About Honest Property Investment with Natasha Collins
Confident investing without shortcuts.
The Honest Property Investment Podcast gives UK commercial and mixed-use property investors the expert insight, strategic guidance, and no-fluff support they need to build high-performing portfolios that generate income and hold long-term value.
Led by Chartered Surveyor Natasha Collins MRICS, each episode dives into smart commercial property strategies, risk mitigation, leasing, valuations, and the realities of property management — all with honesty, integrity, and innovation at its core.
🎙️ New episodes drop every Tuesday at 7am UK time.
Are You Building Wealth or Just Keeping Yourself Busy? With Scott Williams
Are you actually building wealth through property, or are you just creating more work for yourself?
This week on the Honest Property Investment Podcast, I'm joined by Scott Williams, founder of the Property Developer Show and Commercial Property Expo, to talk about building businesses, investing in property and knowing when it's time to change direction.
Scott started his property career as an apprentice in 2015, bought his first property at 23, built and exited a finance brokerage and has since developed a successful events business.
But his journey hasn't been straightforward.
He's tried different business models, walked away from opportunities that weren't right, sold much of his residential property portfolio and learned that sometimes the best way to grow is to stop spreading yourself so thinly.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why Scott decided to sell much of his residential portfolio rather than continue accumulating buy-to-lets.
How property investment helped provide the capital to build his businesses.
The importance of recognising sunk costs and knowing when to walk away.
Why being busy doesn't necessarily mean you're building a successful business.
How Scott tested different businesses before finding the right opportunity.
Why specialising in one area can be more valuable than pursuing multiple property strategies.
The importance of building relationships and having people you can turn to for advice.
How the Property Developer Show evolved into the Commercial Property Expo.
Why commercial property is attracting interest from investors.
It's an interesting conversation about property, entrepreneurship and the decisions we make about where to put our time and money.
Come and meet Team NCRE at the Commercial Property Expo!
The Commercial Property Expo takes place on 4th November 2026 in Manchester, from 10am to 3pm.
There will be exhibitors, speakers and opportunities to meet other commercial property investors and professionals.
My team from NCRE will be there, so please come and say hello!
Register for your free ticket here:
https://portal.commercialpropertyexpo.co.uk/attendee_register.php (https://portal.commercialpropertyexpo.co.uk/attendee_register.php)
Find out more about Scott:
Property Developer Show: https://www.propertydevelopershow.co.uk (https://www.propertydevelopershow.co.uk)
Instagram: @scottluiswilliams (https://www.instagram.com/scottluiswilliams/) | @propertydevelopershow (https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCEvQh5A_002nhHhZ3WT76-w) | @commercialpropertyexpo (https://www.instagram.com/commercialpropertyexpo/)
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6 Oct 2026
The Commercial Tenants Thriving Right Now… and Those I Wouldn’t Let To
Are small businesses really being squeezed out of commercial property? And are only the biggest occupiers going to survive?
That was the argument somebody made to me on Substack this week — but it simply isn't what we're seeing across the commercial properties we manage.
In this episode, I'm sharing what's actually happening on the ground: the types of commercial tenants we're seeing thrive right now, the businesses I'm becoming increasingly cautious about, and what I look for before agreeing to a new tenant.
We're seeing particularly strong demand from service-led businesses — including beauty, healthcare, counselling, care services, food-to-go and professional services — alongside continued demand for small workshops, storage and flexible business space.
But there are other sectors where I'm asking considerably more questions before handing over the keys.
I cover:
The commercial tenants we're seeing perform well right now
Why service-led businesses are proving resilient
Why I love a boring 500 sq ft workshop or storage unit
The tenant types I'm currently more wary of
Why a successful business isn't necessarily a good tenant for your property
What recent tenant failures across our own portfolio have looked like
The due diligence we carry out on prospective tenants
Why I want to see tenants thinking about business rates, utilities, grants and operating costs before they move in
Why I'm increasingly interested in the person behind the business, not just the sector they're operating in
The big takeaway?
Commercial property isn't dying. Occupational demand is changing.
As investors and landlords, our job isn't simply to find somebody willing to sign a lease.
It's to understand who needs our space, why they need it and whether they've built a business capable of paying the rent for years to come.
29 Sept 2026
I’m not an off-market deal girlie
I’m not an off-market deal girlie.
There, I said it.
There’s a mythology in property investment that off-market means exclusive, less competition, cheaper and therefore a better deal.
But in commercial property, I don’t think those things automatically follow at all.
In this episode, I’m talking about why I actively like dealing with agents, why having a property properly exposed to the market can actually help with price discovery, and why some of the hardest deals I’ve tried to negotiate have been directly with sellers who have simply decided what they think their property is worth.
I also explain how we actually search for commercial property for our acquisition clients — starting with a clear strategy, understanding what’s on the market, analysing the right opportunities, making evidence-based offers and, importantly, building genuine relationships with the agents operating in that market.
Because those relationships are often what eventually lead to opportunities coming to you before they reach the wider market.
My point isn’t that you should never buy off-market.
It’s that being off-market isn't what makes something a good investment.
The numbers, the risk, the lease, the covenant, the location, the capex and the opportunity still have to stack up.
If you’d like NCRE to help you find and acquire your next commercial property, you can book a call with the team HERE (https://ncrealestate.co.uk/bookacall/)
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