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If it isn’t Written Down, it Didn’t Happen – The Evidence Is In The Communication

A few of you have talked about communication on here before, but today I wanted to talk about communication issues and the problems they can cause. I had a landlord friend once who swore blind that the more effective form of communication he had with his tenants was on the phone. He felt it added… Read more

Buy to Rent

I was recently asked about buy to rent and having thought about the conversation afterwards I was amazed at how indoctrinated into the jargon of the financial industry I have become. This was to the caller a simple mix of perfectly reasonable English e.g. I want to buy a property and rent it out. Buy… Read more

Are you a property trader or investor?

The state of the housing markets has led to many property people changing strategy to avoid losing money on sales. Property investors come in two types – buy to let investors and buy to sell traders. Both have a different set of rules to deal with the tax on selling a property. Developer is a… Read more

Landlords urged to only deal with ‘safe’ letting agents

Letting agents are urging landlords to make sure they only do business with firms offering a money protection scheme. Firms signed up to the SAFEagent scheme are highlighting that landlords and tenants risk losing thousands of pounds in rents and deposits if an agent outside a money protection scheme shuts. The most recent firm to… Read more