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Loads of tenants waiting for one house – Who do I rent it to?

Author: Mick Roberts

14th November 2013, 13 years ago | 17

Ok people, this is one of my most difficult choices over last 15 years of renting houses. I always have...

Development finance using Equity instead of Liquid Cash

Author: Howard

11th October 2013, 13 years ago | 1

I have an example of how the commercial market is changing. Some lenders are now taking a risked based view...

Case Study – 100% funding – Full transparency

Author: Howard

5th October 2013, 13 years ago | 25

We’ve all heard of those ‘no money down’ schemes (mortgage fraud scams) where a ‘property sourcer’ has negotiated a discount...

Black spot mould in cellar

Author: Mick Roberts

6th September 2013, 13 years ago | 6

This is a new one on me, tenant rang me today, with the floods a few weeks ago, her cellar...

A call to convert 66,000 student HMO’s back to family homes?

Author: Mary Latham

26th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I have been having a catch up on my on-line reading over this weekend and I have just come across...

Does my Buy to Let lending criteria make sense?

Author: Mary Latham

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

While fully acknowledging that I am not a financial specialist I do know the residential property market. I have a...

How ADR works in tenancy deposit disputes

Author: Mary Latham

15th August 2013, 13 years ago | 11

After sharing in discussions on two separate threads (links below) I realise that there is some misunderstanding about how Tenancy...

Stung by the £500pw Benefit Cap, no rent being paid – Help!

Author: Mick Roberts

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 113

This week I have been stung by my first experience of the benefits cap.  One of my tenants Housing Benefit...

How to help bring about changes to legislation post “Superstrike”

Author: Mary Latham

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 15

One of the things that are uppermost in landlords’ minds at the moment is the concern that we are vulnerable...

Protection for families of property investors

Author: Howard

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

With growing and easier access to BTL mortgage funds comes the inevitable increase in borrowing, or as I like to...

Buy to Let Mortgages on Low Value Properties

Author: Howard

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 20

I have always found one particular lender on our panel hard to consider as they’ve always represented (in my mind)...

Tenancy agreements – At the end of the fixed term

Author: Tessa Shepperson

8th July 2013, 13 years ago | 21

All good things come to an end – and in due course your  tenancy agreement’s fixed term will end too....

Reduce your voids – the “move in free” business model

Author: Chris Sheldon

5th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

We have recently experimented with a “move in free” business model for tenants. We were asked to let several properties...

Lowest ever BTL interest rates released!

Author: Howard

21st June 2013, 13 years ago | 5

“Lowest ever BTL interest rates released!” It’s a great headline grabber isn’t it? Well I actually saw this on another...

Tenancy agreements – Adapting tenancy agreement clauses

Author: Tessa Shepperson

20th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

So you have got your tenancy agreement and read it through. You are happy with most of it but there are...

DSS Tenants – does this video say it all?

Author: Mick Roberts

19th June 2013, 13 years ago | 110

I am a landlord specialising in renting to DSS Tenants – ask me anything 🙂 Update You may remember the...

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Birmingham City Council – “We support good landlords”

Author: Mary Latham

18th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Birmingham City Council have sent a strong message to landlords who let in the city – “We support good landlords” Senior officers...

Filthy tenants miss out on new freebie boiler

Author: Mick Roberts

14th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Seeing is believing! These pictures tell a thousand words.     I recently managed to get an ECO grant for...