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This section looks at the financial costs of being a Landlord. But in particular, I try to focus on ways that Landlords can save a few bucks here and there.

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Free Tenant Credit Check Service For Landlords

11 Aug 2010 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I put up a link to a free service that allows landlords to market their vacant BTL on the biggest property portals online e.g. Rightmove. Well, here’s another free offer I most recently found… The other day I came across a company called Discount Letting that is currently offering a Free [...]

Minimizing Landlord Maintenance Costs

20 Oct 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 1 Comment

Continuing from my previous blog post on landlord maintenance costs (How Much I’ve Spent On Maintenance Costs Over The Years As A landlord) I’m going to quickly ramble on about how I try to minimize maintenance costs (real exciting stuff, brace yourself for mental ejaculation). I think this may be an area where a lot [...]

How Much I’ve Spent On Maintenance Costs Over The Years As A landlord

07 Oct 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 12 Comments

There was an interesting/good question asked in the forum yesterday, what kind of maintenance costs landlords have had to pay over the years? Fortunately, over the last 5 years of maintaining 3-4 properties, I haven’t had to dig too deep to cover maintenance costs (from what I can remember). And in most cases, where I [...]

List Of FREE Goodies For Landlords

04 Oct 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 1 Comment

Last week I wrote an article covering a list of Ways Landlords Can Market Their BTL Property For Free, so to keep on track with the FREE theme (because everyone likes free stuff), I’m going to write a list of free goodies available for landlords… Free Tenant Credit Check Service Details on how to get [...]

Landlords Are Entitled To Council Tax Exemption If They Have An Empty Property

20 Mar 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 6 Comments

A month or so ago I had a tenant check out of tenancy so I was waiting for new arrivals. However, before I got new tenants to move in, I needed a one week window to coat the entire property with a lick of fresh paint. Consequently, the property was going to be empty for [...]

Lowering Rent In Exchange For Tenant’s Decorating

01 Feb 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 7 Comments

I’ve been taking viewings this week for a property that’s due to become available very shortly. Admittedly, the property isn’t in tip-top condition and people have pointed that out to me. Structurally, it’s sound, no problems there. I’m talking about the visual pleasantries. Well, visual horrors, in this case, like out-dated kitchen units that look [...]

Always Get Quotes- Otherwise The Skidmark Of Humanity Will Fuck You

26 Nov 2008 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 2 Comments

My heart always beats a little quicker when a tenant calls because silence is only broken when there’s a plate of shit to be served. I’m still waiting for the day when one of them calls impatiently to inform me that they fancy paying 3 months rent up front. In the mean time, i’ll keep [...]

8 Ways A Landlord Can Save Money

06 Oct 2008 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 3 Comments

In this current financial climate everyone is feeling the warn urine falling from above, tainting our lives; every penny is actually starting to make a difference. Perhaps if we all actually assumed that every penny counted in the first place, instead of thinking it was just a figure of speech, we wouldn’t be in this [...]

Financial Costs Of Being A Landlord

01 Sep 2008 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 7 Comments

The other day I was mumbling about how the costs of being a Landlord is slowly escalating, as new shitty little schemes are slowly being introduced. The latest scam being the Energy Efficient Certificate, a mandatory document that a landlord must show their new and prospective tenants. That added another £100 onto the tally. For [...]

I Just Got Cheaper Home Insurance

10 Jul 2008 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 0 Comments

All I’m hearing on the news is that we should all strap up, tighten our purse strings, and brace ourselves for a rough financial patch. That got me thinking, ‘where does my money actually go?’ I was looking through my bank statement the other day (something which I rarely do, but should do more often), [...]

Avoiding Tenancy Agreement Renewal Fees With A Letting Agent

12 Jan 2008 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 101 Comments

I read an article earlier on the house ladder website, the article was about abolishing tenancy renewal fees So basically, if you use a letting agent to find you a tenant, and then later on you decide to renew the contracts with the tenants, the letting agent will charge you again (most charge approximately 10% [...]

Calculating Your Profit And Loss

06 Nov 2007 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 7 Comments

Buy To Let is a business, period. Anyone that has a property on the rental market is running a business, regardless of how dislocated they are from the project. I know a lot of Landlords don’t see it as a business, but rather a long term investment which just ‘works’ on its own accord. While [...]

Credit Card Calculator

17 Oct 2007 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 0 Comments

I previously put up a Mortgage Calculator; but because a lot of people have been paying their mortgages with credit cards, I decided to go one step further and put together a Credit Card calculator. This card calculator will let you see how long it will take to pay off your credit card. Additionally, if [...]