How Tony Jarvis Closed a Social Housing Deal with Property Filter

Tony's situation before Property Filter

Before Property Filter, Tony Jarvis's investment process had a fundamental problem. He was putting in the hours - 15 to 20 a week - but still not moving forward. Everything went onto a spreadsheet, and then he would go and view a property without a consistent set of notes or a clear framework for what to do next.

The inconsistency compounded the problem. Some weeks he would approach things one way, other weeks another. There was no system. There was no process to follow from initial identification through to offer and completion. Hours of effort were producing no decisions and no deals.

"Putting everything on a spreadsheet and then being lost. I'd do it this way one week, I'd do it another way the next. I just stumbled across Property Filter - took a month to decide whether to use it."

He had heard about Property Filter, but it took a month before he committed. Then Abder did a talk on it, Tony attended, and heard what it could do. He set it up, followed the videos, and - in his own words - never looked back.

The change was not just in efficiency. It was in having a structured process from first sighting to completion. Something he could follow every time, regardless of the property type or circumstances.

How Tony Jarvis uses Property Filter day to day

Tony works with Sunny Alliance, a social housing provider who tell him exactly what they are looking for. That specification goes into Property Filter as his criteria. The platform then surfaces matching properties - and filters out everything else.

Once the setup is right, the noise disappears. Tony gets a couple of new properties every three or four days. He checks them in around five minutes. Properties that do not match his criteria are hidden. The ones worth revisiting are saved. The ones worth acting on move into his pipeline, where he can organise a view, group the stages, and track every step.

"With Property Filter, I can organise a view and I can group the stages. So there's a process to follow. Guided me in the right steps to take in order to come to a completion."

He also draws on the Property Filter community and team. Abder helped Tony structure his approach to the platform. Brett gives him property-specific advice and what to look for - comparable sizes, prices achieved in the area. Andy provides accountability, keeping Tony moving forward even when a week has felt quiet. Tony describes it as a team that forms around you.

For social housing investors specifically, the ability to match exactly against a provider's requirements - and then pipeline the properties that meet them - makes social housing investment significantly more systematic than searching portals manually.