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I Found Tenants With Gumtree Again
07 Apr 2009 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 2 Comments
I guess this is another post about how awesome I think Gumtree is for finding tenants. I swear to God, I don’t work for them, nor am I involved in [...]
7 Mistakes Made By The Letting Agent
06 Apr 2009 / Tips For Using Letting Agents / 11 Comments
Over the last few days I’ve been openly bitching about a letting agent I’ve been dealing with. Here are the posts for a recap: I Just Encountered A Rude Cock-Face [...]
My Experience With Letmatch To Advertise A BTL On Rightmove
31 Mar 2009 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 28 Comments
UPDATE: This article is now out of date. Please go here, How Landlords Can Advertise And Find Tenants On Popular Websites Like Rightmove for an updated and more useful article. [...]
Finding Tenants Without Letting Agents Does Work- Here’s A Success Story
23 Mar 2009 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 5 Comments
For a while now, I’ve put the idea out there that landlords can avoid letting agent fees by finding tenants for themselves. It’s a great way to save A LOT [...]
Landlords With Empty Properties Are Entitled To Council Tax Exemption
20 Mar 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 10 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 [...]
Tenant Completely Trashes Property
18 Mar 2009 / Landlord Legal Obligations/Issues / 4 Comments
Errr…I found this clip on the Property Hawk website. It’s footage of what a landlord was welcomed to after a tenant had checked out. I can’t seem to find more [...]
Gas Safe Register Has Replaced CORGI Gas Registration
17 Mar 2009 / Landlord Legal Obligations/Issues / 19 Comments
Thanks to a reader I was informed about an extremely vital change regarding gas safety legal obligations, which concerns ALL landlords. On 8 September 2008, the Health and Safety Executive [...]
Beware Of Dodgy Tenancy Applications Via Email
05 Mar 2009 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 5 Comments
I got an email from a chap called Steve earlier, and he was wondering whether this rental accommodation application he received via email was genuine: Hello, Thanks so much for [...]
Guide On How Landlord’s Should Advertise On Gumtree
02 Mar 2009 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 13 Comments
I’ve mentioned several times before in various blog posts that I’m a huge fan of Gumtree when it comes to advertising properties for rent. If ANY Landlord is looking to [...]
Guide On How To Put A Property Inventory Together
18 Feb 2009 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 4 Comments
A few days ago I wrote an article explaining how and why I thought it’s important to perform a thorough Inventory. This time I’m going to talk in detail about [...]
Tips / Advice For New Landlords
09 Feb 2009 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 6 Comments
I recently got an email from someone asking me what my tips would be for a newly born private Landlord that is in the process of kicking her letting agent [...]
The Importance Of An Inventory
05 Feb 2009 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 4 Comments
It’s been a long, frosty week, and it’s starting to show as I haven’t been this unshaven in a while. I’ve had a tenant move out, I’ve had 5 days [...]
Lowering Rent In Exchange For Tenant’s Decorating
01 Feb 2009 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 9 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 [...]
10 Reasons Why You Should Use Letting Agents
28 Jan 2009 / Tips For Using Letting Agents / 6 Comments
A few days ago I posted a list of Reasons Why I Don’t Use Letting Agents to find or manage any of my buy-to-let properties. I expected a mixed bag [...]
10 Reasons Why I Don’t Use Letting Agents
26 Jan 2009 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 13 Comments
I’ve just had one of my tenants move out after 4 years of tenancy. I’m in the process of finding a replacement, so I thought i’d provide a quick list [...]
Landlord Changes Locks To keep Scumbag Tenants Out
04 Dec 2008 / Landlord Legal Obligations/Issues / 93 Comments
One of the most active and interesting articles (in my opinion) on this website is the I’m evicting my tenants post. The post is basically about me throwing my toys [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m Becoming Too Friendly With My Tenants- Good Or Bad Idea?
29 Sep 2008 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 0 Comments
Guilty! Unfortunately, I don’t mean sexually, I mean strictly platonically. Yes, a plain, old, boring platonic relationship with my tenants. Fingers crossed, one day I’ll be telling the tale of [...]
Transferring Utility Services When New Tenants Move In
25 Sep 2008 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 11 Comments
I’m guilty. Guilty of being a tunnel-visioned douche-bag. There have been times in my landlording career that I have managed to neglect my responsibilities because I was so engrossed on [...]
Finding Tenants Without A Letting Agent- Mission Accomplished (Part 5)
11 Sep 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 2 Comments
Judging from the title of this blog entry, you can probably guess that I’ve managed to complete my objective of obtaining tenants, without the help of a Letting agent. What [...]
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 [...]
