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Don’t get caught out : Boilers
As a landlord, are you up-to-speed with what the new boiler legislation means for you? Perhaps you have an old back boiler you're concerned about having to replace, or want to know what to [...]
Using Conveyancing to Your Advantage
It may seem like I’m stating the obvious to a group of savvy property investors, but the value of a competent and expert conveyancer working for you can never be overestimated. Indeed if [...]
5 Steps to choosing a Letting Agent for your Buy To Let properties
We wrote a blog article recently which referenced the need to choose buy-to-let investments using head over heart but even this sound advice comes with a caveat. If you truly buy with your [...]
My Top 5 Property Mistakes To Avoid!
We all make mistakes when buying property, especially when we first start out. I thought it would be useful to share my top 5 biggest mistakes when buying a buy-to-let property. [...]
Letting Guide for Tenants
Given that we as landlords engage regularly with our tenants, either directly or through letting agents, it is useful to understand a tenant's perspective to the letting process. What is the minimum term of [...]
Incorporation “Secrets”
More and more of us are looking at incorporation to hold our properties in. We know this will help shield us from the mortgage relief that is being reduced year on year from next [...]
Tenant Fees abolished – Who will suffer?
During the Autumn statement, Philip Hammond declared that Letting Agents would no longer be able to charge tenants fees for renting a property out. On the surface, this may seem like a good [...]
The Five Biggest Headaches of Managing Property
On the day of one of the most important deadlines for all for buy-to-let investors (you've submitted, haven't you?) - we've rounded up the top five headaches for those managing property. [...]
Landlord Tax Loophole
More and more landlords are looking at selling their properties to themselves in the form of a limited company. The main reason for this is that they are able to continue claiming all finance [...]
5 great ways to reduce costs
5 great ways to reduce costs Given all the tax changes happening it is even more critical we look at reducing our costs further. We have already lost the wear and tear allowance in 2016. Many [...]