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Seven Agents, Six Months, One Property Business: What Actually Happened

We’re delighted to welcome husband-and-wife duo Paul Samuda and Amanda Woodward to the Surrey Property Exchange stage this September.

Together, Paul and Amanda bring decades of high-level business and property expertise. Paul, Director of Essential Management, spent forty years building businesses—including scaling a travel and hotel booking company to a £17m annual turnover. Amanda is a seasoned UK property entrepreneur, investor, and developer with a proven track record across commercial conversions and hotel projects. An experienced speaker who has shared the stage with Kim Kiyosaki at the ExCeL Arena in front of 5,000 people, she has been training property investors for over a decade.

Together, they co-host The Essential Property Podcast and have co-authored a book on the practical application of AI for landlords, investors, and agents.

In this candid session, Paul and Amanda take the stage hand in hand to unpack their six-month journey of embedding seven full-time AI agents directly into their live property operations. Moving past the hype and generic demos, they’ll break down how AI moved from a speculative experiment to an essential engine—and why they believe it’s the definitive line between landlords who scale and landlords who burn out.

They’ve documented the process publicly, week by week, complete with the honest realities: the AI agent that embarrassed them in front of a contractor 15 minutes after launch, the capabilities they deliberately turned off, and how they navigated team fears around automation.