Croydon landlord conference

Croydon Council are inviting local landlords to attend a free conference promoting the advantages of working with the council when renting out properties.

"The conference is a great opportunity for landlords to find out about the benefits of working with the council to rent their properties. We can find suitable tenants and ensure that the renting process is smooth and hassle-free." commented Councillor Dudley Mead, the cabinet member for housing.

"The council needs more homes, which is why we have some great schemes available with a range of fantastic benefits."

The conference is set to take place from 3.15pm to 6.30pm on Wednesday, 15 January, at the Community Space in Bernard Weatherill House, Mint Walk, Croydon and any landlords interested can email - landlords@croydon.gov.uk to book a place.

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Are property investment courses worth it?

We recently had a post on our forum asking the question are buy-to-let investment courses worth paying for?  The short answer is NO and here's why:

•  They are run by people who have no professional background in the area that they profess to be expert in.  They are simply 'average Joes' who may have brought a few properties and now think or try and maintain that they are a property mogul and experts and charge you to tell you how you too could be a fabulous success .....just like them.
• They are normally overpriced and tell you pretty obvious things that you can find out for free on dare I say it websites like Property Hawk.
• The people running the courses will try and then cross sell you services and products with a dubious list of characters who see naive property investors as easy prey.  You won't get a good deal and you probably will end up with something you neither want or need.

If you are going to spend out money on doing a landlord related course I would advise going on something like a RLA run course teaching you the legals of letting property.

You don't need to spend hundreds if not thousands listening to some self proclaimed property messiah to tell you what you probably already know.  So save your money and put it towards a bigger deposit.  That's your first lesson over and it will cost you just a mere thousand pounds.  Cheques payable to Property Hawk enterprises!

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Landlord workshops

Any landlord interested in improving their knowledge about renting out property in the Nottingham area may be interested in the following seminars being put on by Fidler and Pepper.

The first looks at the legal obligations of renting out property and the second deals with non paying and removal of tenants.

The seminars are scheduled to last an 1 and a half hours and cost a very reasonable £15.

For more details go to their website.

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