With the current economic climate rent arrears is the number one problem for landlords. Here are some tips to help you deal with them before they happen (always the best time to deal with a problem!).
1. Always, always reference tenants. Make no exception to this rule. Remember – con men succeed because they are persuasive. [...]
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Five tips to help you deal with your tenants rent arrears before they happen
The secret of writing effective legal letters
Legal letters
One of the things you need to do as a lawyer is write letters. In fact you have to a lot of writing generally. But a lot of it is letters.
But there is not much point in writing letters if they don’t work. How do you write a letter which is effective? [...]
Utilities and the Data Protection Act
Tenants often leave, without paying their utility bills. Indeed the problem is such a big one for the water utilities that there has recently been a consultation carried out where it was suggested that landlords should be liable if tenants fail to pay their water bills (note – if anyone has any information about the [...]
Tenancy agreement tips – 31 days coming soon!
Tenancy Agreement Tips
Those of you who use tenancy agreements will be interested in a new series of blog posts I am planning for May – my 31 days of tips for Landlords on Tenancy agreements. I did a similar thing in February on Lodgers, which proved popular.
You may well think, how can you find enough [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the final week, days 15 to 21
The 21 days of tips series has now concluded. It will however remain on the blog as a guide for anyone who wants to take in a lodger. Here is a summary of the final seven posts. As before the headings are links taking you to the post:
Day 15 – Should you use a lodger [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the middle section, days 8 to 14
The second week of tips for Lodger Landlords has now passed. See below the topics covered (the headings are links which will take you to the posts):
Day 8 – What about tax and council tax?
This tip looks at the government’s rent a room scheme, and SpareRoom.com’s Raise the Roof campaign.
Day 9 – How do you [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the first week
The first week of tips for Lodger Landlords have now been published on my Lodger Landlord web-site. The daily topics are as follows (the headings are links which will take you to the posts):
Day 1 – What is a lodger?
This looks at whether there is a legal definition of a lodger and gives advice on [...]
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