Doodle and get organised!

Doodle is another free tool I love.

Here's what it does and why we use it.  

Have you ever tried to organise a meeting with a group of two or three or fifteen people?

Well we have.

No matter how efficient each of us are, playing meeting tag is one way to certainly waste your time. 

Think about the last time you organised a meet up with your friends or a night out at the theatre...

Before I discovered Doodle, we'd each spend time going back and forth with different times and dates. 

Today, life is so much easier. 

Here's how I use it...

Check your diary for dates and times that are convenient for you. 

- add those dates and times to Doodle and email to all your friends/tenants. 

Everyone then replies via email with which dates they are available. 

Once you've got all your replies, select a date and have your meeting. 

That's how we use it at London Room Lets and why we highly recommend it.

Check it out today and see for yourself.

Share your thoughts or comments on how it has helped you.

ps.  Did I mention that it's free?

To receive these Tips & Tools directly into your mailbox, then join us here, otherwise, come back often, adopt a tip or a tool and spread the word.  After all, "sharing is caring".

I wish you success as you become more familiar with these tips & tools and if you have a tip or tool that you'd like to share, then let us know here

All the best in your journey & remember that "knowledge is potential power".

If you need a hand to implement any of the tips or tools we use or you're looking for how to move Forward Faster, just get in touch.

Wishing you every success always.

Hanna
The Property Hunter

LANDLORD REFERRAL SCHEME

We love referrals

We want to reward you generously for helping us build our business.  Simply refer your landlord friends to us to get started. 

Click here to become a referral partner and start earning an additional income stream today.

PPS. 

We love books - We recommend: Go for No by Richard Fenton

Capture everything!

If you've visited our website you will very likely have watched one of our house tours.

We used "YouTube Capture" to record these and then uploaded each to YouTube. 

Capture is designed to be simple and easy to use. 

You can edit your videos and share with just a single friend, your team or the whole world or simply keep private!

Here's how it works for us at LondonRoomLets.co.uk 

• Download the app: YouTube Capture
• Select Open
• Start recording 
• Finish recording - you can also edit the recording on the fly and record again
• Upload the video for private use or a wider group. 

It's a great way to share progress updates on a refurbishment prior to dressing your property and we use it to record house tours when a new property comes online. 

Did I mention that our prospective tenants also love it as it helps them decide if they want to come for a viewing or not, saving their time and ours. 

That's how we use it at London Room Lets and why we highly recommend it.

Check it out today and see for yourself:

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We love referrals - Earn £1500 - £2500!

We want to reward you for helping us build our business.  Simply refer your landlord friends to us to get started. 

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Share your thoughts or comments on how it has helped you.

ps.  Did I mention that it's free?

To receive these Tips & Tools directly into your mailbox, then join us here, otherwise, come back often, adopt a tip or a tool and spread the word.  After all, "sharing is caring".

I wish you success as you become more familiar with these tips & tools and if you have a tip or tool that you'd like to share, then let us know here

All the best in your journey & remember that "knowledge is potential power".

If you need a hand to implement any of the tips or tools we use or you're looking for how to move Forward Faster, just get in touch.

Wishing you every success always.

Hanna
The Property Hunter

LANDLORD REFERRAL SCHEME

We love referrals

We want to reward you generously for helping us build our business.  Simply refer your landlord friends to us to get started. 

Click here to become a referral partner and start earning an additional income stream today.

PPS. 

We love books - We recommend: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

Google, Gmail and more...

All of you I'm sure already use Google, which means this tip/tool should be an easy one for you to adopt.

Google mail (aka gmail) as you may know is free to use and opens up a whole new world to you, your business partners, your team and your friends.

So if you're wondering what this post is all about?  It's simple.  If you are not using gmail, you're way way way behind the wave and it's time to take the bull by the horns and get stuck in.

Gmail has numerous add-ons that are very simple to use, help you improve your productivity and are free.  Yes Free (one of my favourite words).

So if you're not using gmail, you should certainly be asking yourself why not?

If you're worried about security, the mere fact that you're on the web opens up a whole new "can of worms" that none of us can even begin to imagine.

Yes we have to be careful and yes we must choose our passwords wisely and apparently change them often.  However what we must NOT do, is stay away because of fear.

How we use gmail at LondonRoomLets.co.uk...

- We do use the business version - only because we want to have email that reflects our business name and we want to be able to share documents and other tools internally in the same way that any other business would.

Because we use the business version it enables better collaboration and privacy within our organisation without having to outsource our IT.

