Letting agents or private? YOU’VE got everything the property and now you need to decide whether to use an Estate or Letting Agent or try to rent it out yourself. This is an easy one to answer – you cannot … Continue reading →

MAKING money from renting out your property is the main reason for being a Landlord for most people, so getting your sums right is absolutely critical. Getting your sums wrong is a lot easier than you may think so I’ll … Continue reading →

How to become a Landlord – Part 2 How to pick the right property to rent out WHAT property is right for you to invest in and rent out to others depends on why you want to be a Landlord, … Continue reading →

So you are thinking of becoming a Landlord, what do you do next? The Property Insurer’s guide to becoming a Landlord is filled with practical advice from Jason McClean, a Landlord who has bought and sold property since 2000 and … Continue reading →

THE war in Libya is very well reported but I have to confess that I am struggling to get excited by it. I have a problem with anyone that gets excited by war – you need to be sick if … Continue reading →

FIRST thing to note here is that I have used the word recession in the title. That is because whatever anyone says about officially being in or out of a recession, it is very clear that the UK is in … Continue reading →

FOR those of you who don’t know who Chris Evans is, please listen to Radio 2 in the morning at around 0700-0930, it will make a positive difference to your life and you can learn a valuable life lesson from … Continue reading →

A-LEVEL results are received today by hundreds of thousands of teenagers and many of them are pinning their hopes on getting the right results to go to university. I despair at this institutional towing of the line from modern youth. … Continue reading →

LAST week the worry was the courts would hand out ASBO medals and slaps on the wrists to the rioters while today the hand-wringers are concerned the burning, pillaging, violent, thieving, valueless rioting scum may actually be punished for their … Continue reading →

THE big debate right now is whether people who rioted, looted, burned, destroyed and beat-up bystanders in London and other cities last week should be evicted from their council houses as a punishment/breach of their tenancy agreements. I think there … Continue reading →