Having bought your new rental home, there can be the desire to furnish it to a boutique hotel standard before renting it out. Similarly, suppose you are on a budget and have already invested heavily in fixing other areas of the house. In that case, it may seem just as an attractive option to rent the property looking clean and spacious and completely unfurnished.

So how do you decide which is the best option? In this short guide, we look at each option’s pros and cons so you can better make that decision.

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When you are renting a property, it’s essentially a sale. Make a good sale, and you have tenants that might even stay a decade. Imagine that! A perfect tenant, that stays and pays on time. You never have any issues, they look after the property and you never have to worry about your property being empty, with mortgage payments to make – costly renovations, and all the hassle of advertising the property for new tenants. So, how do you get tenants to stay? Well, here are a few helpful tips, to get tenants to stay longer.

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The days of a rent book and a handshake – being all was required to rent a property are a long distant memory. Even if you’re just a landlord with one property, there’s no getting away from compliance in today’s rental industry.
That’s not just a case of making sure appliances are safe, and you’re fully insured. Because landlords store information about their tenants then they must now be GDPR (​General Data Protection Regulations) compliant.
The EU regulations now in force were intended to tackle conglomerates such as Facebook’s use of personal data. But the legislation applies to every business and landlord. That’s why a rudimentary understanding of GDPR is essential. In this quick guide, we lay down all the need-to-know facts about GDPR.

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