Letting Agents Wanted ............. In the last Update, I asked for recommendations for GOOD Letting Agents and here are some of your responses... ______ Like you I was helping Allan, my youngest son to look for a rental property in Edinburgh and was totally disgusted and flabergasted by the standard of properties, lack of adherence to legislation and rogue landlords and appauling letting agents in the city. One arranged for us to view a property and when we arrived there a tenant was already in situ who had just moved in 2 weeks previously......and I had driven up from Kelso to look at it with him. Another was advertised as "refurbished....must be seen" again I drove up to look at it with him and it was disgusting and had never seen a paintbrush let alone a cleaner in the last year or two at least!! Eventually we did get him a decent flat which in fact is owned by an Edinburgh solicitor personally, what a joke the paperwork he produced, not a registered landlord and I needed to keep him right on the safety checks, EPC etc he needed to get carried out!!!! How are they getting away with it???!!! All in all I felt so good about my own Letting Agency......proved to me that we are streaks ahead of the City in the standard of properties we offer, effeciency of service provided to landlord & tenant and making sure all our paperwork, leases, safety checks etc etc are in order. Claremont Properties launched in Edinburgh a few months ago adding to the already great reputation that we have in the Borders and know we can offer a better service in Edinburgh than exists there at present......how they are getting away with it beggars belief!!! So I would like to recommend my own agency to anyone looking for a good agent in Edinburgh!!!!" Elaine Kellington - Partner Claremont Properties Letting Management 01573 228468 or 07818 433 825------------------------ I concur with your thoughts on the poor service that letting agents offer to both landlords and tenants and we constantly hear horror stories from both parties of how lazy/greedy agents just do not seem to care.This leads to the industry getting a bad name. We believe that we are one of the best agents in Glasgow and that both tenants’ and landlords’ requirements are professionally managed. The business now manages in excess of 350 properties on behalf of over 200 landlords and the majority of this business has come from word of mouth and referrals. 1 Stop Properties 0141 550 5260 (I have known both Elaine and Willie for a number of years and would have no hesitate in recommending these companies - Clare) --------------------- "Hi Claire - for Dundee landlords I highly recommend the Letting Agent CITY KEYS Lyndsey Hedges Email: lyndsey@citykeys.co.uk Tel: 01382 202123 Web: www.citykeys.co.uk (Recommended by Joanna Gibbings) "Great to get another invaluable newsletter. I read with interest (but no surprise) about yours and others experiences of Private Landlords and Letting agents. I run Click-Let Ltd, based in Edinburgh with around 460 properties. I believe that we deliver an excellent service to both Landlords and tenants, everything is by the book. From a tenant perspective we retain very few deposits and where these have been disputed we refer the tenants to the private rental sector in Edinburgh Council. We have never been told that we have unfairly withheld any funds. From a Landlord point of view we track the reason for every Landlord leaving us and in less than 5% of cases is it because they feel that they have had a poor service. In most of these cases I could happily discuss each case with an independent person and strongly believe that we would be considered not to be at fault. All this for an unbelievable Mgt fee of 9.75% + VAT. I have a fantastic team of well trained, motivated and capable staff of whom I am very proud. Why not give us a try :-) Stewart PittMD Click-Let Ltd |
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 Australian Property Investor, Rick Otton, will be in Edinburgh next week. It's just been confirmed to me that the Rick Otton live event will take place at the Pentland Suite of the Edinburgh Marriot Hotel on Friday 25th September. Attendees are asked to turn up at 7 for 7.30pm for registration, with the event starting at 8pm prompt. Rick will speak for about an hour and a half and will stay in the hotel for a couple of hours afterwards to answer questions. If you would like to know how to 'buy a house for a POUND' (and who wouldn't), then get along the The Marriott, Glasgow Road, Edinburgh next Friday evening. |
LifeLastingSuccessSeminars DUBLIN - OCTOBER 9-11th  Bob Proctor, star of The Secret, is widely considered one of the greatest speakers in the world on the topic of getting rich. He teaches people how to understand their hidden abilities to do more, be more and have more in every area of life. His teachings are based on Napolean Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, and his delivery is second to none! Brad Sugars, is a world-renowned entrepreneur, author of Billionaire in Training is also on the programme along with many other world renowned speakers and experts in business. |
 Australia's leading female entrepreneur.... Jennie Armato - Internet Marketing & Social Media Queen is also on the programme and you are warmly invited to come along and hear her speak. .......... The event being organised by my good friends Gary McGeown, Donna Kennedy and Pat Slattery (who many of you know from the August event in Edinburgh). *Internet Marketing, When I attended Empire Events last seminar in February this year, I was privileged to meet Mark Victor Hansen and came away from that event not only energised physically but with a different mindset that has helped me put new strategies in place which are now starting to come together. I cannot recommend this event enough and, even though you may need to travel to Dublin, the costs are not prohibitive and your are guaranteed to have a fantastic weekend. Tickets are ONLY €197 and you can bring a guest along for FREE!! BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT |
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As one of our guest speakers at next month's WAE event, I'm sure you won'd mind me giving another recommendation for Debra Rice's new book.. "HMOs - The Cash Generators." This book provides all that you need to know about moving forward with your HMO Investment Property Portfolio. You can be reading this book within minutes! If you like what Debs has to say, you will no doubt want to get a copy of her book on the night... OR...you can get an advance copy NOW!! |
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**NEW** Richbrits Investment Club in association with TICN ______________ I would like to extend a very warm welcome to the 17 new members of the Richbrits Investment Club. Last month, 10 students completed the TICN-MMCP (Making Money with Careful Planning) course in Edinburgh with 6 new members undertaking the course this weekend at the Marriott Hotel (I think we should buy shares in the Marriott Group)!! There will be an informal club meeting next Tuesday evening (22nd) to allow everyone to get to know each other better and to review what we have all learned about the stockmarket so far. The Club Membership is restricted to 19 so if you are seriously considering getting into the Stock Market, then I recommend that you do this within the safety of an Investment Club until such times as you feel confident about trading alone. Contact me for more details, but be quick as there are only two places left!! clare@richbrits.co.uk See more info on the Richbrits Website |
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 PROPERTY MATTERS Holyrood’s programme for Scotland 2009-2010 The Scottish Government's programme for Scotland 2009-2010, “Towards a More Successful Scotland”, has been published. The document sets out the legislation for the coming year, as well as summarising the key achievements and main goals for the future. The 13 proposed bills for this parliamentary session contain proposals which will impact on property businesses in the following areas: Alcohol control; The construction of the new Forth Crossing; The end of the right-to-buy for all new social housing; The setting of efficiency targets for Scotland to reduce energy consumption in homes and commercial properties. Details of the programme are available on the Scottish Government’s website accessible here .............................................. |
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