How to Raise Private Finance for Property Investing
— Ray McLennan
An in-depth interview with Angel Investing expert Ray McLennan on Raising Private Finance:
- Where to find Investors
- What due diligence you should do on the Investor or a Deal
- When to say no
- Mistakes to avoid
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
About Ray:
- Ray teaches the course Raising Angel Finance
- He has two podcasts: How to Raise Money and The Skill Stack
- He is also a Former Lawyer, Army officer, father of 4 and Guinness World Record holder!
TIMESTAMPS
- The advantages of Angel Finance versus traditional bank lending [01:30]
- What are the different Angel finance structures? [04:10]
- Given the “doom and gloom” in the news, are there any investors at the moment? [09:24]
- How to find investors [17:32]
- What DD should you do on investors and the deal? [24:12]
- What paperwork do you need for private finance or a JV? [43:51]
- Does the person lending need to have a company? [48:57]
- What to do if the deal goes bad? [50:08]
- Do you have a favourite raising finance failure? [55:39]
FAVOURITE QUOTE
“If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going” — Winston Churchill
RAY’S ESSENTIAL READING*
- The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
– Andrew Yang
https://amzn.to/2ERkTLP
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
— Michael E. Gerber
https://amzn.to/2C42xGD - How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
– Scott Adams
https://amzn.to/30yZjEp
TO FOLLOW OR CONTACT RAY MCLENNON
Raising Angel Finance: https://www.raisingangelfinance.co.uk
The Skill Stack Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheSkillStackPodcast
How To Raise Money Podcast: https://bit.ly/HTRMPodcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@ray_mclennan
Facebook: http://facebook.com/RayMcLennanRAF
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/raymondmclennan
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Live your Dreams,
George Choy & Sarah Choy (Financially Free at 39)

