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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

Landlord Smarts: Tips for Getting Top-Notch Tenants and the Highest Rents

By Pauline

Running a rental business isn’t easy, not least because good tenants who are regular with their rent and who stay on for extended periods can be hard to come by. Certainly, the kind of location you have, and the quality of the amenities you offer make a difference to the prospects of your business. There… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Highest Rents, Landlord Smarts

Find the Leaks in Your Personal Finance System

By Pauline

Find the Leaks in Your Personal Finance System

Many people have no idea what’s going on with their money. This approach to personal finance tends to exhibit a few reliable symptoms. For one, folks like this seem to constantly be on the verge of drowning in their own poor financial choices. They’ll have good money decisions and bad ones. But because these are… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: personal finance

Are you ready to face funeral costs?

By Pauline

You know how money is a taboo topic and here at Savvy Scot we try out best to demystify it and talk openly about it? Well today we go even further into taboo topics: death. And to make things better, we’re mixing the two to talk about the cost of funerals. Heavy, I know, but… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: funeral costs

Get in control of your finances this fall

By Pauline

  Sometimes it just feels like there is never enough money. You only earn it to solve emergencies and the month is half way through but all the money is gone. It takes hard work to get in control of your finances, but with a little belt tightening you can actually get in a much… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: finances

Buffing Banksy: How to Become a Graffiti Remover

By Pauline

Buffing Banksy How to Become a Graffiti Remover

Unless your hometown boasts its very own Banksy or Shepard Fairey, it’s likely the graffiti strewn around the city centre and beyond is nothing more than a series of indecipherable tags and kaleidoscopic squiggles. Whilst it may seem like a bit of harmless fun carried out by jaded teenagers, the upshot of graffiti is much… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Graffiti, Graffiti Remover

Save money shopping around for the best deal

By Pauline

Save money shopping around for the best deal

When it comes to saving money, we often think about changing something in our lifestyle, for example, stop buying those expensive cookies and going with the store brand, cycling to work, or avoiding eating out for a month. While those changes will definitely have an impact on your budget and help you save money, there… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: best deals, shopping

How to save money with your London flat using Airbnb management service while travelling

By Pauline

Does your London work involve a lot of travel and are you getting overwhelmed by the bargain of rent or mortgage that you have to pay, considering this money an annoying sunk cost? Rent it out, using a hassle free AirBnB management company Passthekeys.co.uk and you will be paid for each day you travel. The… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: airbnb, London flat, Travelling

Renting a Home, UK: How to Live Within Your Means Without Feeling the Pinch

By Pauline

Renting a Home, UK: How to Live Within Your Means Without Feeling the Pinch

Everyone has differing views on where they want to live and how much they can afford to pay in rent, but the main thing to do is to make sure that you can pay the amount of rent being asked and still be able to do some of the things you want to with the… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: rent, renting a home

A Smart Guide for Condo Shopping in the Metro

By Pauline

Buying your first prope rty is a daunting task that could take a toll on your psychological and financial capacity. Most first- time home buyers are often torn between buying a single- family home and renting a condo. However, most people opt to start out with condominium units as opposed to attached homes. This is… Read more

Filed Under: Money

Forex: for a New Generation of Investors

By Pauline

Leverage Your Earnings with Binary Options Trading

Investment is all about preparing for the future. Different forms of investment will be suited for different tasks. It’s important to decide what your goals are, and which forms of investment will help you achieve them. However, it’s common to have an unbalanced knowledge about all the true diversity of investment forms, because of the… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Forex

Debt consolidation: Make your finances work for you

By Pauline

Debt consolidation: Make your finances work for you

Make no mistake about it, these are financially difficult times to be forging your way in life. Extortionate education costs, sky-high rents, eye-popping property prices… the list goes on, and, needless to say, it’s easy to see how a cycle of debt can perpetuate itself over the course of our lives. One thing it has… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: debt, Debt consolidation

How to become a mystery shopper

By Pauline

When I was a student flipping burgers, we were told from day one to always be at our best, because once a month, a mystery shopper would come over and write a report about the service received, the quality of the food, and the cleanliness of the amenities. While most of my colleagues were only… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: mystery shopper

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