LANDLORD BOOKKEEPING: Tips for Easy and HMRC-Ready Accounts (Watch/Read/Listen)

Jim Parker December 4, 2025

Ahh, the pleasures of landlord bookkeeping. Whether you’re a natural admin wizard or a regular last-minute filer, the job of completing your tax return is rarely an annual highlight.

Landlords have plenty of hoops to jump through in their self-assessment filing, so it’s always worth looking at how you can streamline your accounting for savings and efficiencies.

With that in mind, let’s dive into the wonderful world of landlord bookkeeping and take a look at:

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EP 203: THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: Understanding True Investment Return (Watch/Listen)

Jim Parker November 28, 2025

When it comes to investing, many investors focus on headline figures—annual percentage gains, dividend yields, or capital growth.

While these figures are important, they often tell only part of the story. True investment return goes beyond these surface numbers to capture the net benefit an investor actually receives, taking into account a range of financial and behavioural factors.

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Fife FTB Homes Are 40% More Affordable Than 18 Years Ago.

Jim Parker November 26, 2025

If you listened to the doom merchants, you would think first-time buyers (FTB) in Fife had no chance at all. According to the loudest voices, buying a first home is impossible, the ladder has been pulled up, and the only people who buy their first homes today are lottery winners or those with wealthy parents. The story is always the same. Prices up, wages squeezed, and doors slammed shut.

Yet when you scratch beneath the surface, the facts tell a very different story. In truth, the numbers completely overturn what many people believe. They also offer something precious. Hope. Real hope, backed by evidence rather than headlines.

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EP 202: THE WEALTH CREATION SHOW: The Power of Association (Watch/Listen)

Jim Parker November 21, 2025

Association, that is the company you keep and how much time you spend with them, play an important role in what you become in life. They can be friends, acquaintances, family members, and work colleagues.

The power of association means the people around you have an influence on you and it is increasingly recognised that the power of association plays a vital role in shaping our career trajectory and overall future.

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FPTV (EP 274) LONG-LASTING LETTINGS: How to Cultivate Enduring Tenant Ties (Watch/Read/Listen)

Jim Parker November 19, 2025

It costs you money whenever a tenant moves out, from the lost income of void periods to upfront costs like wear-and-tear repairs and new referencing fees, which makes long-lasting lettings a savvy goal.

Every landlord’s dream is to rent their property to someone who treats it as their own, pays on time, and provides an uninterrupted income stream for years on end. However, this doesn’t happen by luck.

Cultivating a high value, ‘forever tenant’ is about combining legal compliance with personal diligence to forge a strong and mutually beneficial partnership.

To show you what that means in practice, we thought it would be useful to share the way we foster long-lasting lettings for landlords so let’s take a look at:

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The 2025 Fife Property Market: A study of this year’s property market and what will happen in 2026?

Jim Parker November 18, 2025

With only a few weeks to go before the end of the year, as a Fife estate and letting agent, I wanted to share what has happened in both the UK and Fife property markets in 2025, analysing the trends for Fife homeowners, home buyers and landlords alike… and then compare them to previous years.

All statistics for each year are up to 16 November (to ensure a level playing field). Starting with the UK statistics, looking at new properties on the market (listings), sales agreed and houses sold (i.e. exchanged and completed).

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