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Cardiff Landlords Does Your Tenant Pay The Rent on Time?

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Cardiff landlords does your tenant pay the rent on time?

As landlords and property managers we all know how infuriating it is when your tenant doesn’t pay the rent on time. The time consuming process begins: making phone calls, sending texts and emails which often go unanswered. The longer the calls, texts and emails go unanswered as landlords we become anxious and begin to doubt whether the tenant going to pay?

 What is the solution?

If you are a landlord with an investment property in Cardiff or other areas of South Wales, we can guarantee your rent is paid on the same day every month as we become your tenant. No more wasting time on the phone calling, texting or emailing your tenant chasing the rent. No more anxious waits and sleepless nights wondering if your rent is going to be paid.

At Rent Guarantee Cardiff we ensure you are paid on the same day every month with no void periods and no tenant hassle and best of all absolutely no set up fees or management fees!

Using Rent Guarantee Cardiff we guarantee to increase your rental income by at least 20% if you currently use a Cardiff letting agent to manage your buy to let investment property.

If you would like to discuss how Rent Guarantee Cardiff can provide a guaranteed rental income and ensure you never have to chase a late payment again, please complete the short contact form below:

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?

Cardiff Landlords Can Your Tenant Pay the Rent If They Are Made Unemployed?

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Cardiff landlords can your tenant pay the rent if they are made unemployed?

Unfortunately if your tenant is one of the 3.8 million households across the UK then chances are they can only pay their rent or mortgage commitments for a month after losing their job. Research by YouGov has found that almost four million households are just one payday from losing their home. An even more worrying statistic for landlords is the fact that 29 per cent of family’s 2.4 million households would face immediate eviction as they had no savings at all.

How can Cardiff Landlords Protect Themselves?

There are several options for landlords across Cardiff and South Wales to protect their property investment against rent arrears and voids periods. The first option is to purchase Rent Guarantee Insurance (RGI) which requires tenants to undergo and pass an in-depth credit reference and employment reference procedure. As with any insurance policy you must understand the T & C’s and there will be an insurance excess to pay, so landlords must keep money set aside to cover void periods until the Rent Guarantee Insurance (RGI) pays out.

A second option is to speak to a Rent Guarantee provider such as Rent Guarantee Cardiff; we provide landlords in Cardiff and across South Wales complete peace of mind by guaranteeing their rent for a set period of time, ensuring landlords receive their guaranteed rent on the same day each month with no set up costs or management fees. Unlike other rent guarantee providers who offer 70-75% of open market rent as a guarantee, Rent Guarantee Cardiff offer up to 90% open market rent.

Rent Guarantee Cardiff unique business model enables us to guarantee up to 90% open market rent, enabling Cardiff landlords and property investors to achieve a 20% increase of their rental income compared to using a traditional letting agent.  Plus you will never need to worry about evictions and legal costs, we cover that with at no extra cost.

If you are a landlord in Cardiff or other areas of South Wales and would like to discuss how much guaranteed rent we can offer you, please complete the short form below to receive a call from us:

Eliminating rent arrears caused by tenants using credit to pay the rent

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Eliminating rent arrears caused by tenants using credit to pay the rent

Research conducted by the Debt Advisory Centre has highlighted an alarming trend of UK adults borrowing money via credit cards and payday loans to pay their rent and mortgages. The survey found that 6.5% of adults have used some sort of credit or loan to pay the rent or their mortgage, what is even more worrying is the fact that this figure has double since August 2013.

The research also delves deeper as suggests that men are twice as likely as women to use credit to meet their rent or mortgage commitments and the figure rises to 10%, one in ten UK adults aged between 18 and 34.

Spokesman for Debt Advisory Centre Ian Williams said: “There is nothing more important than the roof over your head, so to learn that so many people feel they have to rely on credit to pay their mortgage or rent, and that this figure has risen, is extremely troubling.”

With credit card interest rates at around 30 per cent per annum and payday loan lenders charging thousands of per cent per year, it isn’t long before tenants relying on credit to pay their monthly rental commitments are able to pay and fall into arrears.

With the trend of tenants using lines of credit to pay the rent on the increase how can landlords across Cardiff and South Wales eliminate rent arrears?

An easy way is to contact Rent Guarantee Cardiff to discuss how we can guarantee your rental income ensuring the following:

  • You get paid your rent on the same day each month whether the tenant has paid or not
  • You receive your rent on the same day each month whether your property is tenanted or vacant

Rent Guarantee Cardiff is a specialist Cardiff Lettings Agency that provides all the same services as a traditional Lettings Agent but with no set up fees or management fees and we can pay up to 90% of the open market rent.

To discuss how Rent Guarantee Cardiff can offer you up to 90% open market rent and increase your rental income by at least 20% compared to a traditional Cardiff letting agent, complete the form below:

Rent Guarantee for Cardiff Local Housing Allowance & Housing Benefit Tenants

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Rent Guarantee for Cardiff Local Housing Allowance & Housing Benefit Tenants

Most landlords will run a mile at the mention of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and tenants on Housing Benefit (HB) and insurance companies just aren’t happy with the risk of providing rent guarantee insurance to this tenant demographic, but guess what at Rent Guarantee Cardiff we are more happy to provide landlords across Cardiff and South Wales a guaranteed rental income for a period of 3 years or more!

