{"id":25343,"date":"2025-06-20T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=25343"},"modified":"2025-12-22T18:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:43:01","slug":"success-story-craig-harkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/success-story-craig-harkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story &#8211; Craig Harkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3><strong>Craig Harkin<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>He\u2019s stopped building profits for others\u2014now he\u2019s made \u00a375K for himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With decades of experience in the construction industry, Craig realised that using his experience and expertise to work for others was losing him valuable time and money. He was looking for a way to cut out the middleman and take home the profit that his hard work deserves.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, Craig found Sourced. He found that becoming a Property Partner would give him his time back. The training, tools, resources, and support provided by Sourced allowed him to get his business running smoothly while focusing his time on what he does best. With a combination of personal ambition mixed with Sourced\u2019s proven <strong>moneymaking blueprint<\/strong>, Craig has been given the solid foundation he needs to thrive and, currently 5 weeks into his first project as a member of the Sourced network, he is <strong>thriving<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Land &#8211; <strong>\u00a390,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Build \u2013 <strong>\u00a3270,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>End Value &#8211; <strong>\u00a3550,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Profit \u2013 <strong>\u00a375,000 (15%)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What could <em>you<\/em> achieve in a year?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Well, in just a year of being a Property Partner, Craig has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completed all the Sourced training.<\/li>\n<li>Meticulously sifted through deals to find the perfect one to kickstart his portfolio.<\/li>\n<li>Settled on a plot of land in Scotland.<\/li>\n<li>Secured private funding through connections obtained through the powerful Sourced network.<\/li>\n<li>He is now 5 weeks into the development of his first 5-bedroom detached new-build as a <strong>property investment business owner.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With a <strong>profit<\/strong> of <strong>\u00a375,000<\/strong>, Craig is spoilt for choice over his next steps. Whether he chooses to reinvest this money into his next development project or treat himself to the car of his dreams, he has got a taste of what success feels like when you are backed by a strong network. Craig has shaped his future in a way that wouldn\u2019t have been possible without Sourced, what could you achieve in a year if you became a Sourced Property Partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Harkin He\u2019s stopped building profits for others\u2014now he\u2019s made \u00a375K for himself. With decades of experience in the construction industry, Craig realised that using his experience and expertise to work for others was losing him valuable time and money. He was looking for a way to cut out the middleman and take home the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[930,929],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sourced","category-investment-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Craig-Harkin-Success-story.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}