Archives: Landlord Bible

Should I manage my rental property? Not all property investors are interested in being a landlord. The thought of actually dealing with all that property maintenance and tricky tenants make some sigh with the indignity. The fact is, not everyone is suited to being a landlord. All rental properties needs to be  managed,  and if […]

To furnish or not to furnish – that is the question for landlords! This question has been perplexing landlords since Shakespear’s day. The answer lies between two competing objectives:  maximising income, whilst minimising effort and costs. Providing furniture will undoubtedly increase the rent a landlord should achieve on a rental property – by as much […]

How to write a winning online rental advert It’s easier than ever to advertise a rental property to thousands of prospective tenants.  To get the maximum impact landlords need to make a property stand out.  Finding good tenants probably means advertising through an online letting agent. This means that more than ever to let a […]

What is an online letting agent? An online letting agent is the new breed of letting agents that often don’t have a physical office and don’t just cover a specific locality.  This type of new style letting agent are purely internet based and are geared up to do the internet marketing that traditional letting agents […]

Marketing a rental property to tenants It’s important that landlords communicate the right ‘message’ to the right people; in this case their prospective tenants.  In order to do this effectively, landlordsneed to have first established who their customers are likely to be. This will all help a landlord in finding good tenants. A landlord should […]

Is finding good tenants an art or a science? Well I think as is the case of most things in a landlords life it’s a mix of both. You do need a loosely scientific approach to attracting and finding good tenants but having put the checklist in place there is an element of using your […]

Basic tips for letting property Renting property is a business – a letting business. The landlord is the manager, and the tenants are customers, but whereas a shop might have hundreds of different customers spending a little money with them each day, a landlord might only have one tenant. A tenant who might be paying […]