How not to be treated as a source for cheap credit
Author: Steve Masters
8th August 2013, 13 years ago | 5
Steve Masters
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Today is the last day I control my rental properties, tomorrow I hand them over to my tenants and the authorities. The tenants will have all the control with backing from the authorities but little consequence for bad behaviour, but...
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Read More →31st October 2025, 7 months ago
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Read More →13th September 2025, 9 months ago
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Read More →12th September 2025, 9 months ago
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Read More →3rd September 2025, 9 months ago
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Read More →3rd September 2025, 9 months ago
If they were just tenants then the advice to do everything by the book is absolutely correct, but it will take a long time. However, in reality they are just cannabis farmers and quite likely all they will be interested...
Read More →27th August 2025, 10 months ago
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Read More →14th July 2025, 11 months ago
I had to serve notice on a tenant who was in prison. I paid a "process server", they knew what to do. Bare in mind that if your tenant passes away in hospital then his estate will be liable for...
Read More →26th June 2025, 12 months ago
No pets allowed by me anymore then, no matter what the law says. Prevention is better than cure.
Read More →9th May 2025, 1 year ago
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Read More →30th January 2025, 1 year ago
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Read More →29th January 2025, 1 year ago
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Read More →29th January 2025, 1 year ago
Whilst Julie and David's advice might be a practical solution to dealing with possession left behind, it might not be legally watertight. As I understand it, giving you written notice may legally end the tenancy agreement. But if they haven't...
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