Originally posted on Riley Marshall:
Landlords: If you have gas appliances in your rental property they must be checked every year, and an annual Gas Safety Certificate issued by a Gas Safe engineer. We explore why you should use a letting/management agent? source How does your letting agent help? Any gas installation and appliances in…

Originally posted on lettingagentsstalbans:
26th November 2012 Renters turn rental properties into long-term homes As buying continues to be out of reach for many people across the UK, landlords and management companies are now receiving DIY and home improvement requests from tenants who want to turn rental properties into long-term homes. Nearly a quarter (22 per…

Originally posted on The Surreal Estate:
Housing court — the epitome of inequality. Two weeks ago, the New York Times published an article detailing the imbalance of power within housing court. According to the article, millions of Americans face eviction each year.  Of those cases, 90 percent of landlords have legal representation while 90 percent…

Originally posted on KW Property Pro:
We’ve all heard the “expert” share their stories around the water cooler about how his or her uncle, cousin, friend of a friends tenant trashed their property, refused to pay rent and had to go through the costly eviction process (especially here in Ontario). So, how can we eliminate…

Originally posted on 2bedroom1bath:
I’ve saved 3 tenants from suicide in the last 2 years for simply taking the time. Kindness goes a long way

Originally posted on my|deposits :
It’s been another busy and successful year for us at my|deposits so we thought we’d take a look back at the support we’ve provided for our member landlords and agents, along with some of our key achievements in 2012. We’ve had our challenges and we still need to do more but we…

Originally posted on A Practical Guide to Managing a House of Multiple Occupation:
The weather’s miserable, the odds for a white Christmas are as wide as Tom being sober for the next 48 hours and the Christmas Spirit has yet to touch the hearts of my tenants. This weekend I played a poor version of…