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Are You Going To Bother Sending Your Tenant A Christmas Card?
17 Dec 2009 / category / 10 Comments
Urgh, great, it’s Christmas again, ALREADY. Ho, ho, ho. Ok, I’m not a Scrooge; I’m just at that awkward stage in my life where Christmas seems pointless. I’ve always believed [...]
What Landlords Should Know About ‘White Goods’
14 Dec 2009 / category / 7 Comments
I’ve been getting a few emails from folks regarding the details of “White goods”, so I thought I’d quickly jot down what I know about the issue. It’s not exactly [...]
The Penalties For Breaking Landlord Laws
08 Dec 2009 / category / 5 Comments
Landlord law is a pretty gray area from what I’ve noticed over the years, as in, penalties always seem to differ, even if the crimes being committed are similar to [...]
Is Your Letting Agent Holding Deposits Or Failing To Pass On Rent?
30 Nov 2009 / category / 60 Comments
Before you get bent out of shape and start raging at your tenant for failing to pass on rent, it’s probably best to make sure your tenant is the actual [...]
Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement (AST) Tips
23 Nov 2009 / category / 18 Comments
1] Length of tenancy Don’t give a fixed term longer than 6 months unless you trust your tenants. You can always extend the contract when the fixed term has expired. [...]
Estate Agents Are Slipperier Than A Lubed Penis
16 Nov 2009 / category / 15 Comments
Last year when I was looking for tenants I unleashed a snake-oil letting agency to assist me on the hunt. They used the usual marketing tactics- online property portals (i.e. [...]
Interview With Ajay Ahuja
10 Nov 2009 / category / 162 Comments
It was only last week that Ajay Ahuja appeared on “Inside Out” for allegedly being a dirty little scam artist. Since then his name has been running riot on the [...]
Ajay Ahuja On Inside Out, London- Property Scam
04 Nov 2009 / category / 47 Comments
Anyone watch “Inside Out, London” On BBC, Monday (2nd November, 2009)? It was rather interesting. The first half of the show was an investigation about a property dealer offering bargains [...]
My Stupid Landlord-Friend Didn’t Transfer All Utility Bills Over To Her Tenant
02 Nov 2009 / category / 7 Comments
My Stupid Landlord-Friend Didn’t Transfer All Utility Bills Over To Her Tenant It’s ok, I can safely call her stupid because… a) She ignored my advice (Transfer Utility Services Over [...]
I Don’t Like Globrix Property Portal
29 Oct 2009 / category / 9 Comments
Anyone used Globrix before? Earlier today I was planning on using Globrix to check out the local talent on the market. Unfortunately, my plans quickly came to a halt when [...]
Idiot Tenant Sets Fire To Property- What To Do?
26 Oct 2009 / category / 13 Comments
I came across an interesting thread on the Property Tribes forum earlier. A landlord had her property accidently set on fire by her tenant, to the point where it became [...]
Minimizing Landlord Maintenance Costs
20 Oct 2009 / category / 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 [...]
The Council Are So Shit To Landlords With Problem DSS Tenants (Part 2)
13 Oct 2009 / category / 20 Comments
I say “part 2″ because I’ve previously thrown my toys out of the pram over this shitty little issue, DSS Tenants And The Shitty Council. I’m writing about it again [...]
How Much I’ve Spent On Maintenance Costs Over The Years As A landlord
07 Oct 2009 / category / 14 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 [...]
List Of FREE Products For Landlords
04 Oct 2009 / category / 2 Comments
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 [...]
I Haven’t Protected My Tenants Deposit Into A Scheme With In 14 Days
02 Oct 2009 / category / 31 Comments
I received this email earlier today. It’s an interesting question, with a rather ropey answer (which works in the favour of the landlord): I have one property. My tenant has [...]
17 Ways Landlords Can Market Their BTL Property For Free
01 Oct 2009 / category / 8 Comments
1] Landlord Portals Here’s A List Of Free Websites Where Landlords Can Advertise Their BTL 2] Leaflets and Flyers Get creative on your PC and create a simple leaflet that [...]
Reader Requests I Remove Article Where I Call My Tenant A Bitch
28 Sep 2009 / category / 10 Comments
The other day I received an email from a disgruntled dipshit reader that goes by the name Sophie. I don’t usually humour myself on other people’s misery, but this unreasonable [...]
New Property Investment Project Business Cards
23 Sep 2009 / category / 6 Comments
Right, so here are the facts… My blog is growing on a daily basis (I think) I get various property-related companies and professionals emailing me all kinds of shit on [...]
