About Us – Campos

A small but amazing team

My Story

I have always had a passion for property, construction, design, art and antiques. I studied engineering at college and then Construction Engineering Management at Loughborough University.”

I quickly realised early in my career that I was both good at sales and could also earn a lot of money in commission, it was this commission that allowed me to buy my first property, a tired and neglected flat in Farnham in Surrey.

My day job became a global role and allowed me to see the world, I have not lost this desire to travel and even today my drive for wanting to run my own business, see more of the world and live life on my terms is stronger now than ever.

Fast forward to today and with a 25 year corporate career behind me in various global and board level rolls, a current property portfolio of £3.2m, a number of significant restoration projects completed and in progress and a 15 year track record as a landlord and most recently as an Airbnb host, I have decided that now is the time to focus on my own business full time and scale.

A bit about me

Mark Watson

Managing Director / Property Investor / Entrepreneur / Hospitality Innovator

With a lifelong passion for property, restoration, design, art and antiques, I bring this unique mix to my own property investment business. As an entrepreneur and executive with a 25 year track record in the corporate world and over 15 years buying, renovating and either flipping or renting property. I have surrounded myself with the best designers, architects and technology to scale my investment business to the next level.

What are we building?

Our focus is split into two parts, the first is to continue to buy renovation properties and to scale to a portfolio worth £5m+ by the end of 2026 and then to £30m over the next 5 years. The second is to scale the Airbnb / short term lets services business.

Portfolio Goal

£5M+

By end of 2026

£30M+

Within 5 years

Service Scaling

Scale the Airbnb / short term lets services business to become market leader

Investment Strategy / Focus

Our primary objective is always a win / win approach. We work with honesty and integrity and always with transparency and with communication at the heart of the relationship. Most of my investors earn a higher return for their money as well as a hands off approach. You make your money when you buy, so the opportunity needs to stack right from the start.

My focus is as follows:

Step 1 - Buy

Buy properties that are below market value as they require renovation, updating, reconfiguration or have extension potential.

Step 2 - Renovate

Renovate or reconfigure the property

Step 3 - Refinance

Refinance to pull out invested capital

Step 4 - Short Term Stays

Short Term Stays for travellers / holiday makers, professionals, students, contractors, doctors, nurses etc

Step 5 - Repeat

Repeat the process to scale the portfolio

Technology, Systems, AI and Outsourcing

For the last 15+ years I have used systems, technology and more recently AI to under pin the roles and companies I have worked at. I have brought all that experience into my own business and it forms the foundation of what we do, saving time and allowing us to scale at pace. I have also built and utilised outsourced resource to both supplement my teams capabilities as well as for rapid flexing of resource requirements for both growth, peak demand or out of UK hours coverage.

Mentors

To further build on both my experience and also my current solid foundation I knew I needed to both educate myself and stay current, so I went out to the market to get a team of people around me that could support, mentor and help fast track my success, they include:

Touchstone Education

One of the largest property education companies in the world, with the largest group of like minded entrepreneurs and support system.

touchstoneeducation.com

Lead Tidal

AI and technology driven marketing automation to help grow and scale my business

leadtidal.com

Lars Meidell

The number one fitness coach for executives and business owners

instagram.com/larsmeidell

Daniel and Oli - True Stays

An innovative leader in service management.

truestays.co.uk

Ryan Luke

One of the market leaders in Contractor stays / serviced accommodation. To support one of the strategies I am focused on.

lukestays.com

Want to get involved?

Let’s have a chat either virtually or ideally face to face