Five top tips for student landlords

This article first appeared on Your Money. Simon Thompson, director of Accommodationforstudents.com, offers some essential advice. 1. Do your research first Many prospective student landlords see the pound signs clocking up, but often fail to see the downsides of running a property business. A property business is just that - a business. All the general rules of running and marketing a business apply to student landlords as much as they do any other business. The key to a successful business is understanding your customers and providing them with the right products and services at a...