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Sarah Beeny’s New Book- Design For Profit. Want A Copy For Free?

21 Jul 2009 / category / 57 Comments

Last week I got an email from the marketing manager for Cassell, which publishes Sarah Beeny’s Property Ladder books. She informed me that the Beeny had published a new book, [...]

Letting Agent Or Landlord Responsible For Securing Deposit Into A Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme?

16 Jul 2009 / category / 1 Comment

Is it the Landlord’s responsibility to put the security deposit into a Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme, or the Letting Agents? For those Landlords out there that are using Letting Agents, [...]

Read The Tenancy Agreement Before Signing, Idiot

12 Jul 2009 / category / 1 Comment

The title of the article seems like an no-brainer, right? Well, apparently it’s not to everyone. Ok, unfortunately i’m going to make an example out of a user that came [...]

Advertise Your House For Sale For Free On Tepilo

08 Jul 2009 / category / 4 Comments

Amongst the thrilling world of Property, there’s been a lot of nattering about a new website called Tepilo. Apparently it’s a brand new service that will change the way you [...]

Only Use Letting Agents That Are Members Of Regulatory Bodies

06 Jul 2009 / category / 8 Comments

Being urged to inflict pain upon a letting agent isn’t an unfamiliar feeling to me. My hate has been real, and its been fueled by God awful customer service and [...]

Complete Guide For Landlords That Don’t Want To Use Letting Agents

24 Jun 2009 / category / 11 Comments

This guide is specifically aimed to help new landlords that don’t want to use letting agents. Most agents should either advise, do, or substitute all the steps discussed in this [...]

I’m Suffering From “Shitty Savings Account” Syndrome

22 Jun 2009 / category / 4 Comments

This time last year I had two saving accounts’ with Halifax. I had a “Regular Saver” which gave me a 10% interest rate, and a “Guaranteed saver” which gave me [...]

How To Be A Shit Landlord

15 Jun 2009 / category / 66 Comments

1. Be a treehugger, don’t use a Tenancy Agreement, or any other paper-consuming document. 2. There’s no room for empathy- you don’t want to hear excuses. You’re running a business, [...]

The Worst Bloody Thing About Being A Landlord

08 Jun 2009 / category / 18 Comments

Hi all! I’ve very recently come stumbling back from a scandalous trip away in Vegas, hence why the stream of fresh content has been dry as a Nun’s vagina for [...]

What’s The Best Way To Collect Rent?

21 May 2009 / category / 15 Comments

Over the years of being a Landlord I’ve had different tenants pay me rent in various ways. In most cases, the method of payment was based on their personal financial [...]

How to Report A Landlord That Doesn’t Comply With Health And Safety

19 May 2009 / category / 82 Comments

I’m under no illusion, Landlords have a bad reputation; real bad reputation. Unfortunately, it’s a difficult stain to wipe off while so many rogue Landlords continue to operate. Over the [...]

List of Websites Where Landlords Can Find Tenants For FREE

12 May 2009 / category / 27 Comments

There are plenty of online property portals out there that provide a free service for landlords to advertise their BTL property in order to find tenants. I’ve had a lot [...]

What Added Services Do You Provide As A Landlord?

08 May 2009 / category / 7 Comments

Personally, as a Landlord, I don’t believe that tenants are paying just for a roof over their head. I believe they’re also paying for a service from thier Landlord. They’re [...]

Know The Specifics Of Your BTL Property

29 Apr 2009 / category / 4 Comments

Auuurrghh tandoori chicken shit balls. The other day I shamefully got caught out when my new tenant asked me questions that I didn’t know the answers to! I should have [...]

I Received An Email Of Complaint From A DSS Tenant

24 Apr 2009 / category / 26 Comments

Rightly or wrongly so, I found this email rather quite amusing. I always welcome constructive criticism because it usually makes a good read, but most importantly, it gives me a [...]

Which Landlord Software Is The Best?

22 Apr 2009 / category / 37 Comments

I’ve been looking around for the past few hours at landlord software management systems, to handle small to medium sized property portfolios for private landlords. There are loads out there, [...]

How Low Is Your Mortgage Interest Rate?

18 Apr 2009 / category / 5 Comments

At the peak of the property boom back in November 2007, when every penniless fucker was snapping up unrealistically priced properties like they were Donald Trump, the Bank Of England [...]

How Much Should Landlords Pay For An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)?

16 Apr 2009 / category / 19 Comments

I had to get an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for the first time recently. It was made a legal requirement for all landlords back in October 2008. Booo! Meh, waste [...]

Most Of The Estate Agents On Twitter Are Idiots

13 Apr 2009 / category / 17 Comments

Meh, as pointless and shitty as I think Twitter is, to my despair, it’s become another one of those geeky rages that I’ve embraced as part of my daily life. [...]

Can My Tenant End A Tenancy Agreement Early?

09 Apr 2009 / category / 147 Comments

So, your tenant wants to vacate your property earlier than the dates agreed in the Tenancy Agreement – what are your rights? Can the tenant leave during the tenancy? If [...]

I Found Tenants With Gumtree Again

07 Apr 2009 / category / 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 / category / 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 [...]

Letting Agent Is Trying To Rip Me Off

04 Apr 2009 / category / 7 Comments

Ok, yesterday I wrote a blog post about how I encountered a rude, cock-face letting agent. Well, the saga continues… Basically, the letting agent wanted £500 to find me tenants [...]

I Just Encountered A Rude Cock-Face Letting Agent

03 Apr 2009 / category / 5 Comments

Urgh, I fucking hate rude people with a passion, especially people that are rude unnecessarily. Admittedly, rude letting/estate agents irk me just that little bit more than the average punk. [...]

My Experience With Letmatch To Advertise A BTL On Rightmove

31 Mar 2009 / category / 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 / category / 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 / category / 9 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 / category / 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 / category / 18 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 [...]

Mark Sawyer Of Property Association Has Threatened To Take Legal Action Against Me

15 Mar 2009 / category / 25 Comments

Now, this is an interesting/concerning situation. It’s a bit long winded, but I’ll try to be to-the-point. Just to clarify, writing this blog post is going to be a real [...]

I Got Stood Up By A Prospective Tenant

09 Mar 2009 / category / 4 Comments

Unfortunately, they’ll be nothing of substance written in today’s blog post, I’m just going to rant a little about how I fucking hate time-wasters. I got a phone call last [...]

Beware Of Dodgy Tenancy Applications Via Email

05 Mar 2009 / category / 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 / category / 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 [...]

Buying Property With No Deposits

26 Feb 2009 / category / 18 Comments

Some of you may have noticed that there’s a new form in the right hand sidebar which offers people with “No Money Down property deals”. It’s a service offered by [...]