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Leamington Spa – A Warwickshire Property Hotspot by Kingsford Letting

Author: Property Hotspots

17th July 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Why Kingsford Letting believe Leamington Spa is a Warwickshire Property Hotspot With so many different types of property to invest in, contacting...

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Client Money Protection – a letting agents dilemma

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16th July 2012, 14 years ago | 26

Should an Estate Agent / Letting Agent have Client Money Protection (CMP) insurance and do the General Public understand (or...

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Tenant prospects and how we close them – revealed!

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

12th July 2012, 14 years ago | 1

I thought I’d share with you how we manage to close so many of our tenant prospects. Our secret lies in...

How landlords can defend against cannabis farming by @MarkTrenfield

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th July 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Cases of residential cannabis farming are still rising across the UK and, only this week, another Swindon rental property –...

Expat property investor – the need for professional help

Author: Lucy Richardson Property Search Consultancy

11th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Case study relating to an expat property investor interested in keeping a foot on the London property ladder. Two years...

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How might a Buy To Let Property Benefit You In Retirement?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th July 2012, 14 years ago | 2

By guest author Taj Kang- an Associate Director at specialist contractor mortgage broker Anyone in their early fifties is going...

When tenants ask how much is the Council Tax

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

29th June 2012, 14 years ago | 13

Council Tax can be a deciding factor to some tenants. When you rent out a property, tenants often ask what...

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HMO Landlady’s casting couch story

Author: HMOLandlady

28th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

If you’ve been reading my blog posts or run an HMO yourself, you’ll already know that the quest for affordable...

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The landlord who could well become a legend

Author: Mark Alexander

18th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

This weekend I came across a person who could become to landlordism what the legendary Roy Brooks was to the...

The quiet revolution among letting agents

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

5th June 2012, 14 years ago | 21

I have a suit but I hardly ever wear it. It’s only a cheap one, £100 from Zara’s a couple...

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What can Bridging finance be used for?

Author: Brooklands Commercial Finance

29th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Bridging finance has quite distinct and individual features offering some very useful advantages over other types of secured funding. The terms are...

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David Dahill tells his Landlords Story

Author: Landlord Stories

4th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Thank you to David Dahill for sharing his landlords story and for being the first to respond to Mark Alexander’s...

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Never mind “The Mouse That Roared” … how about “The tenant that mooooo’d!!”?

Author: Vanessa Warwick

23rd April 2012, 14 years ago | 5

When it comes to being a Landlord, whether you self-manage or have a fully managed service, tenant referencing is a...

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Ben Reeve Lewis at 2012 The Property Investor Show

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 9

A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur – or if you prefer, A Tenancy Relations Officer at a...

HMO Investor Full of Energy and Hopeful of an Olympics Run

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Contrary to popular belief, athletics isn’t a well paid sport so every last penny counts for most athletes. I’m very...

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Portfolio landlord reveals secret strategy to reduce voids

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Have you ever made the same mistake I did – and set the rent too high? I remember when one...

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A choice of two tenants

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

14th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

If you had a choice of the two tenants below which would you choose? A middle-aged couple (one working and...

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Be wary of Letting Agents Pushing Rightmove Premium Listings

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

16th February 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Rightmove Premium Listings ‘Do they work?’ Rightmove themselves state that their own research indicates that properties with a “Premium Listing”...