17Jan

Being a Landlord Doesn’t Have to Be a Second Job

If you’re looking to earn more money, save towards your retirement, or simply broaden your portfolio of assets so that you have more access to cash in the future, owning property is far from a bad way to go. However, when you’re renting that property out, it’s all too easy for the duties of a landlord to become a second job. Here, we’re going to look at the ways to stop that.

Keeping Your Business Legally Compliant

Running a property for rent is running a business, which means that it is going to be subject to all manner of regulations. Many of these regulations may be about the condition and safety of the property you are renting, and hiring a team to audit the building can help you highlight any issues that you should fix before putting it on the market. Otherwise, working with a property business lawyer can help you stay up-to-date with the ever-changing nature of property law, whether it’s changes in rent caps, limits on eviction, or something else that you have to quickly change your contract or services to react to.

Managing Your Tenants

It’s not just the property and your own services that you have to manage, you have to make sure that you’re always doing your part to find tenants when the building is empty or ensure that their needs are being met. Tenants can be needy, too, so if you let them, they can take up a lot of your time. This is why a lot of landlords will rely on a property management company. Not only can the right managers do the process of finding tenants for you, but they can also help respond to the day-to-day queries and needs of those tenants, without requiring your direct intervention in most cases.

Find the Right Maintenance Providers

As a landlord, it is essential that you retain the condition of the building that you own. First of all, not only is it relevant to that need to be legally compliant, as mentioned above, but you also want to make sure that you maintain the value in your asset, not only to make it easier to attract tenants but also to maximize any potential sale that might be coming down the line. A lot of landlords spend a lot of time on DIY for precisely that reason, but by simply taking the time to identify qualified contractors in your area, you can take the work off your plate. If you have multiple properties, agreeing to exclusively (or preferentially) use the services of a contractor may make them willing to offer discounts on individual jobs to secure more reliable pay in the future.

If you don’t want to be an overly active landlord, then delegation is the key. You are going to have to share more of the earnings from the property, but a lot of owners find themselves willing to do that if it means they don’t have to sacrifice the work-life balance they have worked hard to achieve.

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