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 […]
First Time Buyers this is for you! This week I’m joined by my sister Amy to discuss how she brought her first property at 22, the sacrifices she made to save her initial deposit and how within 4 years she then upsized to create her ideal family home. This one is not to be missed […]
This morning Estate Agent Today broke the newsthat one of the big announcements at this week’s Conservative Party Conference is the proposed introduction of higher stamp duty of 1-3% for overseas buyers. Whilst for many UK want to be homeowners this comes as a massive break for them. Adding this surcharge will take certain overseas […]
The MASSIVE headline in the Daily Mail today is that ‘Landlords face a tax rate of up to 66% on rental profits, stoking fears that many will ditch buy-to-let’ – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-6114105/Landlords-face-tax-rate-66-rental-profits.html Please note… no you shouldn’t be taxed at 66% on your rental profits. Read further down to find out what you should do if […]
I’m a firm believer that anywhere is up for grabs when you are looking for somewhere to buy your next buy to let. You’ve simply got to buy property that works with your strategy {which is why your goals are so important}. If you haven’t got that strategy for how to invest in property or […]
This will save you time + money so it’s only a win-win situation if you get these skills down… …if there is any way you can arrive at a maintenance situation and get it sorted quickly, or talk your tenant through it, not only can you offer better customer service for your tenants, you can […]
One of the buzz words at the moment is ‘R2R’. It’s a set-up, whereby you take a tenancy or a license over someone’s property and you then sublet the property out as an HMO, Serviced Apartment and reap the profit rent. Basically… you become the Property Manager… Which is problematic as most of those people […]
Think Outside the Box It’s a prime day to be really considering where you are with your property journeys, what are you buying next? How is it fitting in with your portfolio? Are you thinking: ‘how on earth do other people do these absolutely incredible deals, meanwhile I can’t seem to make even the simplest […]
I really want to speak out about ‘trolling the investor’. I get it a HUGE amount would you believe? And yes some of you reading this may indeed be the trolls that do it. Or others of you may be Property Investors who are just fed up of being the bad gal/guy. I’ve been called […]
If you don’t do anything else today to make yourself the best Property Manager EVER then please just watch this. If nothing else it will make you laugh and you know what the info is so simple and it will only take 1 minute.
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 […]
