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Welcome from the Editor:

Welcome to the July 2007 issue of the LandlordZONE Newsletter.

We won't be sending out a full Newsletter in August as its holiday time, but we will send out a brief mailing with some information for our subscribers.

With this mailing we have just topped 20,000 subscribers.  Also, due to increasing traffic to LandlordZONE we have this month switched to a larger dedicated server.

This has been a substantial investment on our part and has not been without its technical problems, but we are hopeful that when everything settles down we’ll have a much faster service.

The LandlordZONE Question and Answer Forum now has over 6,000 members and is without doubt the busiest of its kind in the UK—there are constantly well over 100 visitors at any one time.

This issue looks at rent arrears and debt collection. As storm clouds appear to be gathering on the horizon—see News Items Page 5—it’s perhaps an opportune time to consider what to do if times get tough—and every landlord’s nightmare—no rent.

Tom Entwistle, Editor.

Rent Arrears and Debt Collection

If you're a landlord, or in any other business, sooner or later someone will owe you money. Whilst we can sympathise with those in financial difficulties, it's often futile to prolong the agony; the banks certainly don't, so why should you?

Dealing with rent arrears is about objectively assessing the situation and developing a strategy to deal with it. Residential lettings and commercial lettings are different when it comes to dealing with rent arrears and debt.

Read the FULL Newsletter to find out more...

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An initiative by Award Winning Landlord Mortgages. The service is very flexible and provides effective property management at a fraction of the cost of traditional Letting Agents.  

Landlord Manager uses a simple user interface to allow you to record property income and expenditure for up to 100 properties. With numerous drill down facilities, reports and graphs you can easily track the progress of your rented property. 

Business Accountz is for Sole Proprietors, Partnerships and Limited Companies and is ideal for service based businesses such as Landlords and Property Investors. Unique one-click VAT Return. No confusing jargon. Fast and dead easy to use. Mac OSX 10.4+, Windows Vista/XP, Linux. Pro version available Summer 2007 adds Stock Control and Multi-company. 

Advertise your properties quickly and easily, for just £5 per property per month. (Discounts are available for bulk uploads and long advertising periods).
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• We display performance reports and track the enquiries made by students about your properties
• 1000s of emails are sent by our student visitors to landlords on our site everyday.
• Over 5000 student landlords already registered and using our site. 

A straightforward guide to recovering debts. It explains the different techniques of chasing money due from commercial customers and consumers. It's an essential guide for small businesses who need guidance on the legal procedure for pursuing a debt through the county court. It also examines the ways to reduce the number of bad debts. 

LandlordZONE is supporting London Landlords’ Day - Thursday 6th September at Olympia. This event, in its eight year, is produced by Accession UK, organisers of the Landlord Show.  London Landlords’ Day is supported by the London Landlord Partnership, London Landlord Accreditation Scheme and various London universities and councils. 

The Property Investor Show is the largest dedicated property investment event held in the UK each year and, following its highly successful 2006 exhibition, returns to ExCeL London for a 6th year in September (21st -23rd). The show is the dedicated property event for serious buyers. So if you are considering buying residential or commercial property for investment purposes - in the UK or abroad - The Property Investor Show will answer all of your questions. 

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Property Tax Portal was founded in September 2003 by Amer Siddiq who is the managing director. Amer, a former IT professional and property investor himself, is supported by a team of highly qualified tax professionals. They produce the respected Landlords Property Tax Manager Software and now run regular Tax Seminars for Landlords and Property Investors. The website is packed full of useful information and products to help minimise your tax payments.  

An independent property mortgage and property finance web portal - off-shoot of the well known LandlordZONE® Rental Property Knowledge website, established in 1999. The site contains all the help and investment finance information you should ever need to guide you through the process of successful property investment and securing competitive property finance. 

Successful Landlords know that Tenant Screening is "the" most important task when letting property. Tenant Verifying - doing credit searches and tenant referencing is the core of the tenant screening process.  Nice Car, Nice Suit, Nice Chat... No Rent!  Don't take chances - have those tenants checked out professionally!