Why I've quit buy-to-let | Money | The Guardian
When Patrick Osborne became a landlord in 2001 he was taken aback by how many friends and acquaintances condemned him. "I'm not going to pretend I fell into it by accident. I made an active decision to do it for income and pension planning. But I was surprised by some of the reactions I got and the level of vitriol towards landlords. I'd only ever had good experiences as a tenant, so this shocked me."
Osborne – data manager at a retail bank's HQ – moved to the UK from Australia in 1995 and thinks this may, in part, account for his surprise. "There isn't the same issue about it in Australia. It's a polarising issue in Britain, and I'm really glad I'm not part of it any more."
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