Yes! We have been shortlisted for the Negotiator Awards 2019- Employer of the year!!! The Negotiator Awards is the largest and most prestigious awards for the UK residential property industry. It has been established for 13 years and each year, estate and letting agents from across the UK battle for these highly prized and meaningful [...]
We've had an office Charity Day at the Ezytrac last Friday where we supported the Lincoln Foodbank by collecting food and toiletries to help those in need in Lincoln and to support the great work the team did at the food bank centre. Had fun dressing up in bold and bright colours too.
Rental income and the pitfalls of buy to let landlords basing profit strategies on it Buy-to-let landlords want to maximise rental income profits and capital growth from their property investment. A common mistake of inexperienced landlords is to think the way to do this is to increase the rent to as high a level as [...]
What questions Landlords must ask and the answers to expect Buy-to-let landlords tend to fall into one of two types. Those who've tried the DIY landlord route and discovered it’s not for them (usually having had a terrible landlord experience). And those landlords who have had to sack an underperforming property manager. The overriding aim of both [...]
How Ezytrac gets the best tradespeople to work for buy-to-let landlords The truth is that the DIY buy-to-let landlord rarely finds a great contractor and we know the reasons why. In this post I explore why you’ll never find a great contractor, and what we do to make sure that the tradespeople we use are the [...]
What buy to let landlords need to check and how If you’re a buy-to-let landlord who doesn’t know the Right to Rent rules, then you’re not alone. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) survey in February 2016 found that 90% of buy-to-let landlords had received no information about the Right to Rent and Immigration Checks, which have to be carried [...]
All good tenants start with full tenant referencing Recently, I outlined the facts on your tenant referencing and vetting process. In that buy-to-let landlord blog, I discussed three tenancy referencing procedures you have to undertake as a landlord. I also gave five tips to help you avoid bad tenants. Here, I look at the risks a buy-to-let landlord [...]
Seven reasons buy-to-let landlords turn back on benefit tenancies In my last article, I introduced you to a buy-to-let landlord who had lost a small fortune by taking on a tenant on housing benefits. Cheryl thought she had struck gold by securing what looked like a respectable tenant. She thought the housing benefit he received [...]
Why benefit tenants are the buy-to-lets one-armed bandit If you want to evict your tenant as a buy-to-let landlord, be prepared for a total bill of almost £7,000 if your tenant goes to the local authority for advice. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the National Landlords Association, which collated more than 1,700 [...]
Some buy-to-let landlords – especially beginner investors – believe that landlords insurance is a waste of money. They explain to their new tenant that it is the tenant’s responsibility to insure against loss or damage to their personal property, and leave it at that. But there’s a lot more at stake than the tenant’s property. [...]
