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Digital Property Boss Academy
Built from the business.
Built from the business.
Not from the theory.
Practical property education from a real operator.
Digital Property Boss Academy teaches the rent-to-rent and serviced-accommodation model that built Marlex Apartments — how to find a property worth taking on, how to persuade the landlord, how to furnish it, and how to run it without living in it.
Everything in the curriculum is in daily use in a live portfolio. It is not a course written around a theory.
400+ people helped into the Airbnb & serviced accommodation business
- Practical training
- Real documents & templates
- Expert support & community
- Learn. Implement. Build.
DPBA at a glance
Real skills.
Real skills.
Real opportunity.
400+
People Marie has helped into Airbnb & serviced accommodation
55+
London serviced apartments behind the teaching
7 yrs
Years in serviced accommodation
Documents
Sourcing criteria, landlord pitch and furnishing spec, in live use
Templates
The workbook, the calculators and the SOPs a member actually fills in
Why DPBA exists
A shorter road
A shorter road
for your property journey.
Digital Property Boss Academy was created to shorten the distance between wanting to enter serviced accommodation and understanding what the work actually requires.
It exists because of how Marie learned the industry: without a personal mentor, by making mistakes that cost her time and money, and then turning those lessons into a clearer route for the people coming after her.
She did not build a property course and then search for experience to support it. The experience came first.
Digital Property Boss Academy gives you the knowledge, the systems and the support to avoid those mistakes and build faster, smarter and with more confidence.
What it does not offer is a shortcut past the work. The work is the point, and it is what the rest of this page is about.
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The classroom behind the classroom
Before there was DPBA,
Before there was DPBA,
there was MARLEX.
Marie did not build a property course and then search for experience to support it.
- Experience The experience came first.
- Apartments The apartments came first.
- Bookings The bookings came first.
- Mistakes The mistakes came first.
- Systems The systems came first.
- Then Then came the academy.
Marlex gave her the classroom. Years of sourcing, setup, bookings, guests, mistakes, operations, systems and problem-solving gave her the curriculum.
Every system in the curriculum was run here first — sourcing, setup, pricing, guest operations — on real bookings, for real guests.
Marlex is the operating proof.
DPBA is the knowledge transfer.
What you will learn
From strategy
From strategy
to real implementation.
Step-by-step modules designed to take you from complete beginner to confident operator.
The landlord pitch deck
Lead with certainty, not charm. The framework that turns a maybe into a signature.
Furnish to a spec
The specification that makes an ordinary flat photograph like a boutique hotel.
Automate operations
Check-in, cleaning and guest comms handled without you touching a phone.
Scale without burnout
How to pass three units without the wheels coming off.
A room that answers
The members who finish are the ones who show up in the community, ask the awkward question and post the thing they got wrong.
Inside the curriculum
The modules run in the order
The modules run in the order
the work happens.
Each one ends in something built rather than something understood — a shortlist, a sent pitch, a live listing.
- Find the deal The sourcing criteria, applied to real stock in real streets — and the numbers that decide whether it is worth taking on.
- Have the conversation The landlord pitch. Lead with certainty, not charm, and answer the question they are actually asking.
- Sign the agreement What goes in writing, what to negotiate, and what never to sign without.
- Furnish to the standard The furnishing specification, the inventory and the photography that decide the nightly rate.
- List it Platform setup, amenities, copy and the listing strategy that gets the property seen.
- Price it The pricing rules behind a nightly rate — location, demand, season and length of stay.
- Run it Check-in, cleaning, guest communication and the automations that let you stop touching a phone.
Every module ends in something built. Not something understood.
The receipts
Don't just show the course.
Don't just show the course.
Show what's inside it.
Real templates. Real systems. Real training. Everything a member needs to take action.
What the members are actually given.
- Curriculum screens
- Workbook pages
- Property calculators
- Sourcing sheets
- Deal-analysis examples
- Setup checklists
- Operating templates
- SOP examples
- Lesson footage
- Anonymised student work
Student stories
From “I don't know where to start”
From “I don't know where to start”
to “I know what to do next.”
Real people. Real progress. Where they started, what they learned, what they implemented, and what happened next.
Tobi
4 units in 60 days
From 1 property to 4 profitable units in 60 days
I used to feel overwhelmed and stuck. Marie's blueprint simplified everything — from automation to branding. I made my investment back within 6 weeks.
- Where they started
- One property, and a sense of being overwhelmed and stuck.
- What they learned and implemented
- Joined the Digital Property Boss Academy and worked through the sourcing, automation and branding system.
