Every Landlord Should Keep Up to Date and Read These
Sometimes, I'm astounded at how many landlords never read up on their subject -and these are the landlords who always have problems.
So what's the best way to keep up to date about property?
First read a good book.
There are three good books on buy to let.
First, there is my book "Successful Property Letting" which now is the UK's top selling property book on Amazon.co.uk. (You can also get it at my site www.lettingfocus.com -just click on the picture of the book and a link takes you through to amazon.)
There are now two other good ones too - One is by Melanie Bien and the other is the Which? Guide by Kate Faulkner.
And you should read a good newspaper too.
The papers I always read are:
1) The Independent on Wednesday and Saturday
2) The Times "Bricks and Mortar" on Friday
3) The Guardian on Saturday - even though their writers there are pretty anti private landlord.
All three have regular stuff on buy to let and the Indy and Guardian are also very good on personal finance in general.
For me as a buy to let expert if it's not in one of these papers, its probably not worth knowing about.
Other than that, all serious property buy to let investors in the UK should be a member of a professional landlords association. Fees are under £100 and you get so much for the money.
I'm a member of the National Landlords Association - and when I started off I found that their helpline is invaluable and well worth the fee on its own. Other associations like the NFRL and the RLA are said to be very good too. Back to main site: www.lettingfocus.com
Copyright: D. Lawrenson 2007.
So what's the best way to keep up to date about property?
First read a good book.
There are three good books on buy to let.
First, there is my book "Successful Property Letting" which now is the UK's top selling property book on Amazon.co.uk. (You can also get it at my site www.lettingfocus.com -just click on the picture of the book and a link takes you through to amazon.)
There are now two other good ones too - One is by Melanie Bien and the other is the Which? Guide by Kate Faulkner.
And you should read a good newspaper too.
The papers I always read are:
1) The Independent on Wednesday and Saturday
2) The Times "Bricks and Mortar" on Friday
3) The Guardian on Saturday - even though their writers there are pretty anti private landlord.
All three have regular stuff on buy to let and the Indy and Guardian are also very good on personal finance in general.
For me as a buy to let expert if it's not in one of these papers, its probably not worth knowing about.
Other than that, all serious property buy to let investors in the UK should be a member of a professional landlords association. Fees are under £100 and you get so much for the money.
I'm a member of the National Landlords Association - and when I started off I found that their helpline is invaluable and well worth the fee on its own. Other associations like the NFRL and the RLA are said to be very good too. Back to main site: www.lettingfocus.com
Copyright: D. Lawrenson 2007.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007.
