How You Can Convert Your Property into an HMO

How You Can Convert Your Property into an HMOAn HMO, or house in multiple occupation, is a property that has been rented to three or more tenants who are not part of the same household or family. A lot of landlords have HMOs because they are considered a more effective way of running a rental portfolio. This is often related to being able to collect rent from a higher number of tenants, but the location of the property can also drive this decision.

There are some renters who choose to live in an HMO because the rental payments will generally be cheaper. They may also prefer to live with more people. House-shares are common among younger renters and students which makes HMOs a viable option for a lot of potential landlords.

If you are thinking of converting your property into an HMO, there are some steps that you need to work through first. This will include meeting the … READ MORE ...

Marketers Will Have More Video Ad Options

Video is undergoing a huge transformation. While it is still perceived as a premium advertising opportunity, there are now multiple ways for businesses and marketing professionals to reach their target audiences with video. Marketers need only take a closer look at the Dmexco trade show in Cologne to see that brands have diversified their video arsenal.

Although not all video formats and platforms are equally successful. The ones that make it are those that cater to human users before anything else. Read on to stay plugged in to the latest trends and most pressing concerns to all marketers considering or using video advertising.

Live Streaming to Expand your Reach

During the Dmexco trade show, DAZN, the renowned sports streaming channel, announced its intention to set a new base in Amsterdam, with the goal of making it a real ‘Netflix of Sport’. At the same time, many players in this market … READ MORE ...

Top Secrets – Making Your Office a Great Environment to Work In

Does your company provide a great working environment?Top Secrets - Making Your Office a Great Environment to Work In If not, this guide from a property management company will help create a great working space for your employee, helping you attract and retain the best employee in the industry.

For a better understanding of why you should focus on making your company a good place to work, herein are top reasons to do so.

  • You make your staff feel valued as and an integral part of the company
  • You are better able to draw a lot more ingenuity and creativity from your employee, which increases your growth opportunities
  • Keeping your staff happy ensures you are better able to retain them, even when your competitors offer higher salaries
  • A great work environment improves your workers’ wellbeing
  • Improved workers’ wellbeing leads to better productivity and lowers sick days – which lower business costs and improves the bottom line
  • It is now known across
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Know the Rules, Play the Game to Win - Financial Literacy - How it Can Affect Your Financial Future

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The first step is Preparation: Do you think any successful doctor goes into the operating room unprepared? Operating on you based on general statements about what he heard on the news… or what his next door neighbor told him was the newest and latest procedures for a triple by-pass surgery? If so, would you allow this doctor to perform surgery on you? If not, why do you allow yourselves to work on your family’s finances? If you don’t know the rules, can you really play the  better yet, can you play the game to win? Why then are you surprised when your family’s finances look really similar to the person that was operated on by the untrained surgeon? (Jacked up!)

If you don’t know what tax bracket you are in, if you don’t know how much you are paid before taxes and after taxes, if you don’t know … READ MORE ...

How Open Source Can Help You Start an Online Business on a Shoe String

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Open source can be defined as: The practice of development, in may cases, of computer software where the source files or codes are made freely available to the public. Open Source presents a framework that in many cases have been tried and tested. Hundreds or sometimes thousands of programmers work to create one solution.

Examples of popular and widely supported Open Sources for Internet businesses include; Joomla and Drupal for web development, OS commerce, Magento, zen cart etc for shopping carts

1.Support

When your system is built through Open Source, you have thousands and sometimes millions of other users using a similar product, if you run into problems, all you need to do is post a question and within hours and sometimes even minutes, someone with a similar problem or who has encountered a similar problem before will be able to provide a solution for you

2.Choice

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