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Worried you’ll come up short in retirement? When Brian Waters ran the numbers, he realized he was still decades away from being able to leave his nine-to-five. He needed a lifeline, and he found one in real estate investing. In just five years, he has scaled to 20 rental properties, and against all odds, he’s…

How many rental properties do you need to retire? A lot fewer than you think. When people start investing in real estate, they think they need 20, 50, or even 100 rental units to build wealth, retire early, and secure financial freedom for themselves and their families. This is not the case…and it’s not even…

12:01 AM, 14th July 2026, 9 hours ago Rent controls could save the average private tenant in England £2,400 a year, according to a report welcomed by Green Party leader Zack Polanski. The report, published by the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, argues that controlling rents could reduce housing benefit spending while improving…

My husband and I spent our honeymoon in Costa Rica 22 years ago. It was our first international trip together, and while the stunning beaches, sloth sightings, and lava flowing down the side of a volcano left us awe-struck, we also appreciated seeing each other experience these new things together. As the years passed, we…

Fraudulent tenancy applications could be exposing the UK’s private rented sector to up to £4.1 billion in financial losses every year, Goodlord research reveals. Goodlord’s research analysed data from over a million tenant references over the last two years and found that 41 tenancy applications per 1,000 references were flagged for suspected fraud between July…