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Ecoweek at My Property Mentor Blog – Guest blog by Roberta Ward

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This is another blog post from Roberta Ward of My Property Mentor.  This is a roundup post listing a week of Eco related posts on her blog.  Roberta has kindly allowed me to reproduce this here, as I thought it would be of interest to you. ***** We kicked off last week prior to the…

Property rental adverts – a guest post from UPAD

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I am delighted to be able to bring you this guest post from James Davis, of the well know letting portal Upad.  Note that all opinions expressed are those of the author. ***** I was talking to one of our newest landlords recently; he’d just got his first buy-to-let property and he was excited to…

Tax Man in Hot Pursuit of Landlords – guest blog by Roberta Ward of My Property Mentor

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You may not be aware of this- I certainly was not-but HMRC are actively searching for landlords who are avoiding paying tax either by accident or by design. HMRC is actively searching local newspapers for information on planning applications for flat conversions. If the planning application was for a number of flats within one house…

4 Ways To Catch A Rental Scammer – guest blog by Dave Dugdale

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I run a couple of classified rental sites in America, and while I do not live in England I know from monitoring Twitters search stream on rental scams, that America is not alone when it comes to dealing with rental scammers. It feels like an on-slot of scammers have been using my sites to create…

Twist Stick or Bust? How Landlords should to deal in the Rented Property Market Summer 2009 – by guest author Paul Hajek

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Much has been written about the state of the Housing Market in England and Wales during 2009. Over the last few weeks data that has been released has edged towards the positive. Although some opinion is predicting that further falls are inevitable, more commentators such as the Nationwide Building Society and the RICS are predicting…

Guest article – a view from the United States, from Kelly Kilpatrick

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The Landlord-Law blog being a British blog, generally only looks at housing in England and Wales. However, this article, kindly provided by Kelly Kilpatrick, gives a transatlantic viewpoint. Note that the opinions expressed in this article are those of Kelly and do not necessarily reflect mine. If you are outside England & Wales and would…