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Best way to aproach a vendor or landlord to suggest rent to buy
Sibelius1
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Hi,
We are currently trying to sell our flat and have had to reduce the price to get a quick sale as our baby is getting bigger and we're in a 1 bedroom.
This has eaten into our deposit, and we are going to have to rent a while to build up a new deposit. I have read about rent to buy where you rent a property and have an option to buy it after a set period of time, which is very attractive to me.
My question is, what is the best way to approach either a landlord or vendor to suggest this scheme, because if we go through the agency I don't believe the estate or letting agency would actually contact their client as they will effectively lose their commission under this type of scheme.
Any help would be appreciated
We are currently trying to sell our flat and have had to reduce the price to get a quick sale as our baby is getting bigger and we're in a 1 bedroom.
This has eaten into our deposit, and we are going to have to rent a while to build up a new deposit. I have read about rent to buy where you rent a property and have an option to buy it after a set period of time, which is very attractive to me.
My question is, what is the best way to approach either a landlord or vendor to suggest this scheme, because if we go through the agency I don't believe the estate or letting agency would actually contact their client as they will effectively lose their commission under this type of scheme.
Any help would be appreciated
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sounds interesting-i have heard about large companies doing this but never smaller landlords-it would interest me to sell/rent my property on this basis-so i look forward to seeing if it is possible?mfw'11 No68- 55k mortgage İO--little to nothing saved! i must do better.0
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