Every guide
The answers a landlord actually needs
Each guide below answers one real question in plain language. Where the answer changes from country to country, the guide says so and shows what it actually knows for Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United States, rather than guessing.
Renting out your first flat
What has to happen before a first tenant moves in, and what keeps coming back after.
Read the guideRental return, yield and cap rate
The formulas behind gross yield, net yield, cap rate and cash-on-cash return, worked through with real numbers.
Read the guidePricing a rental correctly
Comparable listings, the 1% rule as a sanity check rather than a law, and where local rent rules come in.
Read the guideAccounting for a rental property
Keeping deposits separate, tracking every property on its own, and reading a bank statement against what you expected.
Read the guideRental reporting, explained
The difference between reporting a tenant’s payments to a credit bureau and reporting your own portfolio’s numbers.
Read the guideSubletting: what the law actually asks for
Whether a tenant can sublet at all, and what happens when they do it without asking.
Read the guideRenting out a single room
A lodger in your own home and a tenant in a room you don’t live in are not the same thing in law.
Read the guideLetting to a company instead of a person
Why a corporate tenant usually sits outside the protections written for a person’s home.
Read the guidePets in a rental
Can a lease actually ban pets, and what assistance animals change.
Read the guideNo hot water: what to write, and what happens next
A formal notice template, and the escalation path if it’s ignored.
Read the guideForming an LLC for a rental property
Why US owners consider one, and the questions to take to a lawyer or accountant first.
Read the guideHOA rules and a Texas rental
What to check in your own HOA’s documents before you let a home it governs.
Read the guideHandling unpaid rent in France
The notices, the deadlines and the guarantee schemes, in the order they actually happen.
Read the guideRental charges regularization
What the annual reconciliation covers, and the deadline it runs against by region.
Read the guideWriting a landlord reference letter
What to include, a template to start from, and what a good one actually proves.
Read the guideChoosing property maintenance software
What good maintenance tracking actually does, and where AI genuinely helps without acting alone.
Read the guideGetting cigarette smoke out of a rental
The real escalation path from a deep clean to a professional treatment, and what actually works.
Read the guideAirbnb or Vrbo for a short-term let
A fair look at both platforms, and why a serious host often ends up listing on more than one.
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