A tenant-find (frequently referred to as a “tenant find only” service) is a service offered by most letting agents to landlords that wish to manage their own properties. A typical tenant-find service will include marketing services to generate tenant enquiries and tenant-referencing services.
Do the words “systems” and “tech” give you hives?
If they do, then I can completely relate, because they had the same effect on me. However, so did the prospect of managing lots of members of staff, across different locations and different market sectors and, I must admit, for the sake of complete transparency, to having “baggage” when it came to this issue…
The colder weather is upon us, the clocks have gone backwards, and the mornings and evenings are now dark. It is safe to say, that the Winter is fast approaching. Whether this makes you happy or sad, there is one thing for certain, this will have an impact on your tenants and on your property.
Taking some commonsense steps will help to protect your property and your tenants, let’s take a look at some of these now…
Landlord – what’s in a word?
I don’t know whether this applies to you, but for me, when a word is so familiar, so ingrained in my everyday language, I don’t really register that it might have connotations or an implied meaning, beyond the context that I apply to it.
So, when I heard people in my property network complaining about the use of the word “Landlord” I didn’t pay it much attention – because we all know what a landlord is, don’t we…
As property investors and letting agents, we are regularly having conversations with people about compliance. What often comes across is that people find it changeable and confusing. It is changeable, this is true, but it needn’t be confusing. With this in mind, we have put together a series on some of the most common compliance issues, in an attempt to explain them, in a way which is succinct and non-confusing. The seventh in this series is all about the recent amendment to the Smoke and Fire Alarms Regulations, which came into effect on 1st October.
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