• Preface
• Getting Started
• Buying to Let
• Organising the Legalities
• Using a Letting Agent
• Preparing a Property
• Organising Ahead
• Finding A Tenant
• Handing Over the Keys
• Maintaining the Tenancy
• Ending the Tenancy
• Dealing with Taxation

The New Landlord's Guide to Letting

• Preface
• Getting Started
  • Deciding to become a landlord
  • Looking at profit and risk
  • Planning Your Let
  • Questions and Answers
  • Forecasting Your Letting Profitability
  • Taking Steps Towards Letting
  • Summary
• Buying to Let
  • Checking the property market
  • Choosing your buy-to-let mortgage
  • Choosing your property
  • Buying the property
  • Questions and answers
  • Renovating property
  • Summary
• Organising the Legalities
  • Deciding to put your terms in writing
  • Drawing up your own lease
  • Questions and answers
  • Looking At Multi Occupancy Letting
  • Registering as a private social landlord
  • Exploring Other Legal Issues
  • Summary
• Using a Letting Agent
  • Looking At Letting Agents
  • Assessing Charges
  • Deciding Whether To Use An Agent
  • Questions and answers
  • Choosing An Agent
  • Case Studies
  • Summary
  • Summary
• Preparing a Property
  • Planning Ahead
  • Checking Your Property's Safety
  • Decorating Your Property
  • Supplying Furnishings
  • Questions and answers
  • Organising Outdoors
  • Summary
• Organising Ahead
  • Insuring Your Property
  • Organising Your Banking Arrangements
  • Questions and answers
  • Coping With Paperwork
  • Recording Your Property's Particulars
  • Looking At Your Personal Safety
• Finding A Tenant
  • Planning Your Advertising
  • Using Newspaper Advertising
  • Letting To Specialised Groups
  • Dealing With Replies
  • Viewing The Property 2
  • Questions and answers
  • Questions And Answers
  • Securing The Tenancy
  • Coping With Difficulty In Finding A Tenant
  • Summary
• Handing Over the Keys
  • Making Final Checks
  • Supplying An Inventory
  • Transferring Occupancy To The Tenancy
  • Questions and answers
  • Looking at keys, privacy and security
  • Using Checklists
  • Summary
• Maintaining the Tenancy
  • Responding To The New Situation
  • Providing Communication Channels
  • Monitoring the tenancy
  • Visiting The Property
  • Dealing With Repairs
  • Questions and answers
  • Dealing With A Complaint
  • Summary
• Ending the Tenancy
  • Reviewing The Legalities Of Ending A Tenancy
  • Making Preparations
  • Planning Your Approach
  • Conducting A Final Inspection
  • Dealing With The Deposit
  • Planning Your Next Tenancy
  • Questions and answers
  • Selling Your Property
  • Summary
  • Summary
• Dealing with Taxation
  • Looking At Income Tax
  • Looking At Capital Gains Tax
  • Questions and answers
  • Obtaining Further Information And Advice
  • Summary