Election Year or Fear!

[Andy_Faber]

The thing is RA, social media logarithms push content that aligns with what you ahve posted etc. So if AF is getting "95%" of comments agreeing with the dim and rather offensive Ms Pochin, that's a reflection on him, rather than what's being said on social media.

Big yawn Swale, I never post anything and ignore push content, and look at a balanced portfolio of news sources and commentators (Billy Bragg, a very liberal commentator earlier today for instance) and the responses to them. Its noticeable recently, more than ever, that the liberal media and 'elite' seem to have one view and 'the people' another, maybe accounting for your bitterness. You should try looking at issues in the round some time instead of re-reading your own bile and dragging rA into your little giggles

Edit: please feel free to have the last word

[Andy_Faber]

deliberate. We moved home in 2011 and kept our old one and rented it out.

Interesting, thanks.

[SithHappens]

Interesting, thanks.

why interesting?

[Andy_Faber]

why interesting?

Sorry, I wasn?t intimating anything, just being polite (or trying!)

[SithHappens]

Sorry, I wasn?t intimating anything, just being polite (or trying!)

it's ok. I guess i questioned as I know a lot of people frown upon landlords.

I personally think we are good landlords For me it's never been about short term gain. We have always maintained the property and the rent the current tenants pay is significantly lower than the going rate.

I'm ok with that, they have been in for around 6 years and are good tenants.

We do make a bit out the rent, had a few breaks out of it but it's about having a property we can sell in a few years to fund our retirement.

We actually looked last week and our tenants if they moved would have to likely pay around 300 a month more for something similar in the same area

[Andy_Faber]

it's ok. I guess i questioned as I know a lot of people frown upon landlords.

I personally think we are good landlords For me it's never been about short term gain. We have always maintained the property and the rent the current tenants pay is significantly lower than the going rate.

I'm ok with that, they have been in for around 6 years and are good tenants.

We do make a bit out the rent, had a few breaks out of it but it's about having a property we can sell in a few years to fund our retirement.

We actually looked last week and our tenants if they moved would have to likely pay around 300 a month more for something similar in the same area

Roughly the same for us but we will rent ours out for life

[SithHappens]

Roughly the same for us but we will rent ours out for life

Not for me. I'm 55 next year and want to retire no later than 60.

[ramAnag]

Big yawn Swale, I never post anything and ignore push content, and look at a balanced portfolio of news sources and commentators (Billy Bragg, a very liberal commentator earlier today for instance) and the responses to them. Its noticeable recently, more than ever, that the liberal media and 'elite' seem to have one view and 'the people' another, maybe accounting for your bitterness. You should try looking at issues in the round some time instead of re-reading your own bile and dragging rA into your little giggles

Edit: please feel free to have the last word

POI?…Swale drags me into absolutely nothing.

It is actually you and GP who constantly seek to make a more than laboured point about us backing each other up. I find it tiresome and tedious in the extreme and I actually agree with Swale (yes again) in his most recent comments, but it is a waste of time saying so because it just feeds you and Tweedledumber with more childish rear gunner (etc) ammunition and encourages your overused new trick of closing down comment by suggesting others would like to ‘have the last word’.

So, yes I largely agree with Swale about politics…so what? Yes, I agree with Swale about many of your sillier thinly disguised right wing observations, but, tbh, I’m past caring about what you and GP think about either of us…so, that last word is all yours. Try using it pleasantly for once.

[Andy_Faber]

Not for me. I'm 55 next year and want to retire no later than 60.

We?re on a slightly larger scale and can sort of take a bad tenant choice in our stride, there?s more risk with a single ownership as I?m sure you?re aware and a good tenant even at a discount can be a Godsend. Ours are a bit below market rate too but beware with the new rules coming in there?s a limit to how much you can increase rent per annum, a distant family member has got caught out on this (in Scotland where such rules already apply)

[SithHappens]

We?re on a slightly larger scale and can sort of take a bad tenant choice in our stride, there?s more risk with a single ownership as I?m sure you?re aware and a good tenant even at a discount can be a Godsend. Ours are a bit below market rate too but beware with the new rules coming in there?s a limit to how much you can increase rent per annum, a distant family member has got caught out on this (in Scotland where such rules already apply)

The Scotland rules on rent increases no longer exist.

There is no limit but it has to be reasonable and in line with market rates for your area.

We've never put rent up much anyway. But one reason I'm hoping to sell at some point on the not to distant future is I won't want the hassle.

It's not been for a while but we've had a couple of sets of tenants who were a challenge. I do pay for it to be fully managed though so I'm not the one getting phone calls if there's an issue etc.