Person Of The People
Person Of The People
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“Uncomfortable action is the price of success” — Dean Graziosi, AI Advantage Summit, 10 November 2025.
Registered with Property118.com
15th January 2025
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“Uncomfortable action is the price of success” — Dean Graziosi, AI Advantage Summit, 10 November 2025.
27th July 2026, 1 week ago
... I wonder whether these conciliatory words from government are merely the usual set-up to position landlords to fail so it can prescribe exactly what referencing they may undertake. Any perceived failure of that process will then further be used...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Peter Dickinson at 25/07/2026 - 08:07
Reply to the comment left by Ben Beadles Alter Ego at 25/07/2026 - 08:07…that is a comment he will undoubtedly enjoy—and no finer legacy could he have hoped to achieve. Sadly, the opposing team, if there ever was one, was...
Read More →21st July 2026, 2 weeks ago
... and where was the equivalent campaigner for land and property owners while all this was happening? Mr Twomey can depart able to point to a clear and historic achievement for the people he represented. By contrast, those claiming to...
Read More →9th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
... using overseas call factories and auto-diallers operating over near-zero-cost internet connections, AI bots can identify and filter likely targets before selling those leads to private UK-based service providers. The Housing Minister recently confirmed that AI will be used to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by K Anon at 08/07/2026 - 22:09
Reply to the comment left by K Anon at 08/07/2026 - 22:09... they are already cold-calling tenants, and have been doing so for some time. Private regulatory and compliance firms are now operating on a “no fine, no fee” basis,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Trevor Leigh at 08/07/2026 - 15:25
... wake up and smell the coffee... this is a reverse takeover... private rented properties with individual rents below £100,000 per annum have effectively been taken over by the state by regulation, while the capital risk, maintenance liability and occupational...
Read More →8th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
... when will the industry wake up... This has never been an economic argument. It is a fundamental ideological shift away from traditional capitalist economics. Prices are no longer being set by the open market, but by what the mass...
Read More →2nd July 2026, 1 month ago
This is government window dressing: a way of giving the impression that ministers are working for both tenants and landlords while putting the machinery in place for far greater control of the private rented sector. Once that mechanism exists, the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rod at 25/06/2026 - 16:11
It was interesting engaging with you, and let us hope our paths cross again for another discussion. The problem, as I see it, is that there are many well-meaning people in the property industry, but very few who have been...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rod at 25/06/2026 - 13:33
The last thing landlords need is a membership discount. They need effective action. A discount epitomises where many representative organisations appear to see themselves: as service providers offering minor benefits, rather than serious bodies representing an asset-owning sector under sustained...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rod at 25/06/2026 - 13:33
The last time I engaged with a landlord association, I challenged what appeared to be a lack of understanding of important elements of the law. When I then questioned why the association had been so passive in representing a cohort...
Read More →25th June 2026, 1 month ago
... there are many landlord associations, but on this topic they seem to have been either mute, ineffective, or both. RMT union fees are £25.87 per month and ASLEF fees are £26.00 per month. For that, their members can secure...
Read More →25th June 2026, 1 month ago
... on top of the basic £71,160 per annum (£1,368.46 per week), TFL pay an additional £16,868 to £32,260 annually for National Insurance and pension contributions. That's more than the net rent off multiple average houses.
Read More →25th June 2026, 1 month ago
... when do landlord's accept they are no longer running their own businesses for their benefit... government policies are now designed to use landlord's capital and time to improve properties while crushing values when it'll give the right of first...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 24/06/2026 - 08:54
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 24/06/2026 - 08:54... think again. When the data-service harvesters now promoting their services to local authorities — currently for up to a 90% cut of the regulatory fines — start cross-referencing...
Read More →24th June 2026, 1 month ago
... and this is only the very, very beginning of the hurricane being unleashed. The industry is being dismantled and pressed into service for the consumer. No longer will landlords win or lose in a market economy, where providing a...
Read More →22nd June 2026, 1 month ago
P.S. The Telegraph recently published an excellent exposé showing how councils are handing up to 90% of regulatory fines to private enforcement companies. It is a bonanza for them and for the councils. As the system beds in, councils will...
Read More →22nd June 2026, 1 month ago
I am sorry to use gritty language, but are some of these so-called property voices completely brain dead, or have they just arrived from the planet Zog? Property is only owned in this country because the state says it is...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Person Of The People at 22/06/2026 - 12:57
Reply to the comment left by Person Of The People at 22/06/2026 - 12:57P.S. The Telegraph recently published an excellent exposé showing how councils are handing up to 90% of regulatory fines to private enforcement companies. It is a bonanza...
Read More →22nd June 2026, 1 month ago
I am sorry to use gritty language, but are some of these so-called property voices completely brain dead, or have they just arrived from the planet Zog? Property is only owned in this country because the state says it is...
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