflows. Mark explains his role as a "conductor" in assembling teams for each project, shares current real estate tre…
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Mark hosts an informal session answering attendees' questions on property investing and business. Topics covered include managing tenant arrears, using AI systems, recovering securing finance, choosing property strategies and leveraging technology to remove reliance on people. Mark provides his famous direct, no-nonsense advice, drawing on his exte…
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In this episode, Mark gives his thoughts on recent property news. He talks about current planning restrictions, ground rent problems and gives his educated opinion about the new suggested help-to-buy scheme from Jeremy Hunt. KEY TAKEAWAYS Jeremy Hunt is looking at creating a similar scheme to the previous help to buy where the government helps fund…
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Two of the most talked about issues in the country in regards to housing, are how the next generation will afford it and the impact migration and immigration are having on the housing shortage. Mark joins Nigel Farage on GB news to discuss this and the promises of house building from the current secretary of state for housing Michael Gove. KEY TAKE…
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In this episode, Mark outlines his predictions for property for 2024. He discusses the implications of the market in 2023, what he thinks will happen to house prices and rent rises as well as the multiple reasons more and more landlords are choosing to sell up! KEY TAKEAWAYS For the end of 2024, Mark thinks house price falls will moderate and stabi…
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Mark Homer reviews the biggest property and business news stories of 2023! VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.youtube.com/user/progressiveproperty https://www.progressiveproperty.co.uk/the-progressive-co-founders/ ABOUT THE HOST Mark has bought, sold or has managed around 1,000 property units for himself, Rob, his family and his investors since 2003. H…
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Mark Homer shares the inside story of his largest and most complex commercial conversion project to date - transforming an 80,000 sq ft former Marks & Spencer department store into 99 residential units. He reveals the highs and lows behind acquiring the property, handling the intricate planning permission, dealing with the main contractor going bus…
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Join Mark as he explores the common debate between renting and buying a home in the UK and talks about why home ownership is still a good option. Mark also talks about recent tax changes, including Section 24 and increased stamp duty, impacting the property market. Mark contends that these changes contribute to a shortage of rental properties and i…
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Mark reflects and gives his thoughts on a selection of news articles in this episode including focusing on the row between Nigel Farage and Alison Rose, wage growth and inflation. Mark also talks about the current housing crisis and what he thinks will happen in the medium and long term. KEY TAKEAWAYS Alison Rose gave private information about Nige…
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Car hire and leasing can expensive and getting out of a contract early can be difficult especially if you don’t know what type of contract you’re entering into. In today’s episode, Mark dives into the details of car leasing, contract hire and PCP contracts and explains the most cost-effective way of controlling, owning or renting your vehicle. KEY …
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Mark interviews controversial politician and broadcaster Nigel Farage in this episode. They discuss Nigel's experience as a commodities trader in the City, his views on investing, and the future of the stock market. Nigel provides an inside look at his political career, explaining how he stood alone in advocating for Brexit and used social media to…
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Mark Homer interviews Adrian from Prefect Controls about their intelligent heating control system for HMOs and student accommodation. Adrian explains how Prefect's room-by-room controls help property managers like Mark reduce energy waste from tenants who crank the heat up and open windows! With energy prices skyrocketing, he expects Prefect will r…
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This episode is a recording of Mark’s recent talk at the Underground Empire Builders Event. Mark draws on 20 years of experience and 1000+ deals, sharing the mindsets and models essential for business success. He gives his philosophies on real estate investing, scaling companies, productive habits, calculated risks, and leveraging assets. KEY TAKEA…
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Mark Homer joins Nigel to talk about one of the ways he sees us dealing with the housing crisis, redevelopment of retail and other commercial units into residential use. They discuss the barriers to general development and the new legislation coming into place soon. KEY TAKEAWAYS The government hasn’t been getting anywhere near its target for build…
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Mark and Rob do a Q&A with the audience and answer questions about books, entrepreneurship, what they are up to across their property businesses and the people they currently look to for inspiration. They also talk about how they are managing the current economic crisis and their thoughts on AI. KEY TAKEAWAYS Your brain has a capacity, you can fill…
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Mark Homer goes joins GB news to answer the question, is Britain full? Mark shares his own experiences of the property market and volume in his current city of Peterborough and also how he sees the current crisis ending. KEY TAKEAWAYS We simply aren’t meeting the house-building target needed to match migration. With planning regulations as they are…
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Ex-MP Simon Danczuk joins Mark to share his many political views and in-depth knowledge of the system and the people of the UK. He talks about his days as an MP including exposing the Rochdale grooming gang and Cyril Smith, about his business background, immigration, the private rent sector and housing and the lack of leadership in parliament. KEY …
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As a paint retailer it's hard to distinguish your stores from other retailers in the space, often leaving price and location as the only reason a customer favors you over S-W, HD or even another independent. To ensure I stood above THE crowd while calling on NY's industrial coatings users, I stood on my certification NACE Level III Coatings Inspect…
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Mark talks to Nigel Farage on GB news about the difficulties of rent and housing in his local town of Peterborough, demonstrating a microcosm of what is happening across the country. Mark outlines the need for changes in regulation to drastically disrupt the current supply issues the UK is facing in housing. KEY TAKEAWAYS Rents have almost doubled …
