At Flat Rent Edinburgh, we’ve just completed our Renting Advice section. This offers detailed advice for both tenants looking to rent a flat, and private landlords in Edinburgh looking to lease out their property.

The advice section covers queries over references, deposits, inventories, tenancy lease agreements and many other issues that could cause discrepencies when renting a flat.

If your a tenant or a landlord, you can discuss any issues you may be having in our Forum. Which allows people in similar situations to help each other out and offer advice on renting a flat in Edinburgh.

Rental Agreements Although not essential in all countries it is always best practice to have everyone sign a rental agreement.  The agreement should include the Terms & Conditions applicable to the occupant.  The names of the occupant, the dates of the intended stay, the deposit paid, disclaimer for withholding the deposit for early departure or hurt fees.

Location & Price For many travellers location is a must and helps determine the price people are willing to pay.   Remember to always choose your rental fee carefully and ensure it is competitive to other surrounding rental properties.  Look in the local estate agents that rent properties in your area and compare your price.Employing a Local Agent If it is a holiday home you are renting then most likely, you will not live close by.  You will need to find a reputable person or company to care for and manage your property while you are absent.  It is vital for your agent to maintain your property, give a routine check-up, be able to organise maintenance and clean up after each client.  It is also a very excellent thought for agents to provide a welcome pack for your customers.  This could include a local map, a dining out or eating in guide, where to buy excellent local food, a bottle of wine or some chocolates, even some milk and cereal.  Remember a dirty house and poor service does not promote repeat custom.  The welcome pack should certainly include in house instructions and vital telephone numbers.  For example instructions could be how to open windows or use the hot water and boiler.Advertising Property You can’t rely solely on your agent to find occupants for your home.  If you want to rent your property while you are away you are going to have to do some work. But that doesn’t mean it is going to be hard and you don’t have to pay huge advertising costs.  You just need to know where to get your property seen.  Most people search for holiday properties online.  For this reason it is a very excellent thought to have your own website with images that reflect the finest qualities of your property with vital contact details and descriptions. If you don’t have a website, make one, it doesn’t have to be fancy and you can make one easily for free. Many domain registrars such as domainmonster.com often allow you to make a simple websites using one of their templates for free.  When it comes to property presentation is a must.  If you don’t have a knack for photography it might be worthwhile paying for a photographer to expertly take photos of your property.  You can then publish these photos on your site and submit them to other websites.Advertising Channels 1)      If you have a website you can submit your website to numerous business and travel directories for free.  There are many directories online which you can submit your website to such as www.onlinetravelworld.co.uk. But these are limited, you can only submit your link. But they are still vital to increase your websites presence. 2)      There are also many property sites you can submit your details and upload an image that best showcases your property.  But you will have to pay a yearly subscription fee or commission with each rental. 3)      Another preferred option would be to find websites that allow you to advertise for free.  I found Travel Jigsaw which allows you to submit your property for free on their property pages.  They also feature property in their monthly newsletter which is sent to over 500,000 people.  This option is an brilliant way to reach many potential customers without costs of advertising. 4)      One last option would be to pay for advertisements in magazines and newspapers.  Of course newspapers are reaching a mass market and appealing to those people who skim through the paper with no purpose of booking property.  Holiday magazines are ideally targeted towards people looking to go on holiday, but the downside is they are expensive. My advice is not to follow one channel of marketing but to embrace as many as you can to maximise your reach and optimise your earnings.Inventory Checklist Although it helps to offer a fully equipped house you don’t want to buy new equipment with money out of your own pocket each time you rent your property.  By making a list of amenities and equipment your agent will be able to check everything each time they check out a customer. The agent should make your customers aware of hurt fees accrued by any breakages and where to report any accidents if they occur.  You might also want to take photos of inside your property to keep track of wear and tear.Local Legalities Don’t forget to check the local rules and regulations when renting property abroad.  Different countries will have different fire stipulations and regulations. Therefore you might have to reconsider the type of furniture you provide, for example is it flame retardant, do you have enough fire exits, extinguishers and smoke alarms?  Although different countries have different regulations when it comes to peoples safety you can’t go overboard. But this area will need researching as your property might need a small redevelopment to comply with health and safety laws.Accepting Payments If your agent takes your booking they will probably also deal with the payment and collect a deposit and full payment before they leave.  If you achieve a booking through your online advertisement you will need to consider how you will collect payment.  This can be done through direct bank transfer or through a 3rd party online merchant. Some online merchants such as PayaPal offer online fraud protection.  This means you are protected from customers who use unwarranted and stolen credit cards.  Nevertheless care should be taken when accepting payments. These are just a few points for consideration aimed to help you reckon about renting your property abroad.  If in doubt, always research into doing something before doing really doing it.

