Landlord magazine
LANDLORDS MUST HAVE THIS
Published on: 26th July 2007
Letting Property? – You really need to read this.. TDS section 213 prescribed information One of the less well known aspects of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) legislation is that not only does it require the landlord to protect the tenant’s deposit under an approved scheme. Landlords also need to provide certain prescribed information to […]
LANDLORDS GET DAMP PATCHES
Published on: 20th July 2007
This is not an enquiry into a landlord’s personal hygiene. It is an increasing problem for landlords. Many of them have resulted from some of the ‘improvements’ in building technology of recent years which have themselves contributed to increased problems with mould and damp. I have had a recent case myself of a ground floor […]
GUIDE TO LANDLORD’S INSURANCE
Published on: 11th July 2007
Importance of the Correct Insurance Like any businessman, one of the critical things for any landlord is to be properly insured. Failure to do this on any level could prove to be a very costly mistake. As a landlord you are running a property business. As such your main asset is your buy-to-let investment. It […]
SHOULD I FURNISH MY PROPERTY?
Published on: 9th July 2007
Should I furnish? To paraphrase Shakespeare “to furnish or not to furnish that is the question?” This is the first dilemma confronting landlords before letting out their property. Different levels of furnishing In some ways there is really no such thing as unfurnished property. This is because you’ll still need to provide carpets, curtains, light […]
PROPERTY AUCTION OPPORTUNITIES
Published on: 2nd July 2007
Increase your returns It’s not rocket science to assert that the starting point for buying a good investment is buying something that is below its’ true value. Buying a property at 5..10…15% below value is a great start to your investment. Securing a £100k property for £90k will for example increase your returns by over […]
BATTEN THE HATCHES – HAWKEYE
Published on: 25th June 2007
Landlords get a bashing Last week the UK was repeatedly battered by a series of rain storms. Landlords may be excused from identifying strongly with the festival goers sheltering for cover in the big mud field that is ‘Glastonbury’. Firstly there has been the additional burden of the recent bits of legislation such as the […]
MORTGAGE REVIEW – JUNE 2007
Published on: 20th June 2007
Welcome to Property Hawks NEW feature; that of our regular mortgage review. Each month we scour the internet looking for the best deals available across the Buy– to–let market. We look at fees, costs, ‘Lock ins’. Our aim; to keep you up to date with the best deals available. The information contained below is impartial. […]
THE TENANCY AGREEMENT
Published on: 18th June 2007
Background Once you have identified an acceptable tenant and all the references have ‘checked out’, the next stage is to get them to enter into a tenancy agreement. Do I need to bother with a formal agreement? Well the short answer is actually no. You may be surprised to discover that you can grant a […]
THE MARKETING PLAN
Published on: 5th June 2007
Running a rental business is like any other business. You need to have a clear plan. This is true for every aspect of the business including marketing The Marketing Plan doesn’t have to be huge. A few bullet points will do. The most useful thing about it is its’ preparation. Thinking things through; who, why, […]
PRAYING FOR A CRASH
Published on: 30th May 2007
Market crashes This may seem like a strange perspective from somebody that has hundreds of thousands of pounds tied up with the property market. However, there is a logic. Any fallout in the property market would undoubtedly hit my personal wealth hard. However, real investors know that there is nothing like a crash in any […]
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