At 50 years old, Jim Haliburton walked to his first property on a sunny day in 1991. Fast forward 35 years: he's owns over 100 HMO properties, pulled off a 220-bed mega-deal that finance companies laughed at, and is still buying properties today! Oh, and all 660 of his tenants have his personal mobile number (yes, really).

Growing up in the care system where showing excitement meant punishment, Jim broke every statistic by building a property empire. He doesn't sugarcoat the housing crisis, the staffing nightmares, or why he wishes he'd spent less time saving and more time living. Raw, honest, and unapologetically Scottish, this is what three decades of property investing actually looks like.

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LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/jim-haliburton-709b297/

Facebook - www.facebook.com/jimhaliburton

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Instagram - @_dylan_russell

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Episode Trailer

00:02:05 Introduction

00:03:40 The Merchant Navy & Saving Money

00:05:28 First Marriage & Property Resistance

00:06:45 First Property Purchase 1991

00:09:22 HMO Strategy - Rinse & Repeat

00:11:46 Growing Up in Care System

00:12:51 Self-Limiting Beliefs & Breaking the Mold

00:19:09 The Entrepreneur's Wound

00:21:38 Books That Changed Everything

00:24:05 Regrets: Enjoy Life More

00:43:45 Advice for Getting Started

00:45:25 Lodgers & Creative Financing

00:46:50 Purchase Lease Options Explained

00:53:40 Rent to Rent vs Rent to Buy

01:02:57 The 220-Bed HMO Mega Deal

01:16:14 Joint Venture Strategy 50/50

01:19:24 All 660 Tenants Have My Number

01:24:55 Portfolio Sale Disaster Story

01:33:36 The Reality of HMO Cash Flow

01:34:44 Asylum Seeker Housing Crisis

01:42:16 If I Were Prime Minister

01:44:10 The Artificial Housing Shortage

01:52:11 Media Bias

01:58:01 Greatest Fears & Regulation

02:04:20 Faith, Death & Legacy

02:06:57 Final Thoughts & How to Learn

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See you next week,

Dylan

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