My Tenant Has Stopped Paying Rent
22 Sep 2009 / category / 4 Comments
This is an extremely common problem for landlords, especially in an economic climate where unemployment is rising and the general cost of living is rising. More and more tenants are [...]
List Of Tenant Eviction Services
17 Sep 2009 / category / 6 Comments
In the past, I’ve been mere whiskers away from stampeding into one of my properties with the incentives of throwing a tenant and all her belongings onto the street because [...]
Make Your Own ‘To Let’ Sign To Help Market Your Property
14 Sep 2009 / category / 6 Comments
I recently read an article on the Telegraph website about a vendor trying to unload his £30million mansion. For some reason the vendor chose to neglect the expertise of an [...]
Which Is The Best Landlord Association?
09 Sep 2009 / category / 10 Comments
I’ve been thinking about joining a Landlords Association for a while, but I’ve never actually gotten around to doing it. But I’m definitely going to join one this week, it’s [...]
London Landlord Show 2009, Who’s Attending? Anyone?
04 Sep 2009 / category / 3 Comments
It’s FREE, it’s LOCAL (London is local for me) and it could be quite interesting, so I think I’m going to attend this landlord bash. Who knows, I may even [...]
Landlord Guide To Marketing A BTL Property From Start To Finish
04 Sep 2009 / category / 0 Comments
This flow chart shows the typical steps new landlords take to find tenants, and displays the routes/options available, highlighting the pros and & cons of each route. Bear in mind, [...]
Landlord Guide On Evicting Tenants
30 Aug 2009 / category / 1 Comment
Here are the steps a landlord typically takes during the process of evicting tenants. The chart doesn’t reflect every open option available; the chart displays the most common options and [...]
The Lost Art Of Being Polite
27 Aug 2009 / category / 8 Comments
Just to warn you all, this post has nothing to do with property or being a landlord. This is about me throwing my toys out of the pram due to [...]
Sarah Beeny Boob Competition- Win Her Latest Property Book
25 Aug 2009 / category / 11 Comments
Yup, it’s that time again. I’m giving away another copy of Sarah Beeny’s latest property book, “Property Ladder- Sarah Beeny’s Design For Profit” For more details about the book go [...]
Guide On Picking The Right Letting Agent
23 Aug 2009 / category / 4 Comments
I’ve had experiences with about 4 or 5 different letting agents, so I know how important it is to pick the best out of a rotten bunch. The consequences of [...]
Landlord Searching For Perfect Tenants
20 Aug 2009 / category / 4 Comments
I have a 2 bedroom mid-terrace house located on the outskirts of Cambridge City, available from early November for someone, or some people, to make into a new home. The [...]
Hilarious Ad By Landlord, ’4 Bedroom Undesirable Shit Hole’
19 Aug 2009 / category / 3 Comments
I noticed this ad on Gumtree the other day and found it hilarious. I don’t know who, why or what, but I like. And here are the visuals… I really [...]
Provide Tenants With Incentives So They Choose Your Property Over Someone Else’s
18 Aug 2009 / category / 12 Comments
Somewhere, although I can’t remember quite where, I’ve already dribbled about how the BTL market is insanely tough for landlords right now, so I won’t delve into the specifics too [...]
Tenant’s Right To Live In Quiet Enjoyment
12 Aug 2009 / category / 41 Comments
A few days ago there was a little debate on Twitter about whether a landlord or letting agent had the right to enter his/her property during the last month of [...]
Reasons Why Landlords Shouldn’t Accept DSS Tenants
09 Aug 2009 / category / 276 Comments
Before anyone gets firmly on my tits about this, let me just clarify, this is a follow on article from The Positives Of DSS Tenants. So please, no angry hippies [...]
A Few Reasons Why Landlords Should Use Twitter
04 Aug 2009 / category / 7 Comments
Oh damn, I’m about to eat my own dick here. To cut a long and shameless story short, I’m just going to say it…”I’ve started to get Twitter.” A few [...]
The Worst Developers To Ever Appear On Property Ladder, And Possibly The Entire Planet
29 Jul 2009 / category / 14 Comments
Who watched last night’s (28th July) Property Snakes & Ladders? Successful entrepreneurs Nigel and Sarah have a romantic notion that they can make a quarter of a million pounds by [...]
The Type Of Landlords That Are Getting Repossessed
28 Jul 2009 / category / 4 Comments
A lot of Landlords have been repossessed. A lot of landlords are on the verge of getting repossessed. Why is it happening? Interestingly, the other day I was asked how [...]
Avoiding Rogue Letting Agents
24 Jul 2009 / category / 0 Comments
A high volume of Estate/Letting agents are more full of shit than a newly born’s nappy. We all know it, the agents themselves know it, and even their shameful parents [...]
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.