Paying for property inventory reports as a landlord can become expensive. I could pay up to £415 over 12 months for my 3 bed flat with property check-in and check-out reports. This is a good incentive to do it yourself. …
It was a Saturday afternoon and I was sitting on the train when a couple of teenage girls sat in adjacent seats. Music was blaring from a smartphone as they were engrossed in something or other on YouTube. This new …
In this post, I’ll give my honest review of using OpenRent as a landlord. Before moving to OpenRent I was paying PurpleBricks £2,160 per year to manage my flat and before that a similar amount to Winkworth. Both of them …
The reason I want to escape the daily grind is to do less of things I don’t like and more of the things I do. Currently, I’m time poor and when that changes I want to have enough things that …
I’m sure my best mate is an alcoholic, I’ve never known anyone so obsessed with getting smashed. He’ll always get drunk whenever we go out and try to bring everyone with him; shots being ordered, karaoke and staying out until …
This post is aimed at landlords thinking of using a letting agent for managing their rental property. I’m writing this with 12 years of experience of dealing with letting agents (in London) and speaking with landlords, I’ve also worked at …
I’m male, 43 years old, heterosexual, athletic with a well-paid job and no children (I realise this is starting to sound like an online dating profile). It’s fair to say that statistically, I’m in the minority by not having (or …
If you assume the concept of tracking depreciation is only for businesses, then you’d be wrong. I would encourage you to start tracking depreciation for anything valuable in your rental property. It’s a super simple process and a great tool …
I wrote a few months back about how I do my budgeting. My general approach is to have regular monthly payments (utilities, Netflix and the like) managed through my current account. I then have a separate easy access saving …
My boss is under a lot of stress, he’s been off work with heart-related issues at least twice in the past 2 years (he’s in his early forties). After taking a week off work he comes back and carries on …
