A Bad Tenant Is Like A Bad Tooth… Better Out Than In!  Nobody likes the thought of going to the dentist. It’s so easy to imagine the pain, that awful noise and the feeling of being at the mercy of someone else. However, if you’ve got a toothache that’s already giving you pain, putting off [...]

Planning Ahead Means Landlord Life Isn’t All That Bad The BBC showed an interesting insight into being a landlord, on the 2nd February 2015, as part of its ‘Inside Out’ series. The programme focused on landlords who had fallen into difficulties after building property portfolios using Buy To Let mortgages in order to try to provide [...]

Would You Accept New Tenants Without Checking On Their Background? There are plenty of stories in the newspapers and lots of discussion threads on many online landlord forums concerning the tenant selection process and how landlords have ended up housing bad tenants because they went with their gut feeling rather than paying for professional tenant [...]

9.4% Average ROI Over 5 Years Makes Buy-To-Let A Very Popular Investment Opportunity Buy-to-Let is growing in popularity among investors in the UK due to high demand for rental properties from willing tenants and relatively low property prices that are gradually beginning to rise Buying properties in order to generate an income by renting them [...]

Comprehensive Tenant Referencing Saves Landlords Time, Stress And Money! The number of bad tenants trying to apply for rental properties in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) is on the rise, according to a number of lettings agencies. Letting agents who conduct thorough tenant referencing checks on all applicants have reported an increase in the [...]

Legal 4 Landlords tenant referencing services are fast, reliable, accurate and 100% secure Legal 4 Landlords pioneering tenant referencing system is more advanced and more efficient than any other tenant referencing system available. Legal 4 Landlords fully online system is faster and more accurate than ever before with the ability to track and manage all [...]

Tenant Referencing and Rent Guarantee Insurance are vital services for all UK landlords Ensuring a regular rental income is paramount to the survival of the rental business for all UK landlordsand rent guarantee insurance offers financial protection and peace of mind for landlords and their tenants. Regardless of a tenant’s financial and employment circumstances, it [...]

The number of tenants contacting the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) for advice on rental issues, including rent arrears and eviction, has increased dramatically over the last 18 months, according to the charity. More than 10,000 tenants requested help during 2011. 27% more than for 2010 and it is thought a similar increase in numbers [...]

Showing tenants around the rental property personally is a chance for the landlord to gain a little insight into the people who may soon be living in the rental property, providing that all parties like each other. It is also a good opportunity for landlords to engage with the prospective tenants and listen to their [...]

The latest research by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), shows the cost of renting PRS property in the UK finally appears to be stabilising. Despite the huge demand for rental property in many areas of the UK and media reports of rising private rented sector rents as landlords attempted to cash in on [...]