letting agents

Securing a promising property investment is just the beginning: the next challenge is ensuring its effective management. Join us for a masterclass featuring insights from a lettings expert, who teaches us a few tricks we’d never previously considered... 

• (1:00) News story of the week 
• (2:10) Q&A with our lettings expert Will… 
• (3:40) What are the key contributions a letting agent offers? 
• (6:50) What separates a good lettings agent from a bad one? 
• (9:30) What questions do investors ask to determine if you’re suitable for the job when considering your services? 
• (10:58) What’s the best way for investors to work with a letting agent?  
• (12:26) What should investors aim to achieve when negotiating rates with potential letting agents? 
• (15:05) What tends to be the best properties to manage? 
• (15:40) Which properties cause the most hassle? 
• (16:25) If an investor has a difficult tenant, what course of action would you advise? 
• (18:20) If an investor is unhappy with their current letting agent, what can they do? 
• (26:35) Hub Extra: A new AI tool… 

Links mentioned: 

• Property Hub Magazine 
• Will Brandley - Slater and Brandley Lettings 
• Perplexity 

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Rob & Rob are back to answer some more listen questions and this week we’ve got some really great ones! 

Kicking us off this week is Fraser. 

Frasers recently come across an article that’s suggested that the UK’s population is set to start declining in 2025 and he’s wondering what impact this will have on property. 

Will the decline in demand have a negative effect on property prices? 

Next up, Johnny wants to know how to prepare for purchasing a property with a tenant in-situ. 

Johnny and his business partner are currently looking at purchasing their fourth property, which has a tenant in-situ. Whilst this can be beneficial, he’s got a few questions. 

How can he best prepare? Does he need to get new references/inventories etc or can he use the current ones? 

They’re also looking to increase the rent as it’s currently below market value and Johnny’s wondering what’s the best way to approach this. 

Does he wait until he’s purchased and then increase the rent? Or does he ask the current landlord to bring in the increase and wait until the tenant has signed the new contract before buying. 

Tune in to hear what advice the guys have got to give. 

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It’s another week which means it’s another episode of Ask Rob & Rob, and we’ve got two fantastic questions...

First up we’ve got Adam. He’s been saving up so he can start investing in buy-to-let properties in the north.

Currently, Adam owns a property in London which he has a repayment mortgage on. He has 45% equity in his property but he doesn't want to put any more down as he wants to achieve something with a good return and growth. 

He’s been looking at Manchester and Liverpool as potential options, however, he would like to purchase his next property in his personal name. 

So, Adam wants to know if there's any products available to have an interest only mortgage on his personal property, and if so, do we think this would be the right and best approach for Adam. 

Listen to find out. 

Next we have Mark who owns a property in Birmingham. There’s a fixed term tenancy contract in place and the first year is ending in June. The tenant has expressed interest in extending the contract for one year. 

Mark isn’t particularly happy with the agent that handles the contracts and Mark would like to handle them himself going forward. 

So, he wants to know how he should handle this contractually and also in terms of the deposit scheme which was also handled by the agent?

Is this something Mark can go forward with? 

Tune in to find out…

Do you have a buy to let or property investment related question for Rob & Rob? You could feature on the next episode by giving us a call on 013 808 00035 and leaving a message with your name and question (normal UK call rates apply). 

 

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We came across this really interesting article at the very excellent landlordlawblog.co.uk and knew we had to talk about it.

 

We can’t stress enough how important it is to have the right people in your team.  The people who look after your building work, do your conveyancing and provide you with finance options.  The people who manage the properties in your portfolio are no exception.

 

There are some truly fantastic letting agents out there who do exceptional work.  But this is the type of sector that attracts sharks and we want to make sure you know what to look out for, so you don’t get bitten.

NEWS THIS WEEK

 

This week we look at an article from propertywire.co.uk with the intriguing headline: “The value of flats have increased the most in the UK over last five years”.

 

Has the time come to give up on houses and focus solely on flats?

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For the past couple of episodes, we’ve been following some Hubbers on their property journey.  We’ve learnt how they started, what they’re up to now and where they want to get to. They’ve shared their challenges and also their successes.

 

In this episode, we asked each of them one follow up question.  “What’s the one thing you wish you knew at the beginning of your journey?”

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NEWS THIS WEEK

The government is in the news again this week and they’re cracking down on rogue agents and leasehold homeowners. We look at what these new proposals mean for you.

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The general election is only a week away – have you not seen daylight for weeks because your window is full of campaign posters? Sore knuckles from door knocking? Or just quietly concerned about what changes could be coming down the line for you as an investor depending on the outcome? We hope it’s the […]

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This week it’s the final part of our mini-series, How To Become A Property Investor. Having covered the main concepts in the last two parts, this week we got right into the nitty gritty of: Finding your first investment Arranging finance Surviving the legals Getting it tenanted Sitting back and counting the cash! The full […]

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This week we put together one of our favourite types of episode – listener questions! Prompted by voicemails that you sent in, we answered: What will happen when interest rates go up? How do I make sure the “right” type of tenant goes into my property? What can you do about a short lease? And […]

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This week we went over to the dark side…of property investment, naturally, and talked about the many dangers that lurk there for unsuspecting investors. Some of the nasties lurking on the dark side that we talked about were: “Free” “courses” that are no content and pure upsell, and the phenomenon of the “seminar junkie” Letting […]

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We love books, we love property…so can you even imagine how much we love property books? We had a hard time narrowing it down to seven recommendations for this week’s episode – but narrow we did, and here’s what we ended up with: Legally Avoid Property Taxes by Iain Wallis Millionaire Fastlane by M J […]

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What will redress, if not quite regulation, mean for tenants of rental properties? How can you invest in the UK's best technology companies? And is your fund manager a closet index-hugger?

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This week we gave a shout out to our hordes of Norwegian fans, shared some surprising news about house prices, then got deep into actionable advice about how to choose a letting agent. If you’re falling for “we’ve got hundreds of tenants waiting” and concentrating on driving down their percentage, you’re doing it wrong – […]

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Proper regulation at last for letting agents. The drastic sell-off in the gold price, and how to navigate the annuity conundrum.

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