About Us
The History of Progressive
Progressive was co-founded in January 2007 by investor-entrepreneurs Mark Homer and Rob Moore.
Progressive was largely an accident: the founders only had intentions to build their own property portfolio. But once they achieved income and freedom in their 20s, people kept asking for their strategies and secrets. Fast forward to now and Progressive is the UK's largest, yet still most personal property education company.
The Progressive story has built over nearly 15 years, and endured a recession and full market cycle, where many went under. Originally a property company to buy and own properties for the founders, it evolved into a property sourcing company when the demand for property and the founders’ experience grew. Progressive has sourced almost 1,000 properties for the founders and investors.
Progressive then innovated the property education space. First the UK’s best selling property book which opened the minds of the masses to property, and now 800 training days a year on multiple streams of property income, many from the Progressive training academy HQ in Peterborough, that the founders own.
Once the founders had sourced around 300 properties, Progressive Lets was formed in 2012, as a byproduct of owning and managing so many properties. Progressive Lets now manages nearly 1,000 properties, has a boutique sourcing arm, and manages many serviced accommodation and multi-let properties too; living the Progressive values of innovative and personal.
Property is not just a strategy, but a lifestyle. It is not just a skillset, but a mindset. Rob Moore began to specialise in the personal development side of property as Mark continued heading up their acquisitions. Mark is currently developing around 200 units for their personal portfolio, and Progressive bought a struggling personal development business in 2009, which they turned around, renamed “Unlimited Success” and grew into an 8 figure business by 2016. This company has now merged into the Progressive brand, now known as “Progressive Success”.
The next stage of growth and innovation for Progressive is global scale. Progressive Property Network (PPN) events are located throughout the UK, and Progressive has new events launching in 6 countries across 4 continents.
Progressive have also hosted the UK’s flagship property events the “Property SuperConferences”, won Property Wire business of the year award in 2016 & “Property Community of the year” in 2018. Progressive have trained many of the newer property education companies and have helped 10,000s of people in all walks of life and UK towns and cities on their journey towards freedom, choice and profit through multiple streams of property income.
Progressive’’s head office based in Peterborough, where a team of 80 staff; Progressive Property ‘intrapreneurs’ to help property investors across the country to increase their portfolios, to learn the systems that worked so well for Rob and Mark, and to inspire education and action in the property community.
Vision and Values
We are Progressive
Helping as many people across the planet invest for freedom choice & profit through educated property investment.
If you want a personal community company that cares about you and genuinely wants to help, and has the best reputation in the industry for support, giving, community and accountability, Progressive is the right education partner for you.
If you want a big cold machine to churn you out, were not for you. But if you want a personal community company that cares about you, genuinely wants to help you, and has the best reputation in the industry for support, giving, community and accountability, we have a long future together.
Progressive Mission
To inspire, educate and support your journey to financial security, freedom and fortune, through multiple streams of (property) income, making property investment accessible to everyone
Progressive believe that property is not just about bricks and mortar but also about people. We believe in community, education, support and accountability.
The Progressive Values
We believe life is best lived as a progressive journey towards knowing, making and giving more. Empowering the greatness already within everyone. Making money whilst making a difference.
All of our brands follow the same core values:
Progressive
We seek to continually move forward, improve, take on feedback and educate ourselves and the community for multiple streams of property income.
Innovative
We constantly strive for development. We research, test and then teach the most innovative property cashflow strategies, having brought many of the existing ones to the market first. We blaze the trail.
Personal
Despite our ever growing reach, we commit to being open, accessible and personally involved in the (Progressive) property community. We care.
We continually strive to bring an expanding community of like-minded people together, break down personal and financial barriers and giving you belief, purpose as well as education and support.
Who We Are
We are Progressive, innovative and personal
We are constantly revolutionising, blazing the trail
We are responsible, dynamic & passionate
What Do We Exist To Do?
Progressive Property help property start ups, scale ups and mess ups make more property profit without the pain.
Whether just starting out on limited or no funds, or nearing retirement, Progressive help you with education, mentorship and community for more equity, capital growth and income.
What is Unique About Progressive?
Progressive believe we have created more property millionaires and success stories than anyone in the UK. The Progressive community get results, as long as you follow the system.
Progressive also create the next generation of trainers in the industry – we are the trainer to the trainers. Progressive walk the walk; investing in what we teach , blazing the trail and testing the markets to save you time and money, and all trainers are Progressive home grown.
Without Progressive the world would be a little less colourful, fun and energetic. There would be fewer financially free and educated property investors. There would be more financial calamities and less support.
Why Progressive?
Where else can you go to a bank, get a loan for most of the value of a property, go to a JV partner for the deposit and refurb, go to a tenant to pay your mortgage and JV partner costs, and generate passive cashflow with other people paying all your 'debt?'
And where else can you create ‘good debt’ to invest, and have the government eat away at that good debt over time through inflation, yet the value of your property doubles every 7-10 years?
Certainly not in the stock market. Or in the bank. Or under the mattress.
Since 1952, according to the Halifax house price data, has doubled in value every 7-10 years, even taking into account major crashes.
In fact, since 1088 post Doomsday book, when Land prices were first tracked, land and property has doubled every 10 years at worst. That’s almost 1000 years of historic evidence.
Every single person in the Rich List: Times, Forbes, owns property. Many of them are in fact full time or part time investors, in fact our guest speaker and partner at the 2011 Property SuperConference, who owns £300M of property, said this:
Sir Alan Sugar
British business magnate
"While I was stupidly messing around with the FA these young property guys were making a fortune, it was a waste of my time and talent."