tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post72966140500295936..comments2023-05-18T10:37:34.608+01:00Comments on <a href="http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com">Retirement Investing Today</a>: Now I’m Being Asked to Encourage My Own Rent IncreasesRetirementInvestingTodayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-76529540329825116432013-08-13T15:01:50.948+01:002013-08-13T15:01:50.948+01:00I'm on the other side of the equation. I got i...I'm on the other side of the equation. I got into letting accidentally through personal circumstances (being abroad for one thing), not as a business. I use an agent because I don't have the time to manage my property myself, nor the time or ability to assess tenants or evict them if necessary. Haven't had a rent increase for 2 years. AST doesn't seem very secure for a tenant.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871618901190898384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-3575602505568120772013-08-09T21:46:17.799+01:002013-08-09T21:46:17.799+01:00"I can't understand why people use lettin..."I can't understand why people use letting agents": in our case it was because we were abroad.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-44081185527383792432013-08-09T10:01:40.923+01:002013-08-09T10:01:40.923+01:00This is the UK's "dynamic and fast growin...This is the UK's "dynamic and fast growing" service sector in action<br /><br />Other elements include financial and legal services etc.<br /><br />It looks okay on a GDP schedule as the amount of revenue it generates goes up every year<br /><br />In reality its just parasitic off the general population and is reliant on a steady stream of foreign investment and immigration to keep Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-2218472410899986502013-08-09T09:13:40.456+01:002013-08-09T09:13:40.456+01:00I am a landlord and I can't understand why peo...I am a landlord and I can't understand why people use letting agents . they just seem to add to the problems for the landlord and the tenant. <br />I normally set the rent at just bellow market rent for good tenants and as high as I can for the occasional bad tenant. <br />Setting rent to high just makes people look elsewhere. Stevenoreply@blogger.com