Renting Out Your Property For Dummies 3rd edition
Samenvatting
Everything potential landlords need to know about the UK rental market
Renting Out Your Property For Dummies is the essential roadmap to successful property letting. This easy–to–read guide walks readers through every step of renting out their property – showing how to avoid legal problems, find and keep the best tenants, maintain the property and maximise their rental income. As well as lots of helpful advice, it contains a wealth of sample forms and standard letters that can be used when dealing with their own tenants. Crucially, it is fully up to date on all the latest legislation including the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs).
Renting Out Your Property For Dummies covers:
How to prepare a rental property for prospective tenants
Tackling rent, deposits and tenancy agreements
Deciding whether to manage the property yourself or to hire an agent
Essential information on financial management and record–keeping
Specificaties
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<p>Part I: So You Want to Be a Landlord? 7</p>
<p>Chapter 1: Do You Have What It Takes to Manage a Buy–to–Let Property? 9</p>
<p>Chapter 2: Deciding Whether to Manage Your Property Yourself or to Hire an Agent 15</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Becoming an Accidental Landlord 27</p>
<p>Part II: Renting Your Property 35</p>
<p>Chapter 4: Finding the Perfect Rental Property 37</p>
<p>Chapter 5: Preparing Your Rental Property for Prospective Tenants 45</p>
<p>Chapter 6: Rent, Deposits and Tenancy Agreements: The Big Three of Property Management 61</p>
<p>Chapter 7: Generating Interest in Your Rental Property 73</p>
<p>Chapter 8: Handling Prospective Tenants and Showing the Property 95</p>
<p>Chapter 9: Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo: Selecting Your Tenants 127</p>
<p>Part III: The Brass Tacks of Managing Rentals 147</p>
<p>Chapter 10: Moving in the Tenant 149</p>
<p>Chapter 11: Collecting and Increasing Rent 167</p>
<p>Chapter 12: Keeping Good Tenants and Your Sanity 181</p>
<p>Chapter 13: Dealing with Problem Tenants 187</p>
<p>Chapter 14: Moving Out Tenants 199</p>
<p>Part IV: Techniques and Tools for Managing 209</p>
<p>Chapter 15: Maintenance 211</p>
<p>Chapter 16: Safety, Security and Insurance 221</p>
<p>Part V: Money, Money, Money! 237</p>
<p>Chapter 17: Raising the Cash to Buy Your Rental Property 239</p>
<p>Chapter 18: Avoiding Property Taxes 251</p>
<p>Chapter 19: Using a Company To Hold Your Property 261</p>
<p>Chapter 20: Financial Management and Recordkeeping 267</p>
<p>Part VI: Only for the Daring 275</p>
<p>Chapter 21: Government Programmes 277</p>
<p>Chapter 22: Working in Niche Markets: Students, Pets, HMOs and Smokers 283</p>
<p>Part VII: The Part of Tens 291</p>
<p>Chapter 23: Ten Reasons to Become a Rental Property Owner 293</p>
<p>Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Get and Keep Full Occupancy in Your Property 297</p>
<p>Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Increase Cash Flow 303</p>
<p>Part VIII: Appendices 309</p>
<p>Appendix A: Resources 311</p>
<p>Appendix B: Forms, Templates and Standard Letters 315</p>
<p>Index 361</p>
