UK Property Sourcing — Academy + Operating System

The UK's first AI-guided property sourcing academy — tells you exactly what to do next, every day.

Training, software and an Academy CEO™ student operating system that personalises your journey, sets your daily missions and guides you from first deal to certified sourcer — with an AI Mentor™ on call 24/7.

UK-focused educational platform and workflow tools. No guarantees of profits or outcomes. Not legal, financial, tax or mortgage advice.

New · Included with Academy Access

Your Personal Academy CEO™

Most courses dump content on you and disappear. Countrywide gives you an AI-guided student operating system that knows where you are, what you own, what you've done — and tells you exactly what to do next. Every day.

Academy CEO™ Command Centre

A single dashboard that pulls together your missions, next best action, success score, opportunities and upgrade path — so you're never lost.

AI Mentor™ — 24/7

Ask any sourcing, packaging or workflow question. Your mentor knows your journey, your tier and your last action. No financial or legal advice — just guidance.

Mission Board™

Daily missions split into Learn this · Do this · Use this tool. No more 'what do I do today?' — it's already on the board.

My Guided Path™

A personalised step-by-step journey based on what you own and where you are. Locked products stay visible so you always know your next upgrade.

Hold My Hand Mode™

Total beginner? Switch on Hold My Hand Mode and the platform simplifies everything to one clear next step at a time.

Success Engine™

0–100 Success Score across Learning, Implementation, Consistency and Business Progress — with Certification Readiness built in.

Business Builder™

Choose your model (Deal Packager, Patch Operator, Lease Option Specialist) and get a personalised build plan with Product Fit Scores.

Opportunity Engine™

Personalised opportunities surfaced based on your tier, behaviour and mission priority — linked straight back into your missions.

Marketplace Engine™

Permission-based ecosystem connecting students, packagers, investors and partners. Access scales with your tier.

Academy CEO Command Centre dashboard showing current mission, success score, next best action, and AI mentor summary
Your live Command Centre
1
See your mission

Log in and your current mission is front and centre — what to learn, do or use today.

2
Check your score

Success Engine tracks Learning, Implementation, Consistency and Business Progress in one score.

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Ask your AI Mentor

Stuck? The AI Mentor reads your journey and gives context-aware guidance, not generic advice.

Built for outcomes, not overwhelm

You don't have to figure out what to do next. We tell you.

Academy CEO™, AI Mentor™, Mission Board™ and Hold My Hand Mode™ are included with every Academy Access plan — standard and founder. No add-on, no extra subscription.

Headline Advanced Module · Included with Academy Access

Financing Deals With Other People's Money™

A premium 10-lesson advanced pathway teaching investor-funded property deal structuring — joint ventures, profit splits, investor packs, risk disclosure and regulatory-aware investor conversations. Built for sourcers and operators who want to do bigger deals without using their own capital.

  • 10 advanced lessons with real worked deal examples
  • 8 downloadable PDF resources — JV checklists, investor pack template, profit split calculator, exit planner
  • 12-question certified assessment (75% pass mark)
  • Earn the “OPM Deal Structuring Foundations Completed” achievement

Educational only · Not financial, legal, tax or mortgage advice · Take independent professional advice before entering any joint venture or investor arrangement.

JV Structures

Fixed fee, profit split, JV, project mgmt, hybrid

Investor Packs

Balanced, risk-aware, professionally formatted

Profit Splits

Downside / base / stretch scenario worksheets

Compliance

Risk warnings, AML, financial-promotion guardrails

Worked Deals

Real structures dissected end-to-end

Achievement

OPM Deal Structuring Foundations Completed

Free Guide

The UK Deal Packaging Checklist

The exact checklist Mark Rusling uses to qualify, package and present property deals to specialist lenders and investors — built from 35+ years inside UK mortgages, bridging and sourcing.

  • What every lender wants to see (and what kills a deal)
  • Pre-submission checks that save weeks of back-and-forth
  • How to present numbers so investors say yes faster

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The Countrywide Ecosystem

One Property Sourcing Ecosystem. Four Connected Engines.

Countrywide Property Academy gives you the education. Deal Finder Pro gives you the software to analyse opportunities. The Professional Packagers Portal gives you a route to submit qualified deals. Countrywide Specialist Finance gives buyers, investors and operators access to funding conversations where appropriate.

Learn → Find → Analyse → Package → Fund → Sell

The education

Countrywide Property Academy™

Structured UK property sourcing, packaging and operator training.

Explore The Academy
The software

Deal Finder Pro™

Analyse opportunities, compare strategies and generate investor-ready packs.

Try Deal Finder Pro
The marketplace

Professional Packagers Portal™

Submit qualified deals into a professional packaging network.

