Official Landlord thread???

RubyRubyRubyRuby

Having failed to find a buyer for my house, I have now been granted consent to let from my mortgage provider & wondered if there was such a thread full of tips, advice & legal stuff I need to do?

There is a sticky for the official Buying, Selling, Renting threads but no Landlord one. If there is no official thread, can anyone link me to threads on here from other landlords as am after as much advise as poss!! :money:

Thanks in advance

RRRR

Jeffrey_Shaw

I'm relatively new here. I do know that there is such a thread on the LandlordZONE website, however.

G_M

Not official but try here for info and further links.

Werdnal

I posted asking if we could have a LL sticky a while back, and got various replies for and against. Apparently, as this is intended as a free "consumer" website, and LLs are not strictly consumers (being a LL is running a business) it is not felt appropriate. By all means ask LL related questions, but the idea of a registered Sticky seemed to die a death!

However, as well as joining Landlordzone as referenced by Jeffrey, there is a post by GM which contains a lot of info and other useful links for newbie LLs.

Have a look http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=41160642&postcount=12


PS GM you are quick off the mark today - jumped in whilst I was typing!

G_M

That's the benefit of having the advice in one place. All I do is refer to it!

But yes, there really should be a sticky this gets asked so often.

jamie11

Jeffrey_Shaw wrote: »

I'm relatively new here. I do know that there is such a thread on the LandlordZONE website, however.

Where you are missed on a daily basis.

RubyRubyRubyRuby

Thanks for the replies & links. I feel a busy w/ends reading is in store.........

Mind_the_Gap

G_M wrote: »

Having better informed amateur landlords also greatly helps their tenants.

Doubtless this debate will continue, but I for one will continue to advise LLs seeking help as best I can.

I could not agree more.

jamie11

It seems silly to separate people into consumers and non consumers, just because somebody provides a service on one level does not mean they do not use services on other levels, in the case of this particular forum, who better to provide informal advice than the very people that provide the service?

That is not to say that good advice cannot come from people that do not have an interest in the business.

If I have a question on financial matters then I tend to look for a forum with a preponderance of financial advisers, weigh up the answers I get and do some research of my own, I would be very surprised if any of the advisers gave me deliberately misleading information, the same goes here, most posters give freely of their knowledge.

I believe that people in the future are going to be very well informed indeed as a result of these discussion sites.

Mind_the_Gap

jamie11 wrote: »

It seems silly to separate people into consumers and non consumers, just because somebody provides a service on one level does not mean they do not use services on other levels, in the case of this particular forum, who better to provide informal advice than the very people that provide the service?

That is not to say that good advice cannot come from people that do not have an interest in the business.

If I have a question on financial matters then I tend to look for a forum with a preponderance of financial advisers, weigh up the answers I get and do some research of my own, I would be very surprised if any of the advisers gave me deliberately misleading information, the same goes here, most posters give freely of their knowledge.

I believe that people in the future are going to be very well informed indeed as a result of these discussion sites.

Well said - I agree with that, too.

It's rather like stipulating that only pupils must be helped on a schools/education forum, on the grounds that they are the 'consumers' (of education), when actually, their teachers' requests for help (with curriculum issues, exam boards, subject knowledge, safety, discipline, whatever), are just as useful, as they enable the teachers to provide a better 'service' to their 'consumers' (much as I dislike the use of those terms in that context!).