7 ways to screen your property investments
When evaluating a potential property investment, the focus is usually on the numbers, to see…
Are Houses or Flats better Buy to Let Investments?
My former flat in Cambridge which I let out after becoming an “accidental landlord” Is…
How to improve efficiencies in managing a growing property portfolio
As with any business growing beyond the start-up phase, once a buy to let property…
How to be a Good Landlord
There’s so much in the media about rogue landlords in the private rented sector, who…
What makes a rental property attractive to families?
With families making up almost one third of households in the private rented sector in…
Introducing my new blog for landlords
Hello! This is my very first blog post for my new project, The Independent Landlord….
Tips to thrive as a first time landlord
It can feel pretty daunting when you first start out as a landlord on your…
About Suzanne, creator of The Independent Landlord
Suzanne Smith is a lawyer turned self-managing landlord with a portfolio of buy to let houses in Maidstone, Kent.
Before becoming a landlord in 2019, she worked as a lawyer in the life sciences industry for 25 years, reaching the position of General Counsel of a PLC.
Suzanne set up The Independent Landlord blog in August 2022 to provide free, independent tips and advice for landlords and property businesses. The sort of content she wished she’d been able to find when starting out as a landlord.
In writing content for The Independent Landlord, she draws on both her experience as a lawyer and as a landlord.
The Independent Landlord blog has quickly established itself as a leading place for landlords and property businesses to find reliable information about the topics that matter to them, at a time of unprecedented change and challenges for the private rented sector.