Tag: Property management

Switching on to finding tenants with a phone app

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Looking for a home to rent online from home or the office is easy – but tracking down properties is...

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How I choose my tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of the market.  My typical tenant profile is...

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How I minimise property management issues

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of market properties aimed at the professional tenants...

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How I minimise rental voids

Author: Mark Alexander

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 6

A one month rental void accounts for 8.33% of your annual rental income.  For many landlords this is the difference...

Minister pledges to help with housing benefit rent arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Welfare Minister Lord Freud has pledged to look at the problems caused by tenants who refuse to pay their landlords...

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Landlords refuse to cut rents for benefit tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are on a collision course with the government as most are determined to defy pleas to...

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Mapping crime hot spots could affect rents and house prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords could see their rents and property prices plunge if they are listed in a crime black...

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Solar panel tax loophole is a bright idea for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st February 2011, 16 years ago | 6

Some landlords have had the bright idea of making money from their tenants by renting their roofs  to solar energy...

Are you witnessing increasing rent defaults?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2011, 16 years ago | 2

I’ve read a number of press releases and quoted many of them here in my Blog articles stating that circa...

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Running a buy to let property – Landlord law FAQ

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Landlords are often fined huge sums in court for failing to maintain their properties.  Some deserve their fines but many...

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The roots of my Property Investment Strategy

Author: Mark Alexander

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 24

“I measure my business related success by how much I improve my cashflow and my bank balance every year.” The...

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How I maximise the returns on my liquidity fund (cash in the bank)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 9

In January 2008 I refinanced my entire portfolio in line with my ongoing strategy.  There was an opportunity to release...

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Buy to let strategy – the 20% liquidity reserve rule of thumb

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 8

This rule of thumb is very simple.  If you have £100,000 of buy to let mortgages you should have £20,000...

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Lettings watchdog wants more bite to deal with complaints

Author: Mark Alexander

24th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Landlords and tenants make about 50 complaints a month about letting agents to The Property Ombudsman (TPO), according to the...

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Landlords warned over tenant privacy laws

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Property investors who manage their own lettings who have not registered under data protection laws may be breaking privacy laws....

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Inventories make the difference in damage disputes

Author: Mark Alexander

17th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Landlords and tenants often argue over who is entitled to keep a deposit when disputing who is responsible for damage...

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What’s more important, cashflow or liquidity? Mark Alexander reports

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Cashflow is simply defined as regular income. Positive cashflow is when income exceeds expenditure and you make a profit. So...

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Landlord escapes deposit protection penalty under legal loophole. A loophole in the wording of a law designed to penalise landlords who fail to protect tenant deposits has been exposed in court.

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 2

The case highlighted the wording of Section 214 of The Housing Act 2004, which concerns courts making an order for...

Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 14

In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals....

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What you shouldn’t do – buy to let mortgage advice

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Buy to let mortgage advice Many investors have become cashflow beneficiaries of the ‘Credit Crunch’ due to the lowest interest...