Buy to let is a business, and as a business owner, making a profit is a priority (unless you are a landlord for purely altruistic reasons!). Rental yield is one of those terms bandied about in landlord circles, but would-be landlords are not always sure what it means. In this article, we aim to give you an easy-to-understand explanation of rental yields, so you can work out if a rental property is making a reasonable profit.
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It was 3am. I had one of those wake-ups that takes you a while to recover from. The kind that starts with your heart beating intensely before you understand what’s woken you.
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Keeping up to date on the huge making tax digital changes requires a lot of time and patience. There’s so much information out there that it’s difficult to know what’s useful.
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Student lets are a popular business model for more experienced landlords. The UK is blessed with a world-leading higher education system and young people from overseas are queuing up to go to a UK university.
Student tenants offer a lot of advantages to landlords, but there are some disadvantages, as we are about to find out.
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Managing tenants is tough. You’re already trying to run a property portfolio and stay ahead of the latest tax and legislation changes, but you’re also battling against some ancient landlord stereotypes, and sometimes, some less than savoury tenants.
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