“take the red pill … and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes”
Certain topics in life are not to be spoken about, others we’re self-delusional, what’s referred to as cognitive dissonance. Some of these topics are better …
Goodhart’s law explains why so many people aren’t happy
Goodhart’s law is named after Charles Goodhart, a British economist and former professor at the London School of Economics. Goodhart’s law simply states “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to …
Videos on the economy worth watching while in lockdown
There’s a lot of talk on mainstream TV about a V-shaped financial recovery (when things bounce right back). This feels fanciful IMO. The other options are “U” (like in 2008), “W” and the dreaded “L”. Obviously, no one knows the …
Behavioural changes and trends caused by coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic is a world-shattering event, the biggest of our generation, dwarfing 9/11 or the collapse of Lehman Brothers. With so much uncertainty, one thing is for sure: there will be lasting political, economic, social and technological change. As I …
How to be a landlord
Time needed: 10 minutes.
This post will look at 10 steps in how to be a landlord. Using a letting agent will seriously erode your profits especially in a climate with increasing regulation and cost. Moreover, letting agents do such
There are people who have money and there are people who are rich
World-famous fashion designer and businesswoman Coco Chanel once said: “there are people who have money and there are people who are rich”. Chanel didn’t believe that material wealth was enough to make you rich in life. I’ve known a few …
How to do an inventory for a property
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. …
Smombie apocalypse: don’t be a smombie
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 as they were engrossed in their smartphones. This new trend of listening to music or …
OpenRent review from a landlord
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 …
Learning to surf in Famara
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 …