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Phil Priest

Director

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About Me

Having worked for a large legal firm and also then 2 significant blue chip companies in Australia i bring to all issues a sense of solution through IT and practicality to issues that need solving.
I love travel, i love what i do and family is a big part of my life.

my expertise in the industry

Worked in the property industry as an investor and now director of companies supplying services to the industry.

Phil's Recent Activity

Firstly landlords have been a target for the likes of Shelter and the government reducing deposits, forcing DSS, tenant fee bans, removal of the interest amount claimable, but now this clown is suggesting that after all that we give 3 months free? What planet is he on? Is he a landlord and is he doing this himself? I doubt it, and he calls himself an accountant. Another plug for his firm is about as good as it gets, but not all publicity is good!

From: Phil Priest 18 March 2020 13:08 PM

This is the affect of supply and demand. The more pressure landlords are put under the fewer properties there will be available to rent. This then creates problem No.2, with the legislation stating you cannot turn away DSS applicants, since when did the government pay enough for the state welfare to cover the 'market rent' in the majority of the country? Shelter and the government are pushing this potential vote gaining promise into a dead end, and the ones to suffer will not be in parliament on £80k per year but the poor people who rely on the state for help. *Market rent is what someone is willing to pay for it.

From: Phil Priest 14 March 2020 18:50 PM

Ooh this is almost like someone has watched my LinkedIn video where I crucify the government about this. So HMO are exempt from this? when the major majority if poor housing is currently taking place. We dont have enough qualified electrician in the UK to carry out 11m reports in 12 months. If the inspection takes place every 5 years, then a whole pot of hell good be unleashed in that time frame, tenant making changes etc. I agree with the concept of the regulation, but a phased approach is required, and come up with something thats more regular too, maybe in line with the Gas Safety

From: Phil Priest 25 February 2020 19:34 PM

I am still shocked at how little money is being invested by agents to target new listings. In the 'good old day' several pages of the newspapers were fought over by the local agents in order to maintain their branding and awareness within the postcode territories they were fighting over. Since the portal arrival, they have switched off completely and as the cost of the portals have risen astronomically in the past decade the cost spent by agents on brand has declined. A simple question we ask all agents is: 1. If you were buying a house, where do you go? A. Portals 2. If you were looking to sell a house (and under the age of 40yrs old), where do you go? A. Google, look at reviews, look at content etc Agents should partner with those who can bring their brand to life across all platforms and offer good, exciting, engaging content which in turn will lead to more instructions. WARNING!! Please do not consider your social media strategy as posting every house you have for sale or getting the youngest person in the office to manage this for you, just because they have an Instagram account. Content 4 x per week per channel mix of video, industry info, advice, tips and tricks, photos of the office dog etc You must also be on page 1 of google, ideally No. 1 Cost this can all start with the above for £1,000 pm, allot cheaper than RM, but also targeting seller, not buyers. As a note, only 11% of buyers use the same agent to sell through. Tip 2, if you change the way you look after the buyers, you might get more repeat business too, this includes not shafting them for huge referral fee's to your solicitors. I see the future of RM limited as more data, clever data is available for those agents who are smart enough to move with the times and be pro-active and not Portal Lazy.

From: Phil Priest 17 February 2020 12:25 PM

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