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
Category Archives: money
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 just not wired to handle the smallest amount of it, I’ll worry about the smallest things. That’s why I try …
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 …
Buying used electronics can earn you money
There are many advantages of buying used gear, the obvious being that’s it’s cheaper and better for the environment, the other is the slower rate of depreciation because most of the depreciation happens at the beginning of a product’s lifespan. …
Becoming frugal is fashionable for a generation post COVID-19
Experiences shape a generation. Just as the Great Depression and war shaped the Silent Generation, Millennials will be shaped by the Great Recession, student debt and another serve recession/depression. Millennials and the Silent Generation have shared similar economic challenges so …
Will the gold standard return?
Jan Vlieghe, a member of the Bank of England’s (BoE) interest-rate setting committee recently made a comparison with the UK’s monetary policy and The Weimar Republic. According to his convoluted logic, we …
Amazon Prime isn’t worth it
Amazon Prime in the UK is £7.99 per month (£95.88 for the year) or £79 for a one-off payment. There’s a whole bunch of internet posts (all paid for affiliates) describing how Amazon Prime is …
How identity theft happens and how to stop it
I remember when you switched on the news they’d nearly always be a story of a post office or bank that had been robbed at gunpoint. Since moving to a cashless society, those days have gone but it means crime …
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 …