If you’ve got money to invest in property, there’s more than one option open to you.
You mostly hear about people buying a house, doing it up and then selling it on or renting it out.
But you could also do the same with property abroad. Or an increasingly well loved way to make money is by renting property to businesses.
New research by lenders Mortgage Trust shows more than one in four landlords are looking to get into corporate rents, which includes commercial buildings as well as leasing domestic properties to executives who have went from other parts of the UK.
At the start of 2007, that figure was just 14 per cent according to its research. Now it stands at 27%.
Much of this growing interest is because you can make more money renting property in this way, especially if you can afford to buy a commercial building.
Businesses tend to demand high standards. And if you can provide, they will pay handsomely for it.
On top of higher rents, a company is much more likely to stay in a building for a longer period of time. If you reckon how much hassle it is for you to go house, it’s ten times the pain for a business.
When your tenant does go, they are less likely to do a runner than people renting property might do, leaving you with a mess to sort out. This is right for domestic as well as commercial rents. And businesses are more likely to place the building back to the state it was when they went in.
Some landlords hope that down the line they can sell their investment property to the tenants.
If you are interested in buying a commercial building as an investment, you need to approach it a small differently to when you are renting property domestically.
First off you must look very carefully at the location of your potential investment, and consider the type of business that might rent it from you.
Companies that use warehousing will need brilliant transport links, plus lots of cheap space. Whereas a business that has lots of staff and clients visiting the premises will be more interested in a smart looking building and plenty of parking spaces.
The trick is to find a balance between the likely cost of the premises, the features of the building and the location.
Next up you should look at the infrastructure on offer. A building will have more appeal if it has modern network cabling in place, plus a excellent security system. The building should already have smoke detectors and other safety features such as fire extinguishers, as these are required by law.
One smart tip that will help you maximize your profits from renting property to businesses is to look at how you can make better use of the space you have bought. For example, if you have a tall building, could you install a mezzanine floor to double the floor space available?
Is there wasted space in the loft or associated outbuildings that can be converted? The more floor space you have, the more monthly rent you will get.
It will be harder to do this work if you buy the building with tenants already in. If the building is empty it will be simpler, plus you can throw the cost of improvements into any borrowing you are doing to fund the buy price.
Finally, before you shell out for your building, find a commercial estate agent you trust to work with you as a partner. Not only will they offer plenty of advice on the best way to get a excellent monthly income from the building, but they may act as a property finder for other businesses – matching renters with tenants.
This could be a powerful weapon for you in marketing your new commercial building, and getting tenants renting property quickly.

If you can’t sell your house or if you don’t want to sell it at a rock bottom price (especially if you’re not buying somewhere else) then you may have to become a landlord.  This scenario is not uncommon for those whose employment relocates or those who have new commitments outside their home area. 

The tough start is that you already have a property to rent.  Professional landlords buy a property having researched the local area and know what their target tenants are: students near a university, professionals near the city, etc.  But, as your starting point is your property you will need to research what tenants are likely to be attracted to your house and then mould your property accordingly.

Contact your mortgage provider to check whether you need to switch to a buy-to-let loan or whether you can continue with your current mortgage.  You will also need to say your insurers who will need to change the policy.

