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What the hack is happening to Airbnb?

Airbnb guests are complaining about their hosts and the lack of transparency on the website. There's a new trending name for this – “Airbnbust” Before we get into this article, I have to say I was a big Airbnb fan at the beginning, but recently I switched back to staying in

Glossary

What is Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA)?

Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) is student housing that has been specifically designed and built for student use. PBSA typically includes a range of amenities and services that are designed to make life easier for students, such as on-site laundry facilities, common areas, and 24/7 security. PBSA can be

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Android is here!

Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce the release of Proptee's brand-new Android app! From today, you can sign up to invest in real estate. We’ve packed a bunch of features into this release, with many, many more to come. We've been working on the app over the last

Deep Dives

Is Proptee Safe For Investors?

As investor safety is our number 1 priority and we get a lot of questions about this, we decided to write a deep dive on investor safety. Is my Proptee account protected? Proptee is a licensed virtual currency exchange and wallet operator registered with the Financial Crime Investigation Service in

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3 ways to buy real estate with crypto

We're slowly entering the spending revolution of crypto, when people get the tools and means to use crypto for everyday purchases, such as buying real estate. During the pandemic, crypto was one of the things that got popular in the online sphere. People were constantly speculating on random coins and

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Earn Passive Income on Proptee

This guide introduces you to the basic concepts of earning passive income. Proptee offers a suite of products for you to grow your portfolio easily. By buying fractions, you could win rewards and reinvest them to earn more rewards! What is passive income? Passive income refers to money you can

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Real Estate Rewards

Get Started with Proptee Real Estate Rewards Rent Rewards Rental properties on Proptee produce constant rental income as long as they are rented out and the tenants keep paying their rent. Once rental payment is received from tenants, it's distributed back to fraction holders as a reward for holding the

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Metaverse Rewards

There are a number of ways to earn passive income with cryptocurrencies. In this article, we first cover how to earn rewards on Proptee and then we also go into some other ways you can make passive income with crypto outside the Proptee app. Earning passive income on Proptee Staking

Deep Dives

Fractional Real Estate Investing

The year is 2022, everybody is talking about crypto and owning a great jpeg NFT. Real estate is still bought and sold fully offline, but the market is buzzing about a new technology, called the blockchain. What's fractional real estate investing? Fractional real estate investing is the process of

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F*cked up landlord stories 🚫

If you ever rented or let a place, you most likely have some surreal experiences with your landlord or tenant. In this short post, we collected a few of our favourites from the internet. 👇 BTW, if you have problems with your landlord/tenant, please reach out and we'll help! Don't

Real-estate Basics

European real estate market

The real estate market in the European Union is one of the most mature and developed in the world. The market is characterized by a high level of fragmentation, with a large number of small and medium-sized players. In terms of asset value, the market is dominated by the residential

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Why it's so hard to buy a home in London

It’s harder and harder to buy a home in London as average house prices are currently 13 times the average annual salary. Statistics The average London house price reached a record £521,000 in December A lack of properties available to rent means that high prices and rents are

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We partnered with Housers

We’re incredibly excited to announce that we have partnered with Housers, the biggest real estate crowdfunding platform in Spain. This partnership will enable us to bring you fractionalized development projects from Spain, Italy and Portugal. Who is Housers? Housers is one of the first and biggest property crowdfunding companies

Deep Dives

APR vs APY explained

You may notice that Proptee's listings sometimes show APR and other times APY. This article aims to clear the difference between the two. While APR and APY may sound the same, they are quite different and not created equal. APY, or annual percentage yield, takes into account compound interest, but

Deep Dives

What is staking?

Staking is a way of earning rewards for holding certain cryptocurrencies. If you’re looking to earn some staking rewards, it’s useful to understand at least a little bit about how it works. How does staking work? With cryptocurrencies that use the proof-of-stake model, staking is how new transactions

What is fractional investing?

Are you interested in buying into Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway? Well, before fractional investing, you had to put down the price of at least 1 share, more than $500,000. What’s fractional investing? Fractional investing lets investors buy or sell less than an entire asset at a time.

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My tenant is not paying rent, now what?

As a buy-to-let property investor, your worst nightmare has come true. Your tenants having trouble paying their rent. What should you do and more importantly, what can you do legally? Write to the tenant Communication is important! If the rent hasn't been paid after several days, start calling or emailing

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Beta is ready!

We are incredibly excited to announce the start of Proptee Beta. We’ll shortly be inviting people from our waiting list to download the app. Here are all the details. Over the last few months, the Proptee team has been working tirelessly on a public roll-out. We've got authorised to

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DAOs & their real world applications

Naturally, for our generation, it's really hard to imagine decentralised systems as we all grew up in a country with centralised government and used centralised services our entire life. For instance, if your Amazon parcel gets lost, you just call Amazon and ask for a refund. They’re responsible for

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How banks profit from mortgages and how you can do the same

Have you ever wondered where the interest in your savings account comes from? Or why do banks give you money to switch? Of course, any reasonable business wants to operate with the aim of making a profit, and banks are no different. So how do they make money? The interest

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The 50% rule in property investing

How do you know if you’re choosing the most beneficial property? Analysing a property is an important part of property investment. The 50% rule is a simple tool that allows investors to assess whether or not a property will generate adequate cash flow. Sounds pretty handy, right? Don't like

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Should Buy-To-Let landlords consider airbnb?

Staycations, as opposed to overseas holidays, have seen a huge boom over the past 18 months. Which has caused thousands of buy-to-let landlords to consider switching to short-term lets. Should you consider switching to short-term lets? What are the advantages? Don't like reading? Listen to this issue of Nothing Fancy

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What is stamp duty and why do we have to pay it?

There are two things that are said to be certain in this world, death and taxes. Stamp duty is one of those taxes... Where did it come from and why do we have to pay it?  During the purchasing process of a property, stamp duty can be a major cost,

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The magic of compound interest

Warren Buffet credits compound interest as the driver of his enormous wealth accumulation. Benjamin Franklin once called it the “stone that will turn lead to gold”. As a real estate investor, it’s important for you to know how compound interest works and how you can make it work for

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Proptee is granted a licence to operate a virtual currency exchange in the EU

Proptee becomes one of just a few companies to register for a virtual currency exchange and wallet operator license in the EU. This will enable us to launch our beta service very soon and ultimately deliver a better product to our customers. Today, we're incredibly excited to announce that our