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An Island of Little Landlords

By: John Merrick

Britain’s young people no longer want to be doctors, lawyers, or engineers. They just want to collect rent.

“I bought this house at £50,000,” says James Coupland as Darude’s Eurodance classic, “Sandstorm,” plays loudly in the background, “and I spent £30,000 on the refurb.” Coupland is showing us around his latest “buy-to-let” property, a standard-looking terraced house of the kind you’ll find more or less anywhere in Britain, now outfitted with the gray […]

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“I bought this house at £50,000,” says James Coupland as Darude’s Eurodance classic, “Sandstorm,” plays loudly in the background, “and I spent £30,000 on the refurb.” Coupland is showing us around his latest “buy-to-let” property, a standard-looking terraced house of the kind you’ll find more or less anywhere in Britain, now outfitted with the gray […]

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“I bought this house at £50,000,” says James Coupland as Darude’s Eurodance classic, “Sandstorm,” plays loudly in the background, “and I spent £30,000 on the refurb.” Coupland is showing us around his latest “buy-to-let” property, a standard-looking terraced house of the kind you’ll find more or less anywhere in Britain, now outfitted with the gray […]

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“I bought this house at £50,000,” says James Coupland as Darude’s Eurodance classic, “Sandstorm,” plays loudly in the background, “and I spent £30,000 on the refurb.” Coupland is showing us around his latest “buy-to-let” property, a standard-looking terraced house of the kind you’ll find more or less anywhere in Britain, now outfitted with the gray […]

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