Tenants paying upfront 6-12 months

greatcrested

shinytop said:

45002 said:

suestew said:

I am renting a property I own outright.  I have a few prospective tenants offering to pay 6 or 12 months upfront.  I am aware that this is a red flag to some but I am happy with their reasons as I am currently renting somewhere and I paid 6 months upfront with similar reasons for doing this. 
I have used a LA on a let only basis, I will make sure they still do the credit checks etc on these tenants.
In the agreement with LA it does state that if something is paid upfront they will pay me monthly, my question is if its Let Only can this be negotiated that I get the payment?  Obviously my main concern is if the LA goes bust.  I will chat with them tomorrow but I just wanted to see if I can get advice from you guys today.  
To protect myself am I better in asking for 6 months and forgetting the 12? 

https://forums.landlordzone.co.uk/forum/residential-letting-questions/1098988-tenant-paying-6-12-months-up-front

Why do people do this, i.e. post a link to the same question the OP has posted on another forum? Not passing judgement, just curious.

No one here is infallible. We all read each others' responses, and where they differ from our own, we try to decide if we were right initially or perhaps made an error and have something to learn. Reading more responses on a different website (esp one where 'professional' landlords and property lawyers hang out) just provides more opportunity to validate or correct our own understanding.

suestew

Why do people do this, i.e. post a link to the same question the OP has posted on another forum? Not passing judgement, just curious.

I did this because I didn't realise there was a forum for landlords and I wanted feedback fairly quickly, nothing sinister.  I don't understand why someone has to highlight in in both forums  ;-)