Product Description

Want to know how to let property successfully? Whether you're new to letting or more experienced, this book is for you. David Lawrenson has 20 years' experience as a landlord. He tells you what you really need to know to make money in buy-to-let. Packed with facts, his book explains how you can:

Buy the right type of property in the right location, at auction, through an estate agent, privately or 'off plan'.

Get the best deals from builders, developers, architects, surveyors and solicitors.

Use a letting agency or do it yourself.

Prepare the right form of tenancy agreement and comply with all the letting laws.

Reference your tenants thoroughly so you don't get the tenant from hell.

Keep your tenants happy and your property let all the time.

Buy and let abroad with confidence.

Let your property free of income tax and capital gains tax.

So follow David's advice and keep the rent rolling in!

FULLY UPDATED FOR 2006 - new edition satisfies all the latest legal and financial considerations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1027 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2008
This is mandatory reading, full of invaluable information.
Lawrenson leaves no stone unturned.

National Landlord's Association, October 2005
A practical and extremely detailed guide for landlords...crammed full of tips.

Landlord Law, November 2005
interesting and useful... particularly [for] those new to the business

Customer Reviews

Invaluable advice - helps avoid all the pitfalls and mantraps
For those looking to embark on a letting project or expand on a a small property portfolio, this concise tome is an essential companion. The book contains lots of step by step guidelines to ensure the reader is aware of factors they may otherwise overlook and help avoid potentially expensive and worrysome situations. Very detailed with being fussy.

Successful Property Letting: Review
Being a Chartered Surveyor and having worked in the rented property sector myself 20 years ago, I thought that I knew enough to be enter the buy-to-let world without the need for help. Reading David's book made me realize how wrong I was !! This book is essential for both new starters and for old hands in the buy-to-let world, and gives practical advice on all aspects of residential property letting in an easy-to-read format. Great value for money.

Excellent book! The best I've read on the subject
This book is really good. It's very readable, in easy to find sections and he goes into a great deal of detail without lots of unnecessary waffle. He gives a lot of common sense advice and covers all aspects of property investing, not just the merits of doing it, but everything else, from finding property to becoming a landlord and the legal side of that. A very good read, highly recommended.