How Landlords Can Advertise Rentals On Rightmove
22 Aug 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 182 Comments
Are you currently in the process of looking for tenants for your rental property? Are you looking to bypass extortionate letting agent fees by trying to directly list your rental [...]
Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) For Landlords
18 Aug 2008 / Landlord Legal Obligations/Issues / 13 Comments
SPECIAL OFFER ON EPC’s Letting A Property have recently reduced the cost of their Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s). You can now get an EPC for £69 (VAT INCLUSIVE) anywhere in [...]
Finding Tenants Without A Letting Agent- Just Received The Worst Tenant Application EVER (Part 4)
07 Aug 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 6 Comments
The other day I think I received, what I believe to be, the worst application to be a tenant, EVER. The process of finding a tenant is a very much [...]
Finding Tenants Without A Letting Agent- An Update – A Smelly Cat & A Slight Change Of Plan (Part 3)
20 Jul 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 0 Comments
Right, time for an update on my project of finding tenants (without the assistance of extortionate Letting Agents). For those that dived into this blog post without having read my [...]
I Just Got Cheaper Landlord Building Insurance
10 Jul 2008 / Landlord Money & Saving Costs / 2 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 [...]
Finding Tenants Without A Letting Agent- An Update (Part 2)
28 Jun 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 3 Comments
Ok, so it’s been nearly 2 weeks since I started advertising my soon-to-be vacant property. For those out of the loop, feel free to catch up on part 1, Finding [...]
Finding Tenants Without A Letting Agent- A Live Experiment (Part 1)
13 Jun 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 7 Comments
Ooooh, now this is going to be an interesting little experiment, in which I hope to put theory into practice. A few months ago I wrote an article about how [...]
Top Mistakes I’ve Made As A Landlord
09 May 2008 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 6 Comments
They say the best way to progress in life is to learn from your own mistakes. For once, I think “they” might be onto something. During my rather premature property [...]
The Best And Worst Types Of Tenants
21 Apr 2008 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 10 Comments
The thing about finding good tenants is that it’s all about odds. Granted, you have to be one assuming son-of-a-bitch and play the game of odds. For example, the odds [...]
Landlord Property Inspection
25 Mar 2008 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 0 Comments
Here’s a friendly reminder for all landlord’s to regularly carry out inspections on their properties. Unfortunately, it’s easy to slip into a mindset of a lazy relaxed landlord. A lot [...]
Be An Energy Efficient Landlord
17 Mar 2008 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 4 Comments
Recently there was a discussion in our Property Investment Forum about energy efficient homes. The questions being asked were, how many developers actually consider energy efficiency when renovating, is it [...]
Inform Your Tenant When You’ll Be Out Of Contact
05 Mar 2008 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 1 Comment
To me, this is a no-brainer, but apparently it’s not so obvious to some people. The message is simple- whenever you’re going to be out of contact in any shape [...]
Letting Agent Isn’t Passing On Rent To Landlord
11 Feb 2008 / Tips For Using Letting Agents / 9 Comments
I received an email earlier that virtually got my blood boiling. While reading the email I started to grit my teeth and develop mental images of certain snakes in cheap [...]
Letting Agents Tenancy Renewal Fees
12 Jan 2008 / Tips For Using Letting Agents / 123 Comments
What is a Tenancy Renewal Fee? If you’ve used a letting agent to source a tenant, the chances are you’re going to be inflicted with a tenancy renewal fee if [...]
Buy Your Tenant Something Nice This Christmas
20 Dec 2007 / Good & Bad Landlord Practices / 2 Comments
I’m a firm believer in treating good tenants like they’re good tenants, otherwise what’s the point of them being a good tenant? I’ve spoken about this before; i’ve mentioned how [...]
My Tenant Left Without Paying Bills
12 Nov 2007 / Landlord Legal Obligations/Issues / 7 Comments
One of my “problem” tenant’s vacated one of my properties after being evicted, but she left behind unpaid gas and electricity bills. The bills totaled to approximately £200. This particular [...]
Should I Offer My Property As Furnished Or Unfurnished?
09 Nov 2007 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 0 Comments
The gaudy 70′s carpet has gone, the hideous net curtains have been dumped and the flaky woodwork has been repaired. The house is perfect and you’re feeling proud. But it’s [...]
‘Finding Tenant’ Guide For Landlords
08 Nov 2007 / Marketing & Finding Tenants / 4 Comments
Are you struggling to find a tenant? It’s a common problem a lot of landlords face and it can be extremely frustrating. I’ve been there; it’s a horrible place to [...]
I initially started this website because I wanted to document my every step from property idiot to property landlord,
in hope that people would find my site and help me along the way. I literally didn't have a clue about being a landlord
when I started this website.