Episode 1
Developments, CRM, HMO's & Buy to Lets! Adam and Steven from DOMO
DOMO is a holding company with property and e-commerce arms, the main business, DOMO Development offers a variety of services around properties. Adam Huzzey and Steven Pardoe from DOMO join Allan Harding this week on More Than Just Property to talk about how they got into property, their business careers, and the work they do with DOMO.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Adam and Steven’s first business together was importing stone for kitchens, they found there was so much inflexibility when it came to overheads and there were so many business headaches. They decided that business shouldn’t have to cause this.
- When going into property you should still have some kind of other income, there is a lag between investing in property and getting a return. It could take a year to see anything back and you still need to live while you’re doing it.
- The most important thing Adam and Steven have learned from owning businesses is that you need to know your exit plan before you start.
- The pair's biggest mistake was not pushing themselves into property when they could have done and not selling the kitchen business at the most efficient time.
- When you set up a business, spend more time than you think you should on setting up the CRM systems for where you want the business to be when you grow. If you leave inefficiencies then you will lose out.
BESt moments
‘People don't realise that that these buy now pay later things are credit agreements’
‘More Than Just Property, that’s a business lesson isn’t it’
‘We didn’t like the thought of sitting in the office until 7pm’
‘We love buildings, the bricks and the mortar, we love them’
‘Making mistakes is the only way you learn’
EPISODE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE GUEST
DOMO Developments is a property investment company that uses time proven strategies specially tailored to the individual requirements and aspirations of our clients. Whether you're looking to Invest in property, get better returns on your savings, sell fast, develop a site or Joint Venture with us in a partnership project we have the skills, knowledge and experience to make it happen.
DOMO Developments specialise in single Buy To Let's in set researched, managed and scrutinised postcode areas. Property renovations and flips including extensions, Permitted Development and full Planning applications. Commercial Conversions and HMO's (House of Multiple Occupancy). Except for flipped properties and projects where the end figures do not meet our set criteria our aim at DOMO is to complete our projects, refinance and hold long term providing monthly income and capital growth for ourselves and our investors.
DOMO’s aim is to provide both investors and our owners with safe, secure and calculated property investments that will provide either passive income and / or capital appreciation or a simple direct guaranteed return on invested funds secured against property through legal channels.
MEET ALLAN HARDING
About the host
I’ve had an amazing career through to setting up my own businesses. It's time I gave that back to help other people achieve where they want to be in life. Through my learnings and those of the guests I have on the podcast I hope you find what you are looking for. I am certainly learning with every conversation that I have.From Art to finance, IT to Music, Some of my guests have led extraordinary lives and you can too. These recordings are unscripted and a natural conversation that explores peoples inner beings!
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