Landlord magazine
Gaining access
Published on: 26th October 2011
I was contacted last week by a landlord looking to gain access to their buy-to-let property. They sounded pretty desperate. They’d given the tenant 72 hours notice by text but had heard nothing. What should they do? Gaining access to your buy-to-let is a pretty fundamental requirement. What happens if suddenly your property springs a […]
Preparing my property inventory
Published on: 13th October 2011
It’s been a while since I’ve had a new tenant move in. The new tenant seems amiable enough. A middle aged social worker who according to the letting agent is now renting as a result of a recent marriage break up. It appears he’s also recently sold his marital home; so he should in theory […]
When tenants break up
Published on: 29th September 2011
I’ve just had notification that two tenants renting one of my properties have split up. "Aaaaahh how sad, poor thing!" I hear you say. Thankyou for your sympathetic thoughts, yes, this really is not what a landlord wants to hear going into the winter months. I mean could they not of tried a bit harder […]
Tenancy Deposit Changes
Published on: 22nd September 2011
All landlords know what a pain in the backside the tenancy deposit scheme has become. Remember the days when it was all so straightforward. Taking a bond from the tenant and then giving most of it back at the end of the tenancy unless the tenant had thoroughly wrecked the place. Now, with the tenancy […]
Digital TV switchover
Published on: 15th September 2011
Digital Swtichover dilemma I was contacted the other day by my tenant pointing out that she was only able to receive 10 out of the 50 or so channels now available to us through Freeview and the wonderful new age of digital TV. Given that I’ve never had satellite TV or cable TV or anything […]
Property shares yield results
Published on: 8th September 2011
Those of you that have been reading my posts for a long time may remember my pre-credit crunch posts about commercial property shares. I posted that I thought commercial property shares represented a good income generating opportunity. Well I got it WRONG, big time, ….property companies were massively over geared. A credit crunch and a […]
Property Manager 3.0
Published on: 1st September 2011
We’ve been working hard on upgrading your property management software to make it easier to use and more effective and we’d like you to take a look and tell us what you think. You may have been using version 2.0, in which case much of it will be familiar; however there are a few improvements […]
Tenants giving notice
Published on: 25th August 2011
One of my long standing tenants texted me last week giving me notice that they were leaving my rental property by the end of the month. They apologised for the fact that they couldn’t give me a full months notice. Well that’s magnanimous of them. I don’t think that they actually realise that they […]
Buying in the US
Published on: 18th August 2011
I’m constantly getting emails about buying investment property in the US. I’m attracted as any landlord would be to the idea of buying into a residential market that has seen values trashed over the last 5 years. Property prices must be near their bottom and clearly there are some real bargains out in the US. […]
Landlord Holiday Checklist
Published on: 11th August 2011
Many landlords who are just about to go on their ‘hols’ will be worrying about the steps they need to take to ensure that their property portfolio is going to survive whilst they are away or out of the country. What are the sensible steps to take? Firstly, like all landlord dilemmas the secret is […]
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