Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
Property118 and a Tax Advice Battle There has been a challenge to a tax scheme promoted at Property 118. One wonders how this will turn out as it raises many questions, not least about HMRC. Some years ago, Mark Alexander of Property 118 secured a brilliant win against “The Man”. The Man was the West Bromwich Building Society, who like […]
Read moreDon’t Bother Paying for Credit Reports, Get Tenant Applicants to Get Their Own Detailed Reports and Send to You For many years I have used the credit check facility provided by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA). The cost of this is £12 per tenant applicant (that is with the discount for NRLA members) and you pay a little extra […]
Read moreOne result of the Tenant Fees Act was that landlords were reduced to only asking for a weeks’ equivalent rent as a “holding deposit” or to be strictly correct on terminology, (and so not to be confused with deposits against damages and non payment of rent), a “reservation fee”. In the old days, we used to charge tenants an equivalent […]
Read moreI rather like the feature on online letting agent’s OpenRent system where their system is able to screen out all the applicants who have not read your conditions properly. So with OpenRent you have a “pre-screening” option where you can state things like No Pets, No DSS, Not Suitable for Students, Min Income Required from Applicants, Min Tenancy Length and […]
Read moreDemand the Release of the Data on Excess Deaths Caused by the Covid “Vaccine” If you believe in national sovereignty, your rights, democracy, free speech, bodily and mental autonomy, the ability to think and express yourself freely within the reasonable confines of the law, (which includes the right to offend someone and the right to hold a different position to […]
Read moreIf you are like me – and a sensible landlord – you will know that you want to keep good tenants, not upset them, such that they end up leaving. So, when it comes to rent review times, you probably put the rent up by no more than the inflation rate, even if the rate of rent increases locally is […]
Read moreEarlier this year, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) reported on the housing market. It came at the end of a year long study. Competition and Markets Authority Report on Housebuilding is Another Missed Opportunity The report was a mixed bag, but there was nothing in it that will shock anyone over much. And nothing much will change. The CMA […]
Read moreReal Gurus in Property Should “Do” as well as “Teach” It has been four years since I updated my main book, “Successful Property Letting – How to Make Money in Buy to Let”. The other day I had a quick look at the book. I found that there is not that much that is out of date though, except for […]
Read moreThe Ordering of Energy Performance Certificate Recommendations to Reduce Energy Use Are Illogical The recommendations of things that homeowners can do to improve the score they achieve on their energy performance certificates (EPCs) look illogical in terms of the order in which they are presented – and no one in the media ever seems to have ever asked why. Also, […]
Read moreThe Home Energy Model (the Latest Stupid Plan to Make People Cold in Their Own Homes and to Shake Down Taxpayers for more Subsidies for Renewables) Thought the Nut Zero stuff on energy performance certificates had been canned with the PM’s announcement of abandoning plans for a minimum Energy Performance Certificate grade of C in all rental properties by 2028? […]
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