This figure also needs to cover gas and electricity safety certificates, repairs and maintenance.

You may need to be flexible on the rental payments – it’s better to have excellent tenants at a slightly lower rate, rather than an empty property, or tenants that say they’ll pay but then don’t pay.

If you are redecorating your property to rent out, make it neutral, do not personalise it.  You need to prepare your property to be run as a business.  In your mind, change the word “home” for “property”.  It will help you become detached from your ancient home and help you run your property cost effectively.

If you are adding or changing fixtures do it properly and use excellent quality materials.  People don’t want to live in shabby accommodation and remember that you are competing for a excellent tenant.   Excellent tenants want excellent accommodation.  The better quality fixtures will also last longer and so lower your maintenance costs.  When you choose tenants and if you are not using a letting agency you  should vet your tenants (or pay for the service through the National Landlords Association).  Be sure to get references from tenants and check them.

Always treat tenants and potential tenants with respect: get back to their enquiries quickly and politely, repair what needs repairing.  Maintaining a excellent relationship with tenants is a business solution and makes the whole process less stressful and simpler to manage.  In turn, but, do not let your tenants pay rent late – you need to have clear boundaries and once they’ve paid their rent late once, it could easily happen again.

If you don’t want to manage the property, then consider using a lettings agency which will cost you around 10-15% of the rental income.  But, if you do this, make sure you keep an eye on the agency and check that they are doing their job in getting back to the tenants as you would like them to.  Check what the contracted tie in is, as if you’re miserable with their service, you might then want to do the job yourself and do it according to your own standards.

You need to know the rules and regulations regarding health and safety, insurance and tax.  For tax you may need to use an accountant for the first year or so to know what you can and can’t claim for.

The key to renting out your home is to view your property as the tool for business.  Look after it and attract and maintain excellent tenants.  Do your homework, be prepared to place some time and energy into the business and make it work.

When renting out a house or flat, it’s sometimes not the best thought to buy expensive items of furniture to have inside it, especially when you may wish to update it with time and change it now and again to not only appear more modern but to be groundbreaking new and fresh looking.

Purchasing new items each time you want a change, can result in a hefty price and if you leave it too long in-between getting the new furniture, it can start to look ancient fashioned, drab and in an unhealthy condition.

The best advice is to buy furniture that you have for a small amount of time and updates with modern times along with the people who will be renting your flat and using it.

In other words furniture rental or furniture hire is your answer and in particular, beds could be the most useful thing to hire from companies too.

With the latest creations and comfortable designs there is every type of bed available to suit the room it is placed in. You could also rent out sofa beds too to make a room look tidier when the bed is tucked away and expand the abilities for guests etc to stay over.

With furniture rental you can state how long you want the items for and when you want them picked up and a majority of the companies help to set up the furniture pieces when they arrive and dissemble them.

When the time is up or fashion had changed you can then swap in your beds for a more modern design and not have the hassle of trying to rid of the ancient items.

You could even hire bunk beds for a small period of time to attract different types of clients or special support beds to buy for the elderly or less able clients.

If you want to make a huge difference in a small amount of time you could also hire just the mattresses and keep the original head board and frame, or alternatively keep the mattress and keep hiring the frame and headboard whenever you feel like a change

People interested in renting, selling or buying various properties overseas are commonly faced with a wide range of difficulties such as language barrier impediments, limited market evaluation possibilities, as well as poor access to information regarding the advantages and disadvantages of closing a certain deal on foreign land. In order to get the best out of a given transaction, one generally needs to spend a lot of time and invest a lot of effort in doing the required price-service research, carefully analyzing the benefits and the minuses of choosing one offer over another. Whether you wish to sell, buy or rent apartments, villas, houses or land in remote locations, the recommended thing to do is request the services of a reliable third-party. With the help of a solid Real Estate company, you will be able to quickly find the best apartments and villas to rent or buy, and you will also receive proper help and counseling on selling such properties.

