Adam Walker
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Features
Managing Brexit
"Brexit: the utopian ideal that was sold to us by the Vote Leave campaign has been proven to be unachievable, says Adam Walker – we now face a choice between a bad deal and no deal at all. "
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Features
Why tougher times ahead will be an opportunity for some estate agents
Many agents predict tough times ahead, says Adam Bernstein, as online platforms, waning consumer confidence, rising interest rates and a ban on letting fees create a perfect storm… but one man’s nightmare may be another’s opportunity.
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Features
The viability of your business without tenant fees
Warning! This article may make some letting agents slightly uncomfortable. A crimewave is about to happen, says Adam Walker and, in his opinion, is not based on a psychic premonition...
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Regulation & Law
The brutal truth for let-only agents after the tenant fees ban
It is becoming increasingly clear, says Adam Walker, that many letting businesses are not going to survive the tenant fee ban that is due to come into force next Spring.
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Resources
Avoiding business ‘divorce’
Divorce is a terrible thing. All marriages start with high hopes of eternal happiness and yet, says Adam Walker, decades later, half of all marriages end in divorce. Business ‘divorce’ is even worse.
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Guest Blogs
Protecting your business from the consequences of new legislation
"Imagine, says Adam Walker, that all the speed limits on our roads were abolished tomorrow and replaced with confusing new legislation under which motorists would, in future, be prosecuted for “going too fast”.
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Guest Blogs
The future for independent estate or letting agencies
"The butcher, the baker (and the candlestick maker) are now rarities in England’s villages, says Adam Walker and, sadly, it looks as if the local independent estate or letting agency is going the same way."
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Adam Walker
Reputational Damage
"Every year, over 200,000 students rent a house for the first time. For most, says Adam Walker, it is their first experience of dealing with a letting agent and all too often their experience is a bad one."
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Resources
Mindfulness in business
"Grant me just a single ‘if only’ and I would probably be a billionaire by now.” says Adam Walker, but let’s not drown in a sea of regret and disappointment about the past, live in the today!"
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Buy-to-let lenders
"The world has gone mad, says Adam Walker, as a client (with a £7m portfolio) is asked by his buy-to-let lender how much he spent, each month, having his hair cut... "
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