{"id":147460,"date":"2024-10-22T20:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-wanted-both-sides-of-the-business-to-be-as-intimate-as-being-in-bed-tech-entrepreneur-william-reeve\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T22:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:48:25","slug":"i-wanted-both-sides-of-the-business-to-be-as-intimate-as-being-in-bed-tech-entrepreneur-william-reeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-wanted-both-sides-of-the-business-to-be-as-intimate-as-being-in-bed-tech-entrepreneur-william-reeve\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I wanted both sides of the business to be as intimate as being in bed\u2019: tech entrepreneur William Reeve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe co-founder of Secret Escapes and LoveFilm is now offering tech solutions to help out tenants and landlordsWilliam Reeve is what he terms a \u201cclassic accidental landlord\u201d. The serial entrepreneur didn\u2019t intend to rent out his flat in central London, but had to give it up soon after gaining his first rung on the property ladder. \u201cI got married while I was there and, much as I thought it was the perfect place, it turns out that some compromise was required,\u201d he says.Instead of keeping it as a pied-\u00e0-terre, the flat now offers Reeve an insight into the needs of his customers at online platform Goodlord, which is designed to help lettings agents, landlords and tenants slash the admin time spent on renting. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2024\/oct\/22\/i-wanted-both-sides-of-the-business-to-be-as-intimate-as-being-in-bed-tech-entrepreneur-william-reeve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018I wanted both sides of the business to be as intimate as being in bed\u2019: tech entrepreneur William Reeve<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The co-founder of Secret Escapes and LoveFilm is now offering tech solutions to help out&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Cmo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140305,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theyve-attacked-families-with-cordless-drills-the-man-taking-on-rogue-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":147460,"position":0},"title":"\u2018They\u2019ve attacked families with cordless drills\u2019: the man taking on rogue landlords","date":"November 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ben Reeve-Lewis, of Safer Renting, has seen criminal landlords switch off electricity and play \u2018mind games\u2019 to force tenants outBen Reeve-Lewis has been a scourge of rogue landlords for more than three decades. 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