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Rent Guarantee for Cardiff Property producing Negative Cash Flow

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Rent Guarantee for Cardiff Property producing Negative Cash Flow

Are you a landlord or property investor with a lemon property investment in Cardiff or South Wales? Don’t worry you are not alone!

But first what’s a “lemon” property?

According to investopedia a “lemon” investment is a very disappointing investment. A lemon is an investment in which your expected return wasn’t even close to being achieved, and more than likely ended up losing you some or all of the capital committed. Lemon investments can be associated with poor money management, economic factors, financial fraud or just plain bad luck.

So from a property perspective a “lemon property” is a property that is either in negative equity and/or producing negative cash flow on a monthly or annual basis. As we said if you have a “lemon” property in Cardiff you are not alone, thanks to the over development of Cardiff Bay.

There are literally hundreds of landlords and property investors who bought a “lemon” off plan during the Cardiff Bay property development boom when developers were offering cash back incentives. Now thanks to the huge over supply on new build apartments many of the Cardiff property investors and landlords who bought off plan find themselves with substantial negative equity.

It’s not just homeowners, landlords and investors who purchased property in Cardiff Bay who maybe the proud owner of a “lemon”. As we have already said it is not just negative equity, but also negative cash flow that turns your property investment into a lemon!

Negative Cash Flow

It sounds simple but negative cash flow is when the rent received by a landlord or property investor is less than the total monthly outgoings of the property. Prior to 2007/2008 many property investors and landlords weren’t overly concerned if their “lemon” property was producing negative cash flow as they believed equity growth far outstripped the shortfall caused by negative cash flow, but how times have changed!

Causes of Negative Cash Flow

There are numerous reasons why a property may produce negative cash flow on a monthly or annual basis.

These include:

  • Leasehold management charges
  • Maintenance issues
  • Void periods
  • Rental arrears
  • Drop in Local Housing Allowance (LHA)
  • Benefit caps

Future causes of negative cash flow:

  • Interest rate rises
  • Moving from a fixed rate mortgage to a Standard Variable Rate (SVR)
  • Unable to switch to a better mortgage rate
  • Universal Credit (UC)

Don’t worry if you are a Cardiff home owner, landlord or property investor with a “lemon” as Rent Guarantee Cardiff have a number of solutions that can help immediately if you are in negative equity and/or producing negative cash flow.

For a no obligation consultation and to discuss how Rent Guarantee Cardiff can unburden the load of negative equity and stress of a property that produces negative cash flow, contact us today:

Cardiff Letting Agents with a Difference

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Cardiff letting agents with a difference

Rent Guarantee Cardiff are lettings agents but with a difference. We are run by an experienced portfolio landlord with a mix of property in Cardiff, across South Wales and London. We have a wealth of experience of managing a variety of properties, across several locations and dealing with the full spectrum of tenant demographics including housing benefit, LHA, professional tenants and students.

 How do we differ from other Cardiff Lettings Agents?

Our business model turns the traditional letting agency on its head. First of all we don’t charge any tenant finder’s fees, no monthly management fees or inventory fees. So absolutely no fees for you to pay!

Secondly, we take ALL the risk out of renting property as we guarantee you a set amount of rent on the same day of each month, whether you property is tenanted or not. There is no need to worry about tenants falling into arrears and never have to worry about the headache and the expense of tenant evictions.

To make things simple Rent Guarantee Cardiff offer a fully transparent service taking on board all the bad bits associated with renting a property, so landlords in Cardiff and across South Wales can concentrate on all the good bits of owning a rental property, a guaranteed rental income on the same day each month while sitting back and watching your property investment appreciate.

Rent Guarantee Cardiff unique business model also enables us to offer up to 90% of the open market rent through our guaranteed rental scheme which enable us to provide our landlords on average 20% more rental income than a traditional Cardiff letting Agents.

So if you are a landlord in Cardiff or have investment property elsewhere in South Wales and would like somebody else to deal with the bad bits, so you can concentrate on the good bits, why not get in contact today?

Are You Prepared For Your Next Void Period?

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Are you prepared for your next void period? A study by the National Landlords Association is found that a staggering 90% of private landlords say they haven’t factored in the financial impacts of void periods when letting their property.

Of the private landlords surveyed when questioned how they propose to cover the cost of a rental void 19% responded by using their day job earnings, 17% when questioned would use existing savings and a 16% said they would just accept the fact their property was not let.

34% of landlords who responded to the NLA survey said they had experienced a void period in the last 12 months.

According to the NLA, the findings suggest that a significant number of landlords may not have a business plan in place when they start letting.

“It’s imperative that prospective landlords don’t underestimate what they’re getting into,” said Carolyn Uphill, chairman of the NLA.

“We’ve always said that being a landlord is a business and to run it successfully means you have to plan for the future to make sure you avoid the pitfalls such as voids.

“We recommend budgeting for 10 months’ rent in any 12-month period to allow for missed rental payments and voids. It’s also essential that landlords carry out checks on potential tenants to minimise their risk of non-payment.”

At Rent Guarantee Cardiff we provide private landlords with an alternative solution , our guaranteed rental scheme is the perfect way to eliminate the void periods, while ensuring your property is managed by a professional Welsh accredited landlord.

If you have a property in Cardiff or across South Wales and would like to find out how you can eliminate void periods while not incurring any agents and management fees, please complete the short contact form below: