Do your tenants want to move out early or earlier than the tenancy comes to an end? Here’s what to do! I’ve experienced this a lot over the years of property management. Tenants always want to move around even though their contract isn’t coming to an end or there isn’t a break clause coming up….
I’ve been asked this question in the Property Investment Mastery Facebook Group: Do I have separate account or run it from my current account when thinking about budgeting for property investments. Great question! To start with, it really depends on how good you are at managing your finances. Unless I have a system in place,…
I put a podcast about this on Tuesday 15th January. You should definitely listen to it! CLICK HERE to do that. Or search for the NC Podcast on iTunes However, if you are the sort of person who prefers things in black and white. Look no further I’ve got you… My 10 Reasons for investing…
Well, to be honest with you, I have never really cared for flash cars or expensive jewellery or really, really expensive handbags. Although I do have a handbag from Calvin Klein that I bought that cost me quite a bit of money, but I have used it for years. I believe in buying things that…
I had that queasy feeling. Where I woke up and checked my emails and in my inbox was the ‘Hi’ subject matter from the flat above me and I thought to myself, oh, what do you want? I know that subject line, it’s means: ‘Natasha. I’m going to try and be polite to you, but…
I’ve had my serviced apartment for three years now. I started by listing on both Trip Advisor and Air BnB. I found Trip Advisor difficult to manage, and it didn’t sync with my Air BnB calendar… apparently it only updates every 12 hours. On one fateful occasion I had two guests book at the same…
I was really panicking about the management of my property portfolio when coming to the USA. It’s not that I can’t do it. I’ve travelled the world and still kept everything in check before… Australia, South Africa, Europe. It was whether I could do this for a sustained period of time without wanting to punch…
The Guardians article Flatshare Bias: room-seekers with Muslim name get fewer replies is eye opening… but, dare I say it, completely unsurprising. The Guardian sent an expression of interest in a room to 1,000 online adverts in the UK, first pretending to be a ‘David’ and then pretending to be a Muhammad. The Guardian comments that…
In this weeks podcast we share our top tips in property management and Ramina discusses her top tips for being an efficient property manager and being an expert in this sometimes-frustrating profession.
This topic has been so in demand!! Here’s the podcast, Residential V Commercial. In it, I discuss the pro’s and con’s of both residential and commercial, some great strategies for incorporating both into your property portfolio and why usually you would invest in residential premises, but sometimes it’s better to play the long game and…