Yes, I will say it again, we will provide landlords across Cardiff and South Wales a guaranteed rental income for 3 or more years, with no set up costs, no managements fees or void periods even if your property is located in a predominately LHA area and only like to attract tenants on Housing Benefit!

This gets better as well! We can provide Cardiff landlords and property investors across South Wales with up to 90% of the open market rent each month on the same day, with no void periods, no council claw backs and no tenant interaction, what a dream!

Could renting your property get any better? We yes it can! On top of guaranteeing your rent for a period of 3 years or more, with no management fees or void periods we can also provide at least a 20% increase on your rental income over the 3 year period compared to a standard letting agent charging 10% management fees and 50% of the first month’s rent as a tenant find service. Take a look for yourself:

TRADITIONAL LETTING AGENT RENT GUARANTEE CARDIFF
Rent Agreed   £650.00 £585.00
– Agency Fee 10% + VAT £78.00 £0.00
– Guaranteed Rent Insurance 1.9% + VAT £14.82 £0.00
Net Rent to Landlord Rent After Monthly Fees £557.18 £585.00
3 Year Period Net Rent x 36 Months £20,058.48 £21,060.00
– Tenant Find & Set Up Fees 50% 1ST Months’ Rent + VAT (Assumes 3 Tenancies) £1,170.00 £0.00
– Typical Void Periods Over 3 Years 2 Months Out Of 36 £1,114.36 £0.00
– Inventory Costs Sign In & Out £150+ VAT (Assumes 3 Tenancies) £540.00 £0.00
Total Rent Received By Landlord Over 3 Years £17,234.12 £21,060.00
Average Monthly Rent Total rent Divided By 36 £478.73 £585.00
   
Extra earned renting with us £3,825.88
Extra Average Monthly Rent Earned With Us £106.27
Increase in rental income using our rent guarantee 22.20%

So let’s recap:

  • Yes, we will guarantee to pay you rent even if you property is in a predominately LHA area and likely to only attract tenants on Housing Benefit
  • You will not have to put your hand in your pocket to pay any set up fees, tenant finder fees or management costs
  • We guarantee you no void periods for the full 3 year term and will even cover any legal fees if we need to evict tenants
  • We guarantee you will have no interaction from the tenant regarding maintenance issues, we take care of that
  • Here’s the good bit again, we can offer up to 90% of the open market rent through our rent guarantee scheme
  • One more thing, we can increase your rental income by at least 20% if you are using a traditional letting agent

So if you are a Cardiff Landlord or South Wales property investor with a property either vacant now or with a tenancy coming up for renewal and the property is a Local Housing Allowance area and only likely to attract Housing Benefit tenants, why not contact us today and make your life a whole lot simpler

Guaranteed Rental Scheme Case Study: Helping with Negative Equity

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Our guaranteed rental scheme has benefited a number of Cardiff & South Wales property owners with negative equity.

This case study highlights how a young Cardiff couple with help from our guaranteed rental scheme were able to move up the property ladder while keeping their existing property.

Background

We were contacted by a professional couple in 2011 that had a 2 bedroom house located in the Pontcanna area of Cardiff.  The property was in negative equity, but they had recently inherited money and had agreed the purchase on their forever home at a bargain price.

Their plan was simple, to purchase their dream home at what they perceived a bargain price while rent out their existing home which was in negative equity and wait for house prices to recover to release equity or dispose of the property.

The couple had no experience of being a landlord, finding tenants or property management experience, and coupled with the added financial burden of a second larger mortgage wanted the security of a guaranteed rental scheme, with no void periods or tenant hassle.

The couple had invited several local Cardiff lettings agents to provide a rental appraisal so had a clear understanding of the rental market and the rental income their property could achieve so were pleasantly surprised when we provided them with a competitive guaranteed rental income to be paid on the same day of each month, with no set up costs, tenant finder’s fees or management fees.

 Guaranteed Rental Scheme Process

As the Cardiff property in Pontcanna was on a residential mortgage we advised our client to obtain permission to let as well as advising them to obtain landlords insurance, a Gas Safety Certificate and an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

Once all the required documentation was in place a commercial contract for our guaranteed rental scheme was signed by both parties, highlighting any circumstances which may result in a breach of contract by either party, the responsibilities of both parties as well as the amount of guaranteed rent and the date on which it will paid each month.

Once the coupled has a confirmed completion date on their house purchase a date was agreed for when our guaranteed rental scheme would commence.  In the mean time we actively marketed our client’s property on major internet portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla, conducted viewings and fully referenced suitable tenants including credit check, employment references and previous landlord’s references at no cost to our client.

Prior to our client handing over the keys to their house a detailed inventory was carried out including photographs with our client present, to ensure they were 100% happy with the condition of the property at the beginning of the Guaranteed Rental Scheme and also at the end of the process before the property was handed back to them with vacant possession.

The tenant selected was an anaesthetist working on a 2 years secondment at the University Hospital Wales and was provided with a 6 month Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) agreement, once again a detailed inventory was conducted, a deposit was taken and logged with The Deposit Protection Service (www.depositprotection.com) and Prescribed Information and Terms of Business of The DPS all served within the required 30 day period therefore insuring both our Guaranteed Rental Scheme and our landlord client is legally compliant.

If you would like to find out more about our Guaranteed Rental Scheme please complete the form below to receive a call from one of the team: