The Datum community

Where people buying rental property here compare notes — what rents are doing, what a metro is really like, what a deal looked like after a year of owning it.

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Reading takes nothing at all — no account, no sign in. You need an account to post, and joining is free and separate from buying anything.

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Reading is open to anybody at all, account or not. Posting asks for two things first — and neither of them is approval from us.

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    Your mobile number

    So a name here belongs to somebody. A throwaway inbox is free; a throwaway number is not. We text you a six-digit code and nothing else — see the note at the foot.

    Human check
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    The code we texted you

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    What you want to be called

    What appears on your posts. It does not have to be your real name, and it is not the name on your contracts.

Your number is used to send that code and nothing else. It is not shown to other members, and it is not used for marketing.

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The community runs on Discourse and signs you in with this account — there is no second password to remember. Close it whenever you like; you stay signed in here.

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We are setting it up. There will be a way in from here when it is ready.