If you're not a business you still get all the same free features and benefits of a great service.

What else I love about it...

• You can use it offline
• You get 2 gigs of storage space (translates as lots and lots)
• Easy to install on your phone - be it Apple or Android

Once you've created a Google account, this opens up a whole new world of easy to use, free opportunities and

it integrates seamlessly with many other apps and systems that we'll cover in future posts.

How to get started visit Google to...

- create an account

- import contacts

- start using Google email. 

That's how we use it at London Room Lets and why we highly recommend it.

Check it out today and see for yourself:

Share your thoughts or comments on how it has helped you.

ps.  Did I mention that it's free?

To receive these Tips & Tools directly into your mailbox, then join us here, otherwise, come back often, adopt a tip or a tool and spread the word.  After all, "sharing is caring".

I wish you success as you become more familiar with these tips & tools and if you have a tip or tool that you'd like to share, then let us know here

All the best in your journey & remember that "knowledge is potential power".

If you need a hand to implement any of the tips or tools we use or you're looking for how to move Forward Faster, just get in touch.

Wishing you every success always.

Hanna
The Property Hunter

Ps.  

We love referrals - Earn £1500 - £2500!

We want to reward you for helping us build our business.  Simply refer your landlord friends to us to get started. 

Click here to become a referral partner and start earning an additional income stream today.

PPS. 

We love books - We recommend: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

Keep this to hand!

Have you discovered Google Keep yet?

I recently did and I love it.

Up until now, I used to use the Notes app on my phone to keep a record of ideas, thoughts and to dos.

However now that I've discovered Google Keep, I can hardly contain my excitement about it.

Why Google Keep and what is it?

Let me begin by explaining briefly what it is.

Google Keep is Post-it's on the go. That's right. Think of it as as a mobile #Post-it!

Keep is used to record notes, set reminders and create lists!

It is available on the phone and on your computer, I suspect that it works just as well with a PC as it works with a Mac and it synchronises across all your devices.  Nice

So what?
I use pen and paper, why should I bother with Google Keep?

If you are used to pen and paper and you're still wondering why the need to migrate to Google Keep, here's your answer.

Google Keep can...

• - record notes - (of course - that's basic stuff)
• - record your voice - (ok)
• - log your pictures (that's cool)

And export easily to Google Docs (which we'll cover in another post).

Is the above a good enough reason to use it?

You decide.

Here's how I use it...

• When out at a viewing, I'll make notes and take a photo there and then and possibly add some more notes.
• When I get back, I can add any further notes, share these with team members or simply send to Google Docs.  (one draw back I've noticed is that the pictures don't appear to transfer to Google docs and Google need to fix this to get five stars from me.
• When out and about, if I spot something of interest, I press record and the transcribed notes appear in Keep together with the recording of my voice message.

The three things I'd like Google to add to this productivity tool are:

• Text formatting
• The ability to forward the entire Keep note to Google docs (i.e images)
• Make it an app for the desktop in its own right.  You currently have to access it via the Google App store.  Which can be a little inconvenient. However it does exist as an App in its own right on the mobile phone.

I'm sure you can find other ways to use it in your life and in your business, comment and tell us what you think.

Check it out today and see for yourself:

Share your thoughts or comments on how it has helped you.

ps.  Did I mention that it's free?

To receive these Tips & Tools directly into your mailbox, then join us here, otherwise, come back often, adopt a tip or a tool and spread the word.  After all, "sharing is caring".

I wish you success as you become more familiar with these tips & tools and if you have a tip or tool that you'd like to share, then let us know here

All the best in your journey & remember that "knowledge is potential power".

If you need a hand to implement any of the tips or tools we use or you're looking for how to move Forward Faster, just get in touch.

Wishing you every success always.

Hanna
The Property Hunter

Ps.  

We love referrals - Earn £1500 - £2500!

We want to reward you for helping us build our business.  Simply refer your landlord friends to us to get started. 

Click here to become a referral partner and start earning an additional income stream today.

PPS. 

We love books - We recommend: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. What's your favourite book?

PPPS.
Sharing is caring: Pass it on and Pay it Forward

Toast...!

Yes Toastmasters!

What is she on about I hear you ask...?

Toastmasters is a public speaking organisation incorporated on 25th October 1928 by Dr Ralph C Smedley where young men could learn how to speak, conduct meetings, plan programs and work on committees, and he wanted to help them.

In 1973 women were allowed to join.  Yes.

Today Toastmasters is the leading global organisation which teaches public speaking and leadership usually for the weekly cost of a cup of your favourite coffee!  That's what I call good value.