- Where that left them
- Four profitable rent-to-rent units running inside sixty days.
- What happened next
- Investment recovered within six weeks.
Ishmael
£3,200 in month two
£3,200 profit in my second month
I've bought courses before — nothing compares. Done-for-you templates, 1-on-1 coaching, a real roadmap. It's not fluff, it's business.
- Where they started
- Had bought other courses and got nowhere with them.
- What they learned and implemented
- Worked through DPBA using the done-for-you templates and 1-on-1 coaching.
- Where that left them
- A working operation rather than another unfinished course.
- What happened next
- £3,200 profit in the second month.
Kayode
Fully automated operation
Automation changed my life
I used to message every guest manually. Now my Airbnb runs itself. The cleaning and check-in automations alone were worth it.
- Where they started
- Messaging every guest by hand and running everything manually.
- What they learned and implemented
- Implemented the cleaning, check-in and guest-comms automation stack.
- Where that left them
- The operation runs without daily intervention.
- What happened next
- Manual guest management eliminated.
These results are the students' own accounts of what they did, published with their agreement. They are not typical outcomes and they are not a promise of income. What Marie teaches is the system; the work that follows is the member's.
Our community
Learn together.
Learn together.
Go further.
A community of aspiring and active property entrepreneurs, working through the same material at the same time.
The room matters more than the videos. People post what worked this week, what they got wrong, and the question they were embarrassed to ask — and somebody answers.
Live training & support
More than a course.
The material is only half of it. The rest is the room, the sessions and somebody answering when the deal in front of you does not match the example in the lesson.
- Live Q&A sessions
- Expert support
- Accountability and ongoing updates
- One-to-one coaching
Marie still runs the operation this is taught from. Where a question needs the current answer rather than the recorded one, the room is where it gets asked.
Student resources
Tools that get
Tools that get
real results.
Workbooks, calculators, checklists, SOPs and more — the working documents the operation runs on, handed over as they are used.
- The workbook The programme set out on paper, worked through rather than watched.
- Property calculators The numbers that decide whether a property is worth taking on, before any money moves.
- Sourcing sheets The criteria applied in order, so a shortlist is built on judgement rather than enthusiasm.
- Setup checklists Everything required to take an empty property to guest-ready, in the order it has to happen.
- Operating templates Guest communication, turnaround schedules and the paperwork a landlord expects to see.
- SOP examples Written procedures, so the standard does not depend on one person remembering everything.
The DPBA method
Taught by the operator,
Taught by the operator,
not by a trainer.
The sourcing criteria, the landlord pitch, the furnishing specification, the pricing rules and the automation stack are the actual working documents, not a course written around a theory.
The working documents
The sourcing criteria, landlord pitch and furnishing spec in live use.
In the order the work happens
Find, pitch, sign, furnish, list, price, run.
Ends in something built
Each module finishes with a shortlist, a sent pitch or a live listing.
An active community
The people who finish are the ones who show up in the room.
Everything here is in daily use
in a live portfolio.
Before you ask
The questions that come up.
Do I need to own a property to start?
No. The academy teaches the rent-to-rent and serviced-accommodation model — sourcing a property you do not own, agreeing terms with the landlord, and operating it. Marlex Apartments is built that way.
What does the course actually cover?
Strategy, systems and rent-to-rent, in the order the work happens: find the deal, have the conversation, sign the agreement, furnish to the standard, list it, price it, run it. Each module ends in something built — a shortlist, a sent pitch, a live listing.
Is this taught from a real business, or from theory?
From a real business. The sourcing criteria, the landlord pitch, the furnishing specification, the pricing rules and the automation stack are the documents in daily use across 55+ London serviced apartments. The experience came before the academy.
Do you provide properties to work with?
Yes. The academy is built for beginners and we provide properties for our members, rather than leaving everybody to find their first one alone.
Is there support after I have watched the lessons?
The community is the support. Members post what worked this week and what they got wrong, alongside live Q&A sessions and one-to-one coaching on the premium package. The people who finish are the ones who show up in the room.
How do I enrol, and what does it cost?
Enrolment and current pricing are on the course page. The course is bought through this site and delivered by Digital Property Boss Academy. Open the course page.
You don't need to know everything to begin.
You need a clearer road.
Digital Property Boss Academy was created to shorten the distance between wanting to enter serviced accommodation and understanding what the work actually requires.
- Learn the model.
- Understand the numbers.
- Build the system.
- Do the work.
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