Submit A Deal
The funding solution

Countrywide Specialist Finance™

Open funding conversations for buyers, investors and operators where appropriate.

Speak To Specialist Finance

Deal Finder Pro is available separately as a standalone SaaS, but included with eligible Countrywide Property Academy plans — so students can turn training into practical deal analysis, investor-ready packs and professional submissions.

Deal Finder Pro is an educational and analysis tool. Figures are estimates only and do not constitute financial, investment, mortgage, tax or legal advice. Users must complete their own due diligence and seek professional advice where required.

Free toolkit

Free Property Sourcing Tools

Analyse deals, check compliance, and see if your property opportunity stacks up before you spend a penny.

The problem

Most property sourcing businesses are still run on scattered notes, guesswork, and disconnected tools

Too many operators are trying to learn the model while managing leads, deals, buyers, and follow-up across spreadsheets, inboxes, and memory. That usually leads to:

Weak lead handling & poor qualification

Inbound from portals, direct-to-vendor, agents and referrals all live in different inboxes. Good leads go cold because nothing is consistent.

Inconsistent deal packaging

Without a single way to qualify, analyse and package, every deal ends up looking different to buyers — and the serious money loses confidence.

Missed follow-up & lost opportunities

No reliable operating rhythm means buyers, sellers and deals fall through the cracks. The business runs on whoever remembers what, when.

The solution

Countrywide Property Academy™ gives you both sides of the business

The Academy

Learn the workflow, properly

A premium training environment with structured learning paths, practical downloads, roleplays, case studies, and step-by-step curriculum.

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The Workspace

Run the business, end-to-end

A sourcing operating system for seller leads, deal analysis, investor buyers, reservations, tasks, documents, and progression.

See Workspace plans

Learn it. Run it. Build a repeatable sourcing business from one system.

What's inside

A full property operator system, not another property course

Connected pillars covering the whole creative acquisition workflow — sourcing, structuring, control, packaging, investor sales and compliance — working as one system.

Creative Acquisition Academy

UK-focused training across sourcing, lease options, £1 option structures, seller and vendor finance, assisted sales, deal control, packaging and compliance.

Seller Lead Generation

Run a repeatable system for finding motivated sellers online and offline, with consistent capture, scoring and follow-up.

Creative Structure Calculators

Model lease options, £1 options, seller finance, vendor finance, assisted sales and delayed completion side-by-side.

Acquisition Pipeline

Multi-stage Kanban from new lead through qualification, negotiation, structure, control and completion.

Deal Control & Structuring

Track option periods, purchase price logic, professional safeguards and the documentation a structured deal needs.

Deal Packaging & Investor Sales

Investor-ready PDF packs, due-diligence checklists, risk disclosures, fee clarity and reservation tracking.

Investor CRM

Buyer criteria, finance readiness, contact history and automatic opportunity-to-investor matching.

Compliance & Professional Practice

Disclaimers, AML/KYC awareness prompts, role permissions, audit logs and clear professional boundaries.

Learning paths

Nine paths that take you from first principles to running an acquisition operation

Structured tracks inside the Academy. Take them in order to build a complete creative acquisition skill set, or jump to the path that matches what you're working on right now.

Important. Creative property structures — including lease options, £1 option agreements, seller and vendor finance, assisted sales and delayed completion — can involve legal, tax, finance and regulatory risk. This platform provides education and workflow tools only. Users should obtain independent legal, tax, mortgage and financial advice before entering into any agreement.

Flagship curriculum

15 modules covering the full UK creative acquisition operation

Each module is built around real sourcing, structuring and packaging workflows — paired with the calculators, pipeline and templates inside the OS so you apply it on live deals.

Finance & Funding Hub

Learn the Deal. Analyse the Numbers. Explore the Funding.

Sixteen UK property finance routes explained in plain English — bridging, development, commercial, semi-commercial, BTL, portfolio, auction, refurbishment, land, planning gain, business acquisition, asset, invoice, mezzanine/JV, exit and specialist adverse credit.

Walk a short suitability questionnaire to see which routes may fit your deal, then submit an enquiry to our specialist commercial finance team. Regulated cases are flagged automatically and routed to an FCA-authorised partner.

Educational information only — not financial, mortgage or investment advice. All finance is subject to status, lender criteria and underwriting. Regulated mortgage contracts are handled by an FCA-authorised partner.

Who it's for

Built for UK property operators serious about creative acquisition

If you want to source, structure, control and package property opportunities professionally, you'll recognise yourself below.

New creative-acquisition operators

You want to learn sourcing, lease options, £1 options, seller finance and assisted sales properly — not piece it together from YouTube.

Active sourcers & packagers

You're closing deals but the back office is spreadsheets and luck. You need infrastructure under the volume.