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CLASH OF THE TITANS - Go To moorevleeds.com to find out more FREE DOWNLOAD How YOU Can Make A FORTUNE From Buy-To-Let https://bit.ly/BTLReport-POD The renters' reform bill was entered into parliament in May 2023, in this episode Kev, Mark and Kieran discuss their thoughts, including the upsides and downsides as well as how landlords and developers …
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Mother-daughter painting contractors Billie Machain and Veronica Tucci made time in their busy schedules to record a podcast with me recently. THE women are so busy because in addition to managing their rapidly expanding Philadelphia-based commercial painting business the pair were recently named one of Behr's top "Women in Paint" for 2023!In this …
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CLASH OF THE TITANS - Go To moorevleeds.com to find out more VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.youtube.com/user/progressiveproperty https://www.progressiveproperty.co.uk/the-progressive-co-founders/ ABOUT THE HOST Mark has bought, sold or has managed around 1,000 property units for himself, Rob, his family and his investors since 2003. He is a system …
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CLASH OF THE TITANS - Go To moorevleeds.com to find out more How high could interest rates go, whether to invest in property right now and what a 100% mortgage is are just some of the questions Mark answers in this Q&A episode of Mark My Words. KEY TAKEAWAYS The UK is behind the curve, the EU is still putting interest rates up currently and it’s pr…
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Now the chain's paint department manager Jon Dazey began his career at White's as an OSR: an all-expenses paid outside sales rep for the chain of lumberyards compliments of Benjmain Moore.(Pssst, they'll give you one too!)And while interesting, we don't spend much time discussing Jon's career path because dealers want will want to hear how White's …
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Mark answers some of the most asked questions he is getting at the moment including why yes now is a good time to invest in buy to lets, why interest rates will be dropping and why some debt can be good. KEY TAKEAWAYS Being debt free isn’t always the best option, it can be worth investing money into property rather than paying off your mortgage Inf…
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Join me as I talk insurance with Matt Rogers of Papenhausen Hardware in San Francisco. Matt is an accidental expert on what insurance independent paint and hardware retailers need: Rogers had to rebuild Papenhausen after a fire destroyed the 100+ year-old business. TWICE!When he was done rebuilding his store the second time, Matt started a trade or…
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In this episode, Mark gives an update on energy, particularly on how this will impact landlords and the property market. KEY TAKEAWAYS The government has confirmed that landlords will need to meet an EPC rating of C or better by 2028 for new and existing tenancies. The best ways to go from a D or an E to a C rating is by a few small changes, such a…
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Join me as I discuss hiring and retention with Gina Schaefer of the 13-store Washington, DC ACE retailer "A Few Cool Hardware Stores"Despite chronic nationwide labor shortages and high turnover rates for retail employers, Gina continues to hire and retain employees. Gina's strategies, plus her efforts in employee training and development, has drive…
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CLASH OF THE TITANS - Go To moorevleeds.com to find out more FREE DOWNLOAD How YOU Can Make A FORTUNE From Buy-To-Let https://bit.ly/BTLReport-POD Join Mark as he speaks to Kevin for a second time about how to build and manage a property business including your accounts and finances as well as investing. Mark and Kev also discuss investing abroad, …
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In this episode, Mark reveals how he built his multi-million property empire, his thoughts on the property market right now, as well as how to find investors and venture partners. He also delves deep into the importance of risk in business and how you can manage it. KEY TAKEAWAYS The biggest risk mark has had to contend with is his most recent prop…
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As Mark hits his 43rd birthday he reflects on the 6 key things he has learnt in his 17 years of business including why inflation can be your biggest helper as well as the many tax reliefs many people aren’t utilising enough! KEY TAKEAWAYS When you are investing, particularly in property, inflation can be your friend in a big way. Inflation is the d…
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Part 2 of the Mark & Rob special episode. Mark and Rob continue to talk openly and honestly about all things business, particularly focusing on the negative impact of the tax in the UK and the long-lasting impacts of covid and lockdowns. Mark & Rob Reveal: The differences between the current recession and 2008 The long-lasting impact of covid How t…
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Progressive Property co-founder and co-owner Rob joins Mark in this special episode. Rob and Mark openly and honestly talk about the business lessons, mistakes, tips and tricks they have learnt in the past 17 years as well as their thoughts on the current state of the UK. Mark & Rob Reveal: The actual causes behind high inflation in the UK Why tax …
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If you're a Benjamin Moore dealer or employee you're not going to want to miss this episode with recently retired BM executive Budweiser Jim Gorman!Join me as Jimmy and I discuss the modern history of the Montvale paint maker, including the sale to Berkshire Hathaway and Jimmy's perspective on the six Benjamin Moore CEO's he served.Including our ve…
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A macroeconomic update from Mark in this quick but informative episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS Inflation has started to fall, it’s likely that inflation has already peaked. This doesn’t mean we won’t head into a recession. There’s the potential for us to enter a ‘shallow recession’ due to interest rates still increasing but things like gas prices decreasing…
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Why does the chemical foundation of paint and its dependence on petroleum and heavy-metal mining remain unchanged for more than 150-years despite revolutionary advances in chemistry and technology during that time?And with the increased cost of shipping adding 2% to THE inflation rate, when will paint be made as a concentrate so we can stop paying …
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Join Mark in this episode where he unveils his personal predictions for the property market in 2023 including why property prices are set to drop 30-40%! KEY TAKEAWAYS Inflation is now 10% and mortgage rates have gone up considerably resulting in property prices dropping around 10-15% already. The reverse is happening in the rental market as fewer …
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As it’s the end of the year, Mark wanted to do a roundup Q&A of some of his most popular YouTube videos of the year. He answers questions surrounding investing, Brexit, his opinion on Nigel Farage, and more! KEY TAKEAWAYS The EPC policy will over time have an impact on rental prices. Ideally landlords shouldn’t increase rents by more than 5% but th…
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