Tag: Investing

Landlords Log Part 11 – Landlord Accreditation Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords Accreditation Schemes operated by the NLA (National Landlords Association), MLAS (Midlands Landlord Accreditation Scheme) and London Landlords Accreditation are...

The UK’s most engaging Property Tweeps on Twitter

Author: Mark Alexander

7th October 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Property Maintenance & Refurbishment. Landlords Log part 10.

Author: Mark Alexander

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Part 10 in my Landlords Log video blog series looks at property maintenance and refurbishment, budgeting and useful calculators. I...

Students Becoming Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

5th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

University Students Becoming Landlords With the rising costs of university education some families of students are choosing to help their...

“Is now a good time to expand my buy to let portfolio?”

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 2

I recently asked my Twitter followers to pose questions for me to answer in my daily video blogs which you...

City Slicker Landlords Cash In

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords with homes in cities have seen their properties rise in value by around 65% in the...

Buy to Let Purchasing Tips & Calculators

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Do you know how to decide what the best properties will be to invest into in your area? In the...

Tenants From Hell and How To Avoid Them

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Please review this video and blog and feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments section below.

Growth of the Private Rented Sector. Landlords Log part 3.

Author: Mark Alexander

30th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Focus on weeding out rogue landlords is not the way forward for the PRS. Regulation increases costs and fails to...

Rogue Landlords? Pah!!! Landlords Log part 2.

Author: Mark Alexander

29th September 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Fight back against the anti landlord campaigns being peddled by housing charity Shelter. Let’s apply some Vulcan logic to the...

Landlords Daily Video Blog Introduction

Author: Mark Alexander

29th September 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Today is a new beginning, today I am launching my daily video blog about being a private rented sector landlord....

How Facebook Can Help Landlords & Letting Agents

Author: Mark Alexander

16th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

I’ve heard reports of 30 prospective tenants applying for every property on landlords and lettings agents books. What do they...

Review of Buy To Let Investors Workshop by Landlord Action

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Yesterday (Friday 2nd September 2011) I attended a buy to let investors workshop at the Holiday Inn Kensington, London which...

Money Men Predict Surge in Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The case for investing in buy to let is moving into sharper perspective as financial firms with a vested interest...

One in Eight Rely on Property as a Pension

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

More retirement savers relying in property rather than pensions, according to new figures. The number of people relying on property...

SCAM ALERT – please tell your tenants and landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd July 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Thank you to Susanne, a landlord known to us via the Property tribes forum, for sharing the following story with...

Spam attacks and hacking Grrrr – can’t you tell the kids are on holiday?

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd July 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Earlier this week I wrote a Blog about my my Twitter account getting hacked. Changing the password fixed it. Since...

Aggressive Twitter virus wreaks havoc – what to do

Author: Mark Alexander

20th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The virus comes in the form of a Twitter Direct Message from somebody you know  and says “your not going...

How Parents Can Avoid Student Digs Tax Traps

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buying a home for a son or daughter to live in while at university seems like a good plan for...

Quick guide to property surveys and valuations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buying a home or investing in a letting property are important financial decisions, but many buyers fall in to the...