As a landlord wishing to put your property with a ‘managing agent’, there are essentially two main options: a long term ‘guaranteed rent option’ and a traditional ‘high street’ lettings agent. It is important that landlords understand the two models and are aware of the pros and cons of each.
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You do not have to use the estate agent you bought your rental property from to manage it.
When you buy a new property to let, it can seem a good idea to keep the management with the estate agent you just bought it from but, have you considered that they might not really be set up as a lettings agency and are actually mostly sales driven? If the property was managed by another lettings agency before the sale, shouldn’t you check them out first?
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Rising number of guarantors needed since pandemic.
Landlords are generally a cautious bunch – and rightly so. Aside from their main home, the rental properties they own are significant investments and therefore decisions who to rent to are not taken lightly and will always be means tested.
Continue reading Rising number of guarantors needed since pandemicShould I Start my Own Lettings Agency and How do I do This?
There is a lot of talk on social media at present about individual landlords setting up their own lettings agencies. This is exactly what the directors of Lifeboat Lettings did four years ago, so we feel qualified to comment on this!
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