Letting agents will overcharge and ruin your property

Posted on December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 By Richard Charles3 Comments

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 property companies involved with property management. Flawed business model The essence of any business model…

Achieving Financial Independence with Property

Posted on October 6, 2019December 25, 2019 By Richard Charles3 Comments

In this post, I’ll document my journey into Financial Independence (FI) using the income from one rental property in the U.K. as an alternative to the stock market. A lot of Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) blogs and books refer to property as a poor investment. However, this is often written from a U.S. perspective…