The Agent Blog - Goodlord

Oct 15, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Referrals

Growth

Starting an agency

How to start a lettings agency: Advice from an agent who set out on his own

"Be prepared to work hard," says the founder of a thriving agency in Bristol, who has proven it's possible to set up a successful lettings agency even in a challenging lettings market.

Oct 7, 2019

Business

Peter Knight

Letting agents

The three things your agency should be doing if you want to be the best in the country

Letting agencies who want to be the best need to have the systems in place to excel at the basics, says Property Academy and EA Masters founder Peter Knight.

Oct 1, 2019

Marketing

Business

Letting agents

How videos helped one agency reach 10,000 potential customers

Sharing a short video every day on social media helped one agent reach thousands of potential tenants and landlords.

Sep 9, 2019

Business

Acquisitions

Growth

Acquisitions are the fastest way to grow your managed portfolio, says this agency

Growth by acquisition has been the focus for a Luton agency, which has grown its managed portfolio from nothing to almost two hundred properties in just two years.

Aug 20, 2019

Business

Revenue

State of the Lettings Industry

Legislation

State of the Industry Report: 90% of agents predict drop in revenue post-Tenant Fees Act

Goodlord's first State of the Industry Report reveals how letting agents throughout the UK are feeling during a summer of massive change for the industry.

Aug 19, 2019

Business

Revenue

Management fees

3 simple ways to increase your management fees

Stop talking in percentages, change your mindset and invest more in finding great tenants, is one expert's advice for letting agents looking to increase their management fees.

Jul 31, 2019

Business

Landlords

Technology

Brexit

Buy-to-let

Letting agents

Overseas landlords still investing in UK, according to specialist agency

“We’re finding a lot of overseas landlords aren’t concerned about Brexit and we haven’t seen any slowdown in them buying properties to let,” says Jordan Axten, Head of Operations at Regent Property.

Jul 15, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Landlords

Revenue

Management fees

How this agency charges management fees of almost 20% while others are dropping their fees

Landlords are opting to pay 18% of their rental income for a Surrey agency's comprehensive, top-tier management service.

Jun 11, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Referrals

3 ways your agency could get more referrals from your landlords and tenants

People trust recommendations from friends and family more than any other source, so here's three ways you can get more referrals from your landlords and your tenants.