u/AccountantLandlord

See Harrow sneakily getting schemes out without them even being on their website I am wondering how other landlords are tracking this?

It’s not always obvious. But the cost of missing it could be huge.

I was at a landlord meeting yesterday and was surprised how many people were still managing 5+ properties on a spreadsheet. Now I’m talking generally smart people and busy people. But they didn’t think they needed more.

Just curious what the general consensus is on this? For me I think a spreadsheet just records information so isn’t really fit for purpose as a compliance tool in 2026. I mean it’s static and can be edited so how does it prove anything?

But curious on if I’m in a minority.

I’m saying this based on the stupidity of arguments like “you’re greedy”, “we pay your mortgage”, “you hoard property” and “I’d be able to buy without you”. I mean these are just some examples of the stupid I see. And you see dumber.

Im starting to think this is driven because people don’t understand even basic home economics and it seems to be getting worse. Because people didn’t used to need a formal education to know how basics like how a household budget works. And from there families had a decent grip on finances and how the world works in general. So you could have meaningful disagreements on an ideological ground but it would never get personal as people understood that small landlords were like themselves just trying to make the best of a system they had no part in designing - and we all understood that all systems are imperfect so there was a valid argument to be had but we understood where reality met theory.

I’m beginning to think dumbing people down is by design so “blame” can be deflected to those who aren’t a voting block. Aren’t represented. Aren’t connected like big business and unions are.

The sad thing is that stupidity is usually self harming. I mean almost all of the populist policies have driven up rents. Am I seeing things wrong? And is there a bottom to this or a turning point?