Margins are tight for landlords. An obvious way to save money is for landlords to let their own Buy to Lets themselves using online services such as OpenRent, for a fraction of the cost of bricks and mortar letting agents. However, many landlords are often unsure how to go about finding tenants themselves, and don’t …
Landlord Guide: How to find tenants using OpenRent View Post »
Landlords who use online platforms like OpenRent to find tenants need to carry out checks to make sure the tenants have the right to rent property in the UK. Although online referencing providers will check identities by asking applicants to upload ID documents, this isn’t enough to confirm the applicants have the right to rent …
Landlord Guide: How to carry out your own Right to Rent checks View Post »
Times are hard for renters in the UK in 2023. Rents have never been higher, competition for rental properties has never been tougher. Landlords are selling up, fuelling the broken private rented sector in the UK. This blog post is not to discuss why there is a crisis in the private rented sector, or to …
Renters’ Guide: What tenants need to know about renting in 2023 View Post »
Ever notice how costs seem to appear from nowhere when a property is unoccupied due to voids and refurbs? It’s bad enough not having any rent coming in, when all of a sudden you start receiving bills for things you hadn’t factored into your cashflow projections. All landlords and other property investors will have an …
How to reduce costs and risks during void periods and refurbishment View Post »
Are you wondering how easy it is to find renters yourself online, without using traditional letting agents? Are you unsure to go about it? After all, with rental demand so high, surely it can’t be too difficult? I was wondering the same question myself when I decided to let the house you can see above …
How to let a property yourself without using letting agents View Post »
