Assets for Life
Speakers & Mentors
Ready to unlock your full potential in property, business, and wealth creation? Our expert speakers and mentors are here to guide you every step of the way. They’re not just theorists – they’re seasoned professionals with real-world experience and a passion for sharing their knowledge. Get ready to learn from the best, connect with inspiring individuals, and gain the practical tools you need to build a brighter future.
Liam Ryan
Liam Ryan
Co-founder, Assets for Life
Liam J Ryan isn’t your typical entrepreneur – he’s a property wizard, business guru, podcast pro, and best-selling author rolled into one! As the co-founder of Assets For Life, the UK’s leading business and wealth training organisation, Liam’s all about helping regular folks level up their lives through real estate. Today, Liam proudly wears multiple hats as a Professional Property Investor, esteemed Property trainer, and sought-after international speaker. So, if you’re ready to dive into the world of property and business with someone who’s been there, done that, and got the t-shirt, Liam’s your guy!
Phil Elder
Phil is a solution focused, multiple business entrepreneur, devoted family man and extreme sports enthusiast. His diverse background includes professional expertise in investment, development, training, and real estate. Phil’s ability to communicate and support his clients and peers, comes from decades of experience in an impressive range of fields including: motivational and public speaking, finance/brokerage, aesthetics business consultation, accountancy, property investment, property investment training, classic car racing, speed boat racing, and flight instructor.
Phil Elder
Martin Roberts
Martin Roberts
Renowned TV Presenter and Property Expert
Martin Roberts is one of the UK’s most recognised and respected property experts, with a career spanning over 25 years across television, radio and live events. Having spent decades immersed in the property market at every level, Martin brings a depth of real-world knowledge and experience that few in the industry can match.
Beyond his media career, Martin has become a trusted mentor and educator, working with property investors of all experience levels throughout his career.
As a leading expert in the UK real estate industry, Martin provides valuable insights and opinions on current trends and market conditions.
Stuart & Scarlette Douglas
TV Presenters & Property Flipping Experts
Scarlette and Stuart Douglas are the brother/sister presenting duo taking television by storm. With first-hand experience in property development, the pair are set on sharing their expertise and insight with newcomers and old hands in the housing market. Scarlette and Stuart made their debut as a presenting duo when they took over presenting duties on Phil & Kirstie’s Love It or List It for Channel 4’s Black to Front Day in September 2021, the second-highest viewed program of the day.
The pair followed this up with a Channel 4 property competition series called ‘George Clarke’s Flipping Fast’, where they hosted the show alongside George. Flipping Fast followed six contestants from across the UK who thought they had the credentials to make the big time as property entrepreneurs, giving them a truly life-changing chance to start their own property business.
Scarlette & Stuart’s own show, Worst House on the Street, another brand-new property format, had huge ratings on Channel 4. The six-part series followed Scarlette and Stuart using their creative expertise to help families transform run-down houses into dream homes, and all without blowing the bank.
Not only did Scarlette and Stuart film two more series of their hit program, but they also filmed a brand new show called Can’t Sell, Must Sell. This six-part series helps homeowners (who can’t sell their homes!) transform them into properties that are desirable and sellable. Can’t Sell, Must Sell was another hit show, with over 1 million
viewers tuning in to watch each episode, making it the highest viewed show on the channel each week.
Stuart & Scarlette Douglas
Rob Mason
Rob Mason
Academy Graduate & Mentor
Serviced Accommodation Expert
Rob Mason is the Founder and Managing Director of a group of national businesses operating across the UK serviced accommodation and hospitality sector. He began his entrepreneurial journey in 2017 with just a £50 investment and has since built a portfolio of companies with combined revenues exceeding £4 million per year.
Rob is the founder of K Suites, a national serviced accommodation management company; Book My Digs, a contractor accommodation agency voted Best Contractor Accommodation Agency in the UK; K Maids, a specialist serviced-accommodation cleaning company operating across 9 UK cities; and UNBOXD., a furnishing and setup company delivering guest-ready interiors for short-term rental properties.
With over a decade of experience in hospitality, Rob’s turning point came through a chance introduction to Liam on Facebook, which led to a year-long mentorship with Liam and Jay. During that year, Rob won Mentee of the Month three times and was ultimately awarded the highly coveted Mentee of the Year award—recognition that helped accelerate both his confidence and his growth trajectory. He has since gone one to win Mentor of the Year in recognition of the work he does giving back to the AFL family.
Today, Rob is a full-time entrepreneur who travels internationally 15–20 times per year while running and scaling his businesses. A core driver behind everything he has built is lifestyle freedom—being able to design a life that allows him to work flexibly, explore the world, and spend meaningful time with his too children Alfie & Poppy.
Looking ahead, Rob remains relentlessly ambitious. Every day is a step closer to his ultimate goal: owning a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Tanner Hicks
Property Development Expert
Tanner is a qualified Civil Engineer MEng (Hons) and has been involved with property from the age of 18, when he took on the refurbishment of a flat in Lymington, Hampshire. We’ll let him explain the bit when he put a nail through a water pipe… Having learned very quickly not to do that again, he has since developed a 7-figure property portfolio.
He has extensive experience in property and a creative eye for how to maximise value. In charge of all investment decisions, he also leads all our training and mentorship programs.
Previously, Tanner worked as a Lender’s Advisor and Project Manager for two large Engineering Consultancies in London. He has worked on major international projects such as Skopje International Airport, King Abdullah Economic City, London Olympic Park and London Heathrow Airport.
A keen sportsman, Tanner has completed the London Marathon, several triathlons and is always keeping active with golf, cycling and running. He is very family-oriented and takes every opportunity to spend time with his wife and daughter.
Tanner Hicks
Neil & Jacquie Dobson
Academy Graduates and Mentors
Before making the decision to focus on property, Neil and Jacqui ran their successful vintage tea room business in Colchester town centre for 5 years. Prior to that, Neil was a company director at a Saab and Seat dealership, and Jacqui worked for the prestige car manufacturer, Porsche.
After investing in professional property education, the couple made the decision to focus on property full-time, sold the tearoom business and went full throttle in 2019.
They have built a varied portfolio using different strategies, BRRR, BRRSA, Flips and commercial developments and continue to grow their property business.
Together, they form a dynamic team that covers all bases. They bring an element of fun into everything they do, whilst maintaining professionalism and attention to detail.
Neil & Jacquie Dobson
Nick Staab
Sales & Public Speaking Expert
Nick has quickly established himself as a mentor and coach in his own right, which has been captured in his debut Amazon published book “Selling is Serving”. Nick currently mentor’s businesses and individuals alike to achieve greater things using his personal success blueprint. This to date has seen Nick record sales of over £10,000,000 personally and over £100,000,000 collectively with his business clients.
