"No-one will pay a monthly fee to a f***ing sourcer." Me: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ I want to show you something. Four new clients. Four monthly membership fees. One month. I talk a lot on here about what I do. I think it is important to occasionally show you it is actually happening. I don't usually do posts like these. I find them crass. But each is more than a payment - they're people. And we live in an age of trust crisis. Let me tell you who these four are: Two are a husband and wife from the South East, priced out of their local market and ready to deploy capital into South Yorkshire for the first time. First investment. Long-term hold. Exactly the profile I work best with. One is a referral from an existing client. That matters more to me than almost any other form of new business. It means someone trusted me enough to put their name behind me. One is a UK expat, currently based abroad, building a portfolio to return to. Four completely different situations. One consistent approach. Here is what these payments actually represent. The monthly membership funds: The search The analysis The relationship The unrivalled support - me at the end of a phone on demand. It is not a finder's fee. It is a partnership fee that means I am working for you and only you, not racing to sell the same property to whoever bites first on an Financial Conduct Authority-regulation breaking WhatsApp Group. Behind each of these fees is an active client. Properties being assessed. Streets being walked. Numbers being run. Real work happening right now in Sheffield, Chesterfield, and Derby. Anyone can post 'deal' numbers on LinkedIn... Anyone can tell you their "property journey" which you don't care about... Anyone can tell you 'the deal they walked away from'... (discreetly omitting the fact they didn't have any investors in the first place!) Anyone can write a compelling post about what they do... What you cannot fake is a bank statement. The reason you haven't worked with me yet isn't because of money. If you have enough to invest in property, you have enough to invest in my services. The truth is you don't know who to trust in a cowboy sector. Have a conversation with me and I'll show you how I work. Don't work with a 'sourcer' who talks about pipeline but can't show you proof it exists. Work with a Partner who shows you the statement, names the clients, and explains exactly what the fee is actually paying for. Sensible Investments, Unrivalled Support™ If you have been watching from the sidelines, this is what real looks like. DM me if you are ready to have the conversation. #theteacherlandlord #goldilockszone #propertyinvestment

Posted by James Lovell-Smith at 2026-07-27 06:56:11 UTC