There are various Real Estate companies and agencies out there that provide customers with high-quality services that account for the subtleties of finding and closing the best Real Estate deal overseas. The trick is to find the company that best satisfies your needs and requirements, the company that can help you achieve your goals in exchange for affordable price packages. In order to obtain the best results, you should consider employing the services of a Real Estate company that sustains and promotes its activity via the Internet. This way you will be able to achieve a better exposure for the properties you wish to offer for sale or rental, and also keep track of other properties if you are interested in buying or renting. Efficient Real Estate companies offer clients the opportunity to browse through an extensive and well-structured database of classified ads and submit their own announcements online, free of charge or in exchange of previously established monthly or annual fees.

Classified ads are properly categorized into multiple sections, include descriptions of the properties available for sale or rental and are also accompanied by suggestive images, helping customers form an thought about each individual advertisement. If you are looking to buy or rent apartments, villas, houses, townhouses or land overseas, simply use the classified ads feature and find the announcements that best satisfy your needs. Once you have found the most appropriate house, apartment or villa to rent, all you need to do is contact the ads’ submitter and negotiate the terms of the transaction. Similarly, if you are interested in selling such properties, write and submit your own ads and you will be contacted by potential clients.

Greatly simplifying the process of closing effective Real Estate transactions and helping customers overcome the difficulties of buying, selling or renting apartments, villas, houses and other properties overseas – reliable, competitive and cost-effective Property Management Services are an vital feature you should look for before deciding to collaborate with a Real Estate company. Such services usually include: accommodation services, property services (client meeting, security, cleaning), property research services, legal services, translation services, chauffer services and many more.

Depending on factors such as the type of the transaction and the location of the property you are interested in buying or renting, you should request an appropriate package of services that can help you overcome the difficulties of the deal. For instance, a excellent lawyer can inform you about the hidden costs behind the transaction, such as local taxes. Another advantage of having a excellent lawyer is that it can accelerate the process of closing the deal by taking care of all the required documents. In addition to employing reliable legal services, you should also consider hiring efficient translation services when renting or buying properties overseas. Such services will take care of translating all the documents you require, thus overcoming the language barriers you may come across when renting and buying properties overseas.

Before closing a deal, it is also advised to use the services of an experienced surveyor. Once hired, surveyors perform elaborate on-site investigations, verifying the condition of the property, establishing an estimate on the overall value of the property and providing clients with concrete information about the advantages and disadvantages of the transaction. Surveyors are vital for people interested in buying or renting apartments, villas, houses, townhouses or land overseas, as their report clearly reveals the worth of a certain deal.

A more consistent report generally includes the following: information on the location of the property, amenities (swimming pool, gardens, view, tennis court, etc), the materials used in building the property, the condition of the property (substantial or negligible faults, results of testing the interior structure for dampness, information regarding the existence and condition of the drainage system, insulation and damp-proofing), repair costs, the precise value of the property on both the local and open markets, recommendations for further specific inspections, etc. With the help of an extensive survey report, the client can easily prepare his next actions and choose whether to close the deal for the initially established price, renegotiate its terms and costs, or even cancel a problematic deal.

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You sit in your Dallas living room in keen anticipation. After eighteen years of care and compassion, your son or daughter is days away from high school graduation. Before that monumental day comes another one that is nearly as vital, and that is prom. Tonight is that pleased event. If you are a parent, you want to honor your child and ensure that they have a memorable night. You also, but, want to make sure that your beloved child travels safely to and from this fun event. You have done that by hiring a luxury stretch Dallas limousine, and they are minutes away from whisking your son or daughter and his or her date to dinner and the dance. There are several fantastic reasons for choosing a DFW Limousine for your student’s huge night.

