Sorry to keep banging on about my Easy Law for Landlords course, but I am really trilled that so many have signed up to my Early Bird offer (which ended on Wednesday).
I am now hard at work preparing content and loading it up ready for the course start next month. As I write this I am just finishing the first half of module 2 (just ten and a half more to go …).
But what happened on the blog?
Monday
What can tenants do if agents are failing to maintain a property?
We start of with a readers questions, not an unusual question I suspect. You can read what I had to say here …
Easy Law for Landlords – making the commitment
This die is cast! I talk about sending out invoices on Friday 13th and new web designs. See them here …
Tuesday
Housing charity to go into liquestion due to funding cuts
I was so sad when I learned about this. They were a good charity and now lots of landlords and tenants have been left without support. A sad day for us all. Find out more here …
Wednesday
Do landlords need to register for Data Protection?
A difficult question and one I suspect many landlords fail to ask themselves. This article gives some guidance as does a helpful comment from a reader. Read it here …
Thursday
Must tenants give notice to leave at the end of the fixed term?
Another readers question and a bit of a vexed question. Some helpful readers comments on this post. See them here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #54
Ben on good form as usual, discussing stupidity this week. As you might expect, he finds quite a lot of it around. See what he has to say here …
What are the problems with allowing tenants to run a business from your property?
Another readers question. Landlords often do not appreciate that dangers of allowing tenants to run businesses from home. Read what problems can occur here …
Further reading
- Find out how Ben Reeve Lewis got on at the Property Investor Show (writing for Property 118)
- Landlord Today reports on a landlord fined for his ‘filthy property’
- The EHP looks at deposit disputes
- A useful article from LandlordZone about EPCs
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