The Property Vault Podcast - 049 - Saving the High Street - Interview with Ruth Hobbs.

Unlocking Property Knowledge: Saving the High Street - Interview with Ruth Hobbs In this podcast episode, hosts Dan Hulbert and Amy Rowlinson interview Ruth Hobbs, one half of Urban Sister Developments based in Derbyshire. 2019 HMO Property Deal of the Year Award Winner at The Property Investors Awards, Ruth initially starting investing in 1999 as a hobby and property development has only recently become her full-time job. With Urban Sister Gillian, Ruth is creating sympathetic developments that solve issues for her local community through the regeneration of the High Street encouraging people to move back into the town centre.  Ruth’s passion to restore and rejuvenate the High Street by bringing back the beautiful buildings from disrepair means working closely with Marketing Derby to help rebuild the community. Ruth is thinking outside the box, has embraced planning and has got a fantastic hand selected team of experts in place to get full community support. Ruth calls out to you as a developer to look at what is going on around you, to see what you can do for your town or city, to speak to your local council and work with a local planner to achieve what is needed in your immediate environment.   With the right education, Ruth believed she could have achieved what she has done in two years instead of 20 years and her key messages are to learn from podcasts and books, switch off all the distractions, to immerse yourself in 100% in property and pick the right property course. Ruth says that the best way to learn is on the job but if property is not your passion, don’t do it!  ABOUT RUTH HOBBS  Ruth is one half of Urban Sister Developments based in Derbyshire. Ruth set up the company with her sister, Gillian, in March 2018, and the company specialises in student HMOs and land gain flips. Their latest project is a 5500 sq ft listed building in the centre of Derby which they are converting to Co-Living student apartments. Their last commercial conversion of a B1 office block to luxury student accommodation won them Best HMO Deal of the Year 2019 at the Property Investors Awards 2019 and they were also recently filmed for Property TV’s “Women in Property Series”. Ruth has had a property portfolio in London since 1999 which she is now slowly selling off to fund her property deals.   Ruth started Property Sisters with fellow founders Claire Norwood and Karolina Adamcyzk two years ago and the group has grown organically ever since. Property Sisters is a flourishing online Instagram community with 160 women property developers in the group. Property Sisters strongly encourage and support one another to push themselves forward to hone their property skills. The plan is to continue to grow the community driving the success of Women in Property forward into a prominent public arena.   EMAIL: [email protected]  INSTAGRAM: @ruth_and_gillian_hobbs   TWITTER: @ruthhobbs_urban    ABOUT THE HOSTS ABOUT DAN HULBERT Dan Hulbert is a property professional and strategic build partner to property investors with 17 years’ practitioner experience having started on the tools and then built his own portfolio. A builder’s knowledge combined with an investor’s mindset, Dan currently works with clients who seek professional advice within the areas of property and construction as a Build Consultant and Project Mentor. CONNECT WITH DAN HULBERT Dan Hulbert Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dan_hulbert/ Dan Hulbert Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDanHulbert/ Dan Hulbert LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielhulbert/ Dan Hulbert - www.danhulbert.com ABOUT AMY ROWLINSON Amy Rowlinson has 14 years’ residential landlord experience and has built a portfolio of HMOs in the south. As well as continuing to build her property portfolio, Amy is a Coach and Mentor working with clients empowering them to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking.  CONNECT WITH AMY ROWLINSON Book a Free 20-min Coaching Call with Amy - https://calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall Focus on WHY Podcast - https://bit.ly/focusonwhy  Focus on WHY Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/focusonwhy/ Amy Rowlinson Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amy.rowlinson/ Amy Rowlinson Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/RowlinsonAmy/ Focus on Why Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/focusonwhy/ Focus on Why Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/focusonwhy/ Amy Rowlinson LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/amyrowlinson HOSTED BY: Dan Hulbert & Amy Rowlinson Disclaimer The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the hosts and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence before investing in property.