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***Natasha Collins*** Episode 17 - The Queen of Real Estate, oh YES!! Natasha Collins, her energy is infectious and her knowledge and no-frills approach is second to none. Laura askes Natasha about her Journey, How she overcame obstacles in her journey. Natasha Collins - Natasha is a Property Investor, Chartered Surveyor, Mindset Advocate & Award-winning lecturer, and runs NC Real Estate, Her firm of surveyors which also includes it’s Members Club for Landlords and Property Investors. If this wasn't enough she manages all this from her home in NYC…Here is Natashas Story - "I got started in property by accident. Being a bankrupt student at 20 meant I had to get a job for my final year. I landed myself an admin role in a letting agent. I’d hoped that my Geography and Computing degree would land me a job as a mapping specialist. However, 38 telephone interviews later with no call back, I’d lost hope this was my calling. So, with the money I’d saved whilst working I booked myself 3 months in America to ‘figure out my life’. As luck would have it, before I left, I met a surveyor in need of a rental property. Whilst, I couldn’t help with his ideal home, I could help with babysitting (I was cash strapped!!). He introduced me to what a surveyor was and suggested I give it a try… he got me an interview with a firm in London and whilst I was travelling, they contacted me to offer me a permanent position when I returned. No, I didn’t figure out my life whilst travelling but I certainly found a life long love for long haul flights, hidden waterfalls, tops of mountains, southern BBQ food, outlet mall shopping and lazing on the beach when the humidity soared. Also, just to confirm. I’m a people person, my Grandma taught me to always engage with people. I can get a job based on me being a conversationalist. I’ve never been an A* student. "Moving to London was a culture shock. Long hours, huge responsibilities but equally huge pay packets meant I was living in an urban bubble of gym, work, play. Within 3 months I’d been promoted to head of asset management, as my predecessor had left. It was sink or swim so I persevered. I was learning A LOT!* How to find finance to buy property investments * How to create a strategy that evaluates all possibilities and then go for it with confidence * How to make friends in a strange new city and navigate the tube network when drunk It was this confidence that led me to create a business plan for my parents and persuade them to lend me the money to buy my first rental property in Notting Hill for £195,000. I was riding my idea of success, I’d found an industry I was great at and wanted to continue doing my best. So, I enrolled in Real Estate Masters at UCEM, so I could then get chartered once I’d finished and was now working, studying and still socialising. I felt invincible. 2012 was a long hot summer. London was partying around the Olympics and I was enjoying getting closer to Chris. I was having the perfect year and to top it off my fee earning was just increasing and increasing so my bonuses were getting bigger and bigger. You can only do it all for so long…In March 2013 My parents started the divorce process. This was a terrible time in my life. My family fell apart. I went into overdrive and lost myself. I was getting up at 6am, going to the gym from 7am-8am. Being at my desk by 8:20am. Working until 7pm. Walking/running home then studying until 11pm and then doing it all again. NOW FOR THE REST, have a listen of the Podcast...... Connect with Natasha, or Join the Membership Sitehttps://ncrealestate.co.ukhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/propertyinvestmentmastery/https://anchor.fm/the-nc-podcast https://www.instagram.com/natashaccollins/ If you have loved this episode as much as I do please leave a review....Connect with Laura -Laura Muse Page- https://www.facebook.com/lauramuseofficial2019/Laura Muse Reviews- https://www.facebook.com/pg/lauramuseofficial2019/reviews/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LpXqngZII-pDbUAEUQ_ew/ Thanks for Listening Laura xInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauramuse_official/