Landlord Insider

Conducting property inspections is an essential part of being a responsible and savvy landlord. Not only are you obliged to carry out repairs as and when they are needed but leaving a tenant to his or her own devices for umpteen years is a recipe for disaster. For one thing, they might not be taking good care of your investment, and for another, they could have illegally sub-let it to a bunch of strangers. However, even though you own the property, you don’t have an automatic right of access, except in a few specific circumstances.

Landlord Vision integrates with third party suppliers to deliver useful and best in class integrations. Sometimes you really do get by with a little help from your friends! In this month’s software tip we’re going to introduce you to features that are delivered via our partners and show you what’s on the horizon for future integrations.

On the road to recovery:

With interest rates at the lowest they’ve been for a while, now could be a great time to re-mortgage, but for landlords it can take a lot of time and effort to find the right deal. Given that interest rates could increase at any time and that the available deals are always changing how do you know when it’s the right time to re-mortgage your rental property?

The government has drafted a voluntary code of conduct designed to offer protection to hard-hit commercial tenants, but critics say the plan is “toothless” and it won’t protect tenants from aggressive landlords.