The Property Thing Feb - Guillaume Black - Property Filter + Finding Deals

📍 Blackwell Grange Hotel, Darlington
💻 Also available online (catch-up access)
🎙 Your hosts: Paul Million & Anthony Boyce

📅 Thursday 12th February 2026
⏰ 18:30 – 22:30

Great deals don’t come from Rightmove alerts and hope.

In a market where margins are tighter, lending is stricter, and competition is sharper, the winners aren’t the loudest buyers – they’re the best deal finders.

This month, The Property Thing welcomes Guillaume Black, founder of Property Filter, one of the UK’s most powerful deal-sourcing platforms used by investors to uncover below-market-value opportunities, motivated sellers, and creative acquisition angles long before they ever hit the portals.

Guillaume will break down how professional investors consistently source BMV buy-to-lets, HMOs, conversions, and development opportunities by going direct-to-vendor, using data-led targeting, assisted sales, lease options, and strategic off-market approaches.

This session is not about chasing unicorn deals. It’s about building a repeatable system for sourcing property in today’s market – one that removes emotion, reduces competition, and puts you in front of sellers who actually need solutions.

Expect a behind-the-scenes look at how smart investors use tools like Property Filter to stack the odds in their favour, control deal flow, and scale without relying on luck.

• The best deals never reach the open market – learn how to find them first
• Understand how data-led sourcing outperforms portals in 2026
• Learn how to identify genuine motivated sellers, not tyre-kickers
• Discover practical strategies for BMV purchases, assisted sales, and creative finance
• Learn how professional investors build deal pipelines, not one-off wins
• Reduce competition by going direct-to-vendor with precision
• See how sourcing systems support HMOs, conversions, and development strategies
• Walk away with actionable sourcing frameworks, not hype

• Buy-to-let investors struggling to find workable deals
• Investors looking to secure BMV opportunities consistently
• HMO and conversion-focused investors needing stronger deal flow
• Developers who want better sites before planning and design
• Sourcers wanting to sharpen their edge and professionalism
• Anyone tired of fighting over scraps on Rightmove
• Property professionals who want smarter acquisition strategies

Guillaume Black is a property investor, strategist, and the founder of Property Filter, a deal-sourcing platform designed to help investors uncover off-market and below-market-value opportunities at scale.

Rather than relying on portals or agents, Guillaume focuses on direct-to-vendor strategies, data-driven targeting, and systemised deal sourcing. His approach helps investors identify motivated sellers early, structure creative solutions, and secure deals with stronger margins and reduced competition.

Property Filter is widely used by investors sourcing buy-to-lets, HMOs, and development opportunities, allowing them to filter areas intelligently, run compliant direct-to-vendor campaigns, and build predictable deal pipelines.

Guillaume’s focus is practical and grounded: sourcing deals that actually work in real-world conditions, and building systems that can be repeated, refined, and scaled.

Because no TPT night is complete without it.
This month? Expect more sausagery than ever before in the all-new Sausage Battle. Bring your sense of humour.

We’re two property junkies — Paul Million and Anthony Boyce — who love connecting great people doing great deals.
When the big national networks disappeared up north, we decided to build our own community: real talk, real value, real people.

Paul Million
👉 30+ years as a landlord & developer
👉 Creative dealmaker & perfectionist in his projects
👉 Host of the LOAF Podcast, interviewing inspiring figures about resilience and success

Anthony Boyce
👉 Developer & investor with 20+ years in Architecture + Property
👉 Founder of 81 North Design - Architecture + development experts
👉 Specialist in commercial conversions and creating value in people's deals.
Head to www.81northdesign.com to learn more about how we can help you do more with your developments.

Join us in person at the Blackwell Grange Hotel for the full experience — the energy in the room is unbeatable.
Can’t make it?
👉 Watch via catchup — email for details.

It's back!!! Even after the Earlybird finishes, if you'd like to bring someone who has never been to the event, then just let Daphne ([email protected]) or myself ([email protected]) know when you purchase a full price ticket.

We will require the attendees full name, contact number + email address to register them for the event.

It’s more than networking. It’s The Property Thing.
See you soon,
Paul & Anthony
www.thepropertything.co.uk

Info: General networking, chit chat & drinks

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