Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
What are the best sources of information for landlords? Best Sources of Information for Landlords Well, I am a member of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) and I get their magazine, which comes six times a year. I have been a member for over 30 years. I also get the excellent “Property Investor News” and the “Your Property Network” […]
Read moreLandlords who let HMOs may know about the sudden increase in cousins, uncles and aunts. Tenants who want to rent a shared house with more than two unrelated people will know about it too. Here is the standard definition of the family groups that could form a “household”, this from Birmingham local authority. I chose Birmingham because it is quite […]
Read moreIt is interesting to hear the comments of people who I know who are not landlords but who glean bits of news from mainstream media about the private rented sector. They say things like “It must be so hard for you landlords with interest rates going up!” I tell them, “No, it is not a problem, because if you have […]
Read moreIn this short article, I look at annual inspections, why we do them and what we look for. I also look at the costs of tenant changeovers, when one tenancy ends and another starts. Annual Inspections We do annual inspections on our properties, usually just ahead of Winter, normally in late October or November. Apart from that we do not […]
Read moreIn this article, I examine how it was that many people who would identify themselves as “centre left” ended up being supporters and cheerleaders for huge global corporations controlling the media as well as technology and pharmaceutical products. I also look at the strange phenomenon of the disappearing “centre” and “centre right” and how people who are “not left” automatically […]
Read more“Always follow your instinct” is a good mantra to live by. Some years ago, we were letting a property and we thought we had found a good applicant. As usual, I had requested the applicant provide all the documents we needed to see. And he was fine with that. In fact, he said, why don’t my wife and I come […]
Read moreIn the first part of this piece about how we reduce the large number of time waster enquiries we get, I looked at how we put certain information in the advert text. This is specific information which relates to the property and our referencing processes. We do this to cut the number of enquiries down from people for whom the […]
Read moreThis is the first of two articles on how to reduce timewaster letting enquiries. In this part, I explain how the inclusion of certain wording in the text of your letting advert can minimise the number of enquiries from people who are totally unsuitable as tenants for your properties. We use OpenRent, an online letting agent, to get our adverts […]
Read moreI have just received an advance notice of a consultation on bringing my local “arms length management organisation” (ALMO), which is called “Lewisham Homes”, back under the control of Lewisham Council. ARMS LENGTH MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS (ALMOs) RETURN TO COUNCIL CONTROL The ALMO provide the management services for a leasehold property I own in the borough – so, they provide things […]
Read moreIn this article, I use the case of Build to Rent to illustrate how “groupthink” permeates the mainstream media. I use it to show that you need to be intellectually curious and check out alternative, often more informed sites to make money in property or stocks or anything else. And it is also helps to have a decent level of […]
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