There are over 332,000 members.  Members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 15,400 clubs in 135 countries that make up the global network of meeting locations.

At my local club, we meet 2 or 3 times per month where newbies, experienced members and guests come together to accomplish 3 goals.

1. To have fun
2. To learn something new
3. Leave inspired

So how do we use this at London Room Lets I hear you ask (again).

We regularly speak to tenants, JV partners and people from all walks of life and often have to stand up to large audiences with up to 200 attendees and share.  

The confidence to do this was born out of regularly attending Toastmasters.

Many times, visitors will look on in amazement at the confidence displayed thinking and often saying, you are so natural!

What they don't know at that stage is:

1. I learnt from the giants that went before me who were willing to share their knowledge and be my mentors
   - Not name dropping, but I cannot write this note without mentioning and acknowledging the following greats: - Richie Dayo Johnson (first President of Speakers and a captivating speaker)
   - Mr David Thompson (Mentor/Guru and Evaluator supremo) and - Jackie Barrie (who first introduced me to Toastmasters over 12 years ago!)
   
   Thank you all.
2. I practised this craft- I've practised, practised and practised some more. 
   - Yes for over 10 years I was a regular.  I have somewhat stepped back as it's important to allow others time and space to step in to the light and it's important for each of us to sometimes, just step off the cliff and we'll often be surprised how we just fly.
3. I learnt to own the stage
   - I've picked up at least 100 tips on how to captivate and speak from the heart and immersed myself in this art that it finally comes naturally.
   
   It's when I think about it too much that the butterflies flutter and I have to remember that so long as they are flying in formation then we're on stage and there is a message to share.

... and I have to add - the most important message:

The POWER of the PAUSE! - Learn this, master this and teach this!


I love Toastmasters and whole heartedly recommend it to you.  Seek out your local club and attend as much as you like as a visitor and when you're ready -  just join and take a friend along for company.

Check it out today and see for yourself:

Share your thoughts or comments on how it has helped you.

ps.  Did I mention that it's free to attend as often as you like as a guest.

To receive these Tips & Tools directly into your mailbox, then join us here, otherwise, come back often, adopt a tip or a tool and spread the word.  After all, "sharing is caring".

I wish you success as you become more familiar with these tips & tools and if you have a tip or tool that you'd like to share, then let us know here

All the best in your journey & remember that "knowledge is potential power".

If you need a hand to implement any of the tips or tools we use or you're looking for how to move Forward Faster, just get in touch.

Wishing you every success always.

Hanna
The Property Hunter

Ps.  

We love referrals - Earn £1500 - £2500!

We want to reward you for helping us build our business.  Simply refer your landlord friends to us to get started. 

Click here to become a referral partner and start earning an additional income stream today.

PPS. 

We love books - We recommend: The Success Principles by Jack Canfield.  What's your favourite book?

PPPS.
Sharing is caring: Pass it on and Pay it Forward

WhatsApp?

There are three things I love about WhatsApp...

1. It's free to use
2. I can now make calls on it to anyone in my contact list who is also using WhatsApp
3. I can now read my WhatsApp messages on my computer!

I may be slow off the mark with the third reason why I like WhatsApp but I still love it and I'm sharing it with you may find it useful too.

Here are a few examples of how we use it at London Room Lets...

For every house we bring online, we create a WhatsApp group.

As our tenants join the house, we add them to the group.

The sorts of things we use it for are as follows:

• The shower is overflowing, please be careful when using it or use the upstairs bathroom while it's being fixed.
• The cleaner is coming on Wednesday instead of Thursday this week
• The window cleaner is coming sometime on Monday morning

The sorts of things they use it for...

• Cookies on the kitchen table - help yourselves
• A parcel arrived with no name and I signed for it.  It's in the dining room
• Remember Lola is cooking dinner on Sunday evening and Hanna is bringing the wine!

I love WhatsApp and recommend you download it from the App store (It's device neutral) and start using it to stay connected with your tenants, teams, JV partners, family and friends.

To receive these Tips & Tools directly into your mailbox, then join us here, otherwise, come back often, adopt a tip or a tool and spread the word.  After all, "sharing is caring".

I wish you success as you become more familiar with these tips & tools and if you have a tip or tool that you'd like to share, then let us know here

All the best in your journey & remember that "knowledge is potential power".

What Tip or tool do you use that everyone could benefit from knowing about?

Hanna
The Property Hunter

LondonRoomLets.co.uk