Investor-led acquirers

Your buyer list is your asset. You want it managed, tracked and matched to every controlled opportunity automatically.

Small acquisition teams

You need shared pipeline, role permissions and oversight without enterprise overhead.

Not for you if you want "guaranteed" returns, "no-money-down" hype, or passive-income promises. This is a property operator system for people willing to do the work properly.

How it works

From motivated seller lead to controlled, packaged deal — in four steps

Step 1
Learn the structures

Structured lessons on sourcing, lease options, £1 options, seller finance, assisted sales and packaging.

Step 2
Source & qualify

Bring motivated sellers into one place and qualify against a consistent framework with proper records.

Step 3
Structure & control

Model the creative structure, run the numbers and document deal control properly.

Step 4
Package & sell to investors

Match the right investor, send a real acquisition pack with full disclosures, reserve with clear fees.

Inside the platform

See the pipeline and reservation flow in action

A glimpse of the operator software: drag deals through stages and track investor reservations with clean fee and compliance visibility.

Deal Pipeline — Kanban & List views
Countrywide Property Academy™ deal pipeline kanban board showing deal stages from new lead through to packaged
Drag deals from New Lead → Qualified → Negotiation → Control Secured → Packaged. Every stage tracked with agreed price, market value, margin and days since last update.
Investor Reservations — Fees & Assessment
Countrywide Property Academy™ investor reservation table showing buyer reservations with fees, refundable splits and status badges
Log every reservation with total fee, refundable and non-refundable splits, assessment window and completion target. Status badges keep the whole team aligned on where each buyer stands.

Screenshots are illustrative of the platform UI. Feature availability depends on your plan. Data shown is simulated for demonstration purposes.

Finance & Funding Hub

Learn the Deal. Analyse the Numbers. Explore the Funding.

Inside the academy, you do not just learn how to find and analyse UK property deals — you can also explore the finance routes that may help bring those deals to life. From bridging and auction finance to commercial mortgages, development finance and refinance strategies, our Finance & Funding Hub helps you understand your options and submit deals for specialist review.

Check funding options

Finance is subject to status, lender criteria and full underwriting. This platform provides education and enquiry support only. Regulated cases will require review by an authorised adviser or appropriate finance partner.

New · in-house AI agent

Meet Patch Mentor — your right-hand AI coach, on every lesson.

A purpose-built UK property AI agent that knows the course you're on, the lessons you've completed, the deals in your pipeline — and the latest news, compliance and what's working in the market right now. Coach mode for guidance, roleplay mode for vendor & investor practice, and a floating bubble helper everywhere in the platform for ad-hoc questions. No leaving the academy. No copy-pasting prompts into ChatGPT.

  • Lesson, path & case-study aware
  • Live web search — current UK rules & rates
  • Roleplay vendors, agents & investors
  • Floating bubble on every page
Try Patch Mentor inside the Academy
Patch Mentor
Lesson · How money is made in sourcing
What's a realistic sourcing fee on a £180k BMV in the North West right now?
Typical range £3k–£6k. On a tight BMV deal investors expect skin in the game from you on figures. I just checked PropertyMark guidance (May 2026) — make sure your MoU shows the fee, PRS membership & AML check before any payment…

What operators say

Built for the people actually doing the deals

Feedback from UK operators using the platform to source, structure and package creative property opportunities day-to-day.

"I was running everything from a notebook and WhatsApp. Within a fortnight on the OS I had a clean pipeline, a working qualification script and three lease-option conversations actually progressing."
James R.
Solo operator · Greater Manchester
"The calculators alone have changed how I structure conversations with vendors. I can model a delayed completion or assisted sale on the call instead of saying 'let me get back to you'."
Priya S.
Sourcer & packager · Birmingham
"Our investor packs used to look like homework. The packaging workflow has properly raised our floor — buyers reply faster and reservation conversion is noticeably better."
Daniel O.
Acquisitions lead, 3-person team · Leeds

Operator case studies

Short, real-shape stories from the pipeline

Anonymised snapshots of how UK operators are sourcing, structuring and packaging deals using the OS. Numbers vary deal-by-deal — these illustrate process, not promises.

North West · Lease option · single let

Tired landlord, lease option to control

Long-term landlord with two empty months and a tenant-find that fell through. Structured a 5-year lease option with monthly payment covering the mortgage and a fixed purchase price agreed today, with solicitor-led documentation.

Timeline
23 days
Structure
Lease option
Outcome
Controlled
South Yorkshire · Deal packaging · BMV

Probate sale, packaged to cash investor

Executors wanted certainty and speed over top price. Qualified, ran comps, and packaged with a clean pack and full disclosures to an existing investor on the CRM matched by area and budget.

