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Personally, I would NEVER touch tenants on HB as the risks of having rent clawed back are too great. In addition, when you serve notice, local councils generally advise tenants to stay until the bailiffs arrive. Yes, you read that last sentence correctly!

I have had a charge on someone's house before for monies owed but had no idea this could have a timescale! Would like to see how this one pans out...

Indeed it has. Tenants tend to respond better to a human approach and I would say this is true 95% of the time. It may help me to assist you if you can explain what warnings the tenants are ignoring, how far they are behind with the rent and what their personal situation is.

Are you looking for an income? Or capital growth? Or both? How long are planning on keeping the property for? What do tenants look for in the area you are looking at? How many bedrooms are the most popular? What is the common void period in the area you are looking at? And, probably most...

Best and cheapest are rarely bed-fellows but ill try! The simplest thing is to have a chat with the tenant and find out what the problems are. Most tenants respond much better to a human-approach, face to face chat than snotty letters. Explain that rent shortfalls cause major issues with the...