We continue our discussion with author of the Expert Landlord, David Beattie, on the current state of the residential buy-to-let sector.

[RISA] In the current climate, quite a few tenants are probably struggling to pay their rent. You suggest in the book that landlords act sooner rather than later. What is the risk in letting a situation drag on for too long?

[DAVID] Well, I mean, you're going to lose money at the end of the day. And there's a couple of points here. First of all, a leopard do...

When TPN released their Residential Rental Vacancy Survey for the Fourth Quarter 2020, the results were worse than expected with vacancies nationally standing at 13%, up from 9% at the same time the previous year. We decided to reach out to David Beattie, author of “The Expert Landlord” for tips from his book as well as his views on the buy-to-let sector in 2021. Apart from being an author, David is the founder of a residential property rental agency responsible for the management of over...