rental Voids - Tips To Minimize The Down Periods

If you are a buy-to-let investor, you will, at some point of time, face the spectre of rental voids. For making a smart investment, it is essential to take action to minimize such down periods.

Here are certain useful tips to avoid rental voids.

 Seasonality:
Make sure that your existing tenancy does not end aroung times when people are preoccupied with other things. For instance, Summer holidays and Christmas are such things that tend to affect large numbers of people at the same time. In areas of great student density, for instance, university towns, the summer dip is quite relevant.

 Apathetic Letting Agents:
You can opt for placing your own ad and in turn, ask for a reduction in the quoted fee if the tenant is introduced by you. Another trick to make an agent try hard is to make your property available to more than one agent and promise to offer the management for the next year to the one who manages to fill the vacancy first.

 Be Active:
Do not rely upon the agent completely. Make a personal effort to fill the vacancy as it is your money that will be wasted till the vacancy is filled. You can try to place your own ad, contact large employers and accommodation officers in local hospitals and universities personally, offer incentives like a free TV, DVD player, holiday, etc.

 Furnishing:
Do not furnish the property until and unless you get a tenant who is looking for a furnished one. Do not just end up furnishing your property on the off chance. By doing this, you will end up with a bunch of furniture that might not be required later on. Therefore, furnish only if required.

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