Using technology can make your life easier as a landlord and everyone prefers technology when it’s free! Based on my experience and research here are my top 5 best free landlord apps based on common landlord tasks.
Best free landlord apps
Upgrade your brain to the latest version
Nothing beats swimming outside on a summer’s day with the sunshine warming your back. That’s one of the reasons I got back into the swing of swimming at my local lido. I swim lengths and it feels like my technique …
Living as a nomad in the UK
I live in a London flat, and like many, where I live is based on where I work. As much as I’d like to keep hold of my flat after escaping the daily grind, it would be a lost income …
Making rental income passive (enough)
“For every minute spent organising, an hour is earned.”
Benjamin Franklin
I hate stress, but I really hate it. I’m not mentally wired to handle the smallest amount of it. I’ll worry about the smallest thing. That’s why I try …
Take the deathbed test
Imagine that your life is about to end prematurely or fast-forward in time to your eighties or nineties. You’re sitting on your deathbed reflecting on what you’ve done and not done with your life – are you satisfied? This is …
The IKEA effect: why DIY brings happiness
Studies show we cherish things more when we’re involved in making it. This is called the IKEA effect. This comes as no surprise, speaking from my own perspective I’m not sure there even needed to be a study to prove …
Brainwashed
Everything is under control
Unless you live somewhere remote, maybe in the mountains with no TV or external influences then you’re being brainwashed. Some of us are being brainwashed more than others. The degree to which you’re being brainwashed depends …
How to avoid letting agent renewal fees for landlords
If you use a letting agent, then you’re probably charged a ridiculous fee every time your tenant renews. This can range from 6% – 12% of the annual rental income. Winkworth currently advertises a 9.6% fee for the 1st renewal …
Is your life getting better or worse?
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
Aristotle
I’ve not heard a better alternative to Aristotle’s view that happiness is the purpose of life. The problem with the subjective nature …
Choice overload makes for a less happy life
I’m often sitting at home with a low level of anxiety just within the range of my consciousness. I don’t know where to focus my attention. I have a bunch of unread books I could be reading, not to mention …