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.

Landlords Log part 4. Time out in the garden to reflect on the week.

Author: Mark Alexander

1st October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

We all need to take some time out out to reflect. In this video I’m spending some time in the...

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...