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May 3 Disruptive entrepreneurs running the UK’s largest property education company

Progressive Property is the UK’s biggest property education company. Co-founded by property investors Mark Homer and Rob Moore to help potential investors and entrepreneurs develop portfolios and businesses.

Progressive Property started on a fold out dining/boardroom table in a tiny ‘dining room office’ in his first house, 26 Eye Road, Peterborough; Rob was over £50,000 in credit card debt and had to put the £300 to start Progressive Property on another credit card. Starting with one property in 2003, another 4 pre- 2006, 20 in 2006, some mistakes, and then Mark’s first version of the Deal Analyser (that is now in its 4th incarnation, the Deal Scrutiniser). Today they have over 598 properties at an average 28% discount and many more large scale commercial projects, all masterminded by Mark Homer’s buying system.

Rob, Mark and Progressive have raised 6 figures and counting for selected charities, they have many business awards, and believe in continual development, creating wealth and cashflow and giving back to the community. They have written 7 best-selling books available in 32 countries, give sell-out speaking events and are both hugely successful bloggers/podcasters. Moore’s Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast is the UKs biggest business podcast with 400,000+ subscribers in 174 countries.

Lord Alan Sugar at a recent Progressive Property event was heard to lament, ”While I was messing around with the F.A these young property guys were making a fortune, it was a waste of my time and talent’ .

Rob’s ‘Disruptive Entrepreneur’ is the UKs biggest business podcast with 400,000+ subscribers in 174 countries and Qantas airlines fliers.

Through unique training courses, multimedia CD, DVD & online programmes, their network of multi-millionaires and top business-people, investors and community, Progressive Property help busy people become entrepreneurs, build their portfolios, run local and national property networking events, and run a Letting Agency.

To date Progressive property is the UK’s largest training company and investor community. The head office in Peterborough is an extension of Rob and Mark’s portfolio in the high cash flowing East Midlands area. Today they have over 598 properties at an average 28% discount and many more large scale commercial projects, all masterminded by Mark Homer’s buying system.

Head over to Progressive Property to find out more.

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