You can expect a full luxury experience when you travel in a Dallas limo. Top-quality luxury stretch limousines often offer mood lighting, which your young adult will delight in. Many limousines also come with flat-screen televisions, CD and DVD players, so they can listen to their favorite music and watch movies as they travel around town. They will bask in the glamor of a special “wedding door,” which will allow them to make a Hollywood exit as they leave the vehicle to enter the restaurant or dance. All of these small extras are what they will remember when you hire a luxury stretch dallas limousine.

Another fun aspect that a luxury limousine can offer your young adult that an ordinary car cannot is that a limousine can hold several people. Many high schoolers like attending events in groups, and it makes it even more fun for them to travel together to dinner and the dance in a stretch limousine. Dallas limousine services can be cost-effective if several parents pitch in to cover the rental fee, making it highly affordable for everyone to experience the luxury of a limousine.

All parents worry about the safety of their young drivers on a night that has too often been associated with underage drinking and driving. Even with no drinking, underage drivers do not always exercise caution when they get behind the wheel, and this can be exacerbated in a party atmosphere. With a Dallas Limo Rental instead of worrying,you can add a fun aspect to your son or daughter’s evening and also make sure that they are safe. Leave the driving to a professionally trained experienced chauffeur who is familiar with the area where your young adult will travel, and have a stress-free experience. Delight in prom night by providing your son or daughter with a memorable evening that is both fun and safe through the use of a luxury Dallas limousine service.

If you want to rent a property out, you are likely to have to do this for six months or more. You will also need to incur costs to let the property legally such as:-

You also need to bear in mind that if you take a tenant on, you will need:-1.    An up to date tenancy agreement.2.    To protect deposits in a tenancy deposit scheme.3.    To carry out credit checks on the tenant. You can legally do all this yourself, but if it’s your first time, it’s wise to use a recognised service as otherwise you may fall foul of the law or end up with a tenant that causes more hassle than it’s worth.  When the tenant moves in, you’ll need to:- 1.    Make sure all furniture and appliances are checked independently to meet fire safety legislation. 2.    Have an inventory, ideally from a member of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC).3.    Secure specialist buy to let insurance to protect the property from rogue tenants and any hurt. Finally, remember that any excess rental income versus allowable costs your parent receives could be taxable, so you’ll need to check this out too!Need more help on renting out an owned property, then take a look at my Letting a Home: Top Ten Dos and Don’ts.Read my next article in the series What to do if a lone parent is went into a residential/nursing home permanently.

Many investors choose to rent out properties that they buy to make their investment count.  This may seem like a simple thing to do, but there is quite a bit that goes into renting properties that you need to gain knowledge about.  You can make money by being a landlord and renting out properties, but there are some things that you need to keep in mind if you are considering renting out your properties.

Realize that it is a business and, as such, you need to make all your decisions with this in mind.  This includes choosing the properties and choosing your tenants to ensure that you will have the best potential possible for profit.

When choosing a house, don?t let your likes override your common sense.  Choosing a house just because it is cute will not ensure that you make money.  You want to buy a house that will allow you to make a ten to twelve percent return on your investment, rather than just buying one because you like the look of it.  The investment potential should be more vital than the curb appeal.

Consider location.  When looking for rental properties, you want to be sure that you consider the location of the property that you are considering.  By purchasing properties that are near a university, hospital, or schools, you can nearly certainly ensure that you will have a steady stream of tenants for the property.

Pay less than market value.  In this time, you certainly want to pay less than market value for your rental properties.  This should not be very hard right now with the real estate market the way that it is.  Look for foreclosures, HUD houses, and VA-repossessed homes to find the best deal for you.

Have a home inspection done.  You want to be sure that you have a home inspection done on any property that you are considering.  This will allow you to know about any issues with the home before you buy, so that you can determine if it is a excellent deal or not.

Check references on any renters that you are considering.  You want to be sure that you not only get references, but you also check them.  This will help you to determine if they are a renter that you want to rent to and whether they will be dependable in paying their rent.

By learning more about being a landlord and choosing rental properties, you will be able to determine if it is right for you.  The more knowledge that you gain and use, the better the chance that you will make a profit in the future.