Timeline
11 days to reservation
Structure
BMV pack
Outcome
Reserved
West Midlands · Vendor finance · HMO

Vendor finance on a tenanted HMO

Owner wanted out but needed monthly income for two years. Structured a staged purchase with deferred balance, with independent legal advice on both sides and tracked through the deal workspace.

Timeline
6 weeks to exchange
Structure
Vendor finance
Outcome
Acquired

Illustrative operator scenarios. Outcomes depend on individual effort, market conditions, professional advice and execution. Not financial advice or a guarantee of results.

Find your fit

Which plan fits you?

Four clear paths. Pick the one that matches where you are right now — you'll land on the right checkout or booking page instantly.

Learn

I want full Academy Access

Training + Software + Certification + Deal Packaging Infrastructure. Lifetime access — start the curriculum, run real workflows, take the certification track.

£997 one-off
Join the Academy
Solo operator

I'm doing deals — need software

You're already sourcing and packaging. Replace spreadsheets with calculators, pipeline, CRM and deal packaging tools.

£197/month
Start Operator
Team

I run a small team

You need shared workspace, role permissions and team reporting so everyone works from the same pipeline and investor list.

£297/month
Start Pro / Team
Done-for-you

I want hands-on setup help

Let us configure your pipeline, import your data and train your team. Premium onboarding gets you live fast.

£1,500–£3,000+
Book onboarding call

Not sure? Book a 15-minute walkthrough and we'll point you to the right plan.

Simple, clear pricing

Premium training. Serious software. Priced transparently.

Countrywide Property Academy™ combines a premium academy with a real property operator platform. Whether you want to start with the training, run deals inside the software, or build with your team, the pricing is clear from day one.

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The Academy is a one-time investment. All Academy and digital content purchases are non-refundable once accessed or downloaded. Operator and Pro / Team are recurring software subscriptions you can cancel any time. Premium Onboarding is optional and priced separately.

Dominate Your Patch

Own one UK postcode for property sourcing — then scale from there

Two ways to take over your patch: the full Dominate Your Patch programme at £997 £1,497, or a full 9am–5pm 1:1 On-Patch Training Day with a Countrywide trainer at £997.

Dominate Your Patch · £997

Premium patch mastery add-on

The full Dominate Your Patch curriculum plus the Patch Mastery Engine inside the OS: territory map, agent network tracker, vendor outreach cadence, comparables library, weekly review and the patch scorecard.

  • Patch selection framework for any UK postcode
  • Estate agent network build-out scripts and tracker
  • Direct-to-vendor outreach cadence and templates
  • Comparable mastery and weekly stock walk-through
  • Patch scorecard, missions, streaks and weekly review
  • Lifetime access — one-off payment, no subscription
On-Patch Training Day · £997

1:1 fieldwork in your chosen UK patch

A full 9am to 5pm day on the ground with a Countrywide trainer in your patch — agent visits, doorstep strategy, live viewings, deal analysis on real stock and a written action plan loaded straight into your patch workspace.

  • 9am–5pm 1:1 with a Countrywide trainer
  • In your chosen UK postcode patch
  • Live agent visits and vendor doorstep coaching
  • Two to three real-stock viewings and deal analysis
  • Written follow-up plan in your patch workspace
  • Ideal after completing the £997 Dominate Your Patch programme

Dominate Your Patch — questions buyers ask

Get Dominate Your Patch for £997

Or book a £997 On-Patch Training Day — limited dates each month.

FAQ

Pricing, fit & getting started

Straight answers to the questions we get asked most before someone joins.

Transparency

Clear pricing. Clear offer. No guesswork.

You should know exactly what you are buying. Countrywide Property Academy™ clearly separates the premium Academy, the recurring software plans, and the optional onboarding support — so you can choose the route that fits your stage, with no hidden funnel and no application-only wall to find a price.

UK-focused

Built around UK property sourcing, language, professional practice and compliance reality.

Process before promises

No hype, no guaranteed-profit language. Structured execution and professional standards.

Always improving

A property operator system that grows with you — from learning to running an acquisition team.

For professional sourcers

Professional Property Packagers Portal

Apply to list compliant, verified deal packs to our network of investor members. Subject to vetting, AML checks and platform terms. Information only — no guaranteed outcomes.

Apply as a packager

Choose the way you want to build

Start with the Academy, move into the Workspace, and upgrade into Pro when your operation grows.

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UK-built
Designed for UK sourcers — TPO/PRS, HMRC AML, ICO, Consumer Protection Regs.
Compliance-aware
Workflow nudges around AML, KYC, material information and redress.
Secure by default
Encrypted in transit, row-level access controls, payments via Stripe.
Educational platform
Not legal, financial, tax or mortgage advice. Independent advice required.
Clear terms
See our legal hub — terms, privacy, AML, refunds.