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SPECIAL FEATURE: Finding a Tenant

Dealing with Lettings Agents

from "UK Landlord" magazine, January 2007

While many landlords advertise, let and manage their rental properties themselves, there may be good reasons to use a lettings agent. The time and stress involved in finding tenants and running a property or a property portfolio should not be underestimated, and landlords who do not live near to all their rental properties find they cannot always be available to let or manage the property effectively.

Attention to the detail of your contractual arrangement with lettings agents is essential. This article guides landlords in the specifics of dealing with lettings agents so that the landlord-agent relationship is harmonious and of mutual benefit.