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Saturday, 8 May 2010

Councils rate HMO landlords on ’secret’ database

Are councils breaching data protection act and not giving you access to YOUR information? Here's an article I received from Paul Allison at StudentHousing.co.uk about a private database of HMO (House of Multiple Occupancy) landlords.

Bobby



"Local councils are rating HMO landlords and sharing the information on a secret database, according to information disclosed on a government web site.

The database classes a landlord as good, bad or average and is one of the factors considered when making a decision whether a landlord or a manager is a fit and proper person for running an HMO.

The database is managed by a London council but councils from all over England are accessing the information and adding their own landlord intelligence.

The details are revealed in a Communities and Local Government Department document called Evaluation of the Impact of HMO Licensing and Selective Licensing that is free to download from the CLG web site.

The document was published in January 2010.

The identity of the council running the database is not disclosed.

The information in the document was collected by researchers to support changes in April to HMO licensing and planning rules.

One of the problems the database resolves for councils is that many landlords own several HMO properties in different council areas and officers have no way of checking with other councils whether landlords have contravened fit and proper person rules.

“Many landlords may have properties in locations across England, this database is now being populated by some authorities from outside of London, and the extension of such a database could provide some assistance to local authority officers assessing the fit and proper status of landlords and managing agents,” says the report.

To grant an HMO licence, councils run a background check on the proposed licence holder to check out if they have:

* Convictions relating to violence, drugs , sexual offences, or fraud.
* Breached housing, landlord, tenant or unlawful discrimination laws
* Contravened any HMO code of practice as the owner or manager of any other HMO

Few details about information on the database are known, but the concerns are data protection rules about sharing personal information may not be maintained and how councils rate landlords may be based on inaccurate information that no one can check.

For instance, individuals have a right of reply to contentious details placed on their credit records."

Source: Paul Allison - www.studenthousing.co.uk


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Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Property Investment Strategies for 2009!

Forget Everything You Thought You Knew about Buy-to-Let Property Investment

* Banking sector nationalised
* 60% Plunge in house sale
* Transactions grind to a halt
* Headlines Screaming 35% Fall in Valuations

It's Time To Face The New Reality of Buy-to-Let Property
Especially The Holy Grail of Investments - HMO's (Houses in Multiple Occupancy)
Best Time Ever to Purchase Property - But How To Finance?
How To Convert Non-Performing Buy-To-Let Properties
How to Bypass Hype, B.S. & Economic Uncertainty
How To Ride The Storm & Learn Expert Strategies & Solutions
and Much Much More..

At the B2L-HMO Summit The UK's top Buy-to-Let experts were asked NOT to give their usual talk. All experts responded brilliantly giving their strategies for 2009.

So what exactly did Simon Zutshi, Rob Moore, Jim Haliburton, Ranjan Bhattacharya, Glenn Armstrong, Vanish Patel, TV's Secret Millionaire - Caroline Marsh, TV's To Buy or Not to Buy - Sarah Walker, Barry Danser, John Lee & Dr David Kyte have to say?

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# Jim Haliburton - 500 HMO Tenants, Now That Is Multiple Income Streams
# Rob Moore -How To Make Cash In A Property Crash
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# Sarah Walker - TV's To Buy Or Not To Buy
# Vanish Patel - Statistic Analysis & Reasoned Strategies For 2009
# John Lee - even More Below Market Value Using NLP
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Friday, 11 July 2008

Events coming up in July - Internet, Business, Personal Development, Entrepreneurs

This weekend

London
The genius that is Dwayne Kerr (I'm sure he won't mind me calling him that) has just told me about a London workshop that he is doing on internet marketing this weekend.
So if you're in London, pay him a visit. Check out his site at: Make Money Without a Website

I wanted to let you know about Dwayne's workshop as I'm hoping you'll learn lots and take some notes for me. He is someone who knows his stuff and if you're looking to learn about online marketing, here is your opportunity now. P.S. Ask him to share his tips on his 'dogs list', he loves talking about it!

Manchester
Steve Foley is also organising the moneymakerbootcamp with Simon Zutshi, Rob Moore, Dr David Kyte, Warren Borsje and Gary Parker.

Now I would love to come and see Dwayne and the guys at the bootcamp, although I'm already booked onto a full weekend doing some XL coaching in Manchester with Dave Rogers


Manchester, Sat 12th July 08
London, Sat 6th September 08
- Dave Rogers XL Life Shift Coaching

It is a truly extraordinary weekend full of so many personal (and life-changing) insights. And just as importantly, you'll be working with and interacting with your fellow Life Members from around the globe, developing brand-new working relationships that have the potential to change your business and personal success.

Dave Rogers an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of entrepreneur coaching, personal and professional self development and peak performance. Dave is also the author of "Awesome Impact Coach" and co-author of "The 6 Dimensions of Top Achievers".

He has created several audio programs and videos, and has appeared on radio, television, and stage throughout Asia Pacific.

Since 2001, Dave has conducted more than 125 coaching programs to more than 20,000 entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, India and China.

Dave has personally coached a wide range people; coaches, from multi-millionaire entrepreneurs to the retrenched, from bankers and top executives to medical professionals and international renowned artists, athletes, singers and dancers. Dave is also the Chief Coach with XL Results Foundation as well as incoming President of the Asia Professional Speakers

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Next week and rest of July


London, Mon 14th July 08 - Mike Harris, £1B+ Companies

Once, Twice... Three Times!...
Mike Harris is one of the UK's most successful entrepreneurs and innovators. The co-founder of iconic financial services consumer brand "Firstdirect" and "Egg", Mike also played a major role in transforming telecommunications.

In between creating two £B+ businesses from start-up, Mike Harris was the chief executive of Mercury Communications, then the main competitor to BT, where he created an iconic brand and built a multi-billion consumer business. He was also chairman of mobile phone company Mercury One to One ... which was later bought by T-mobile for $10bn.

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London, Wed 16th July 08
Manchester, Wed 23rd July 08
Women Power - Well Heeled Divas


There has never been a better and more exciting time to be a woman - the choices, the opportunities and the projections for personal wealth and entrepreneurship are all on our side but maybe we have too many choices?

Maybe we are a little overwhelmed by the expectations and demands on our daily lives? Maybe, just maybe, we are not altogether convinced we are capable or deserve success, true wealth, a fulfilling life?

This event is empowering and inspiring women all over the UK, to step up to their full potential.

Hosted by two sassy, positive and successful entrepreneurs Jane Kenyon and Yvonne Halling, this is an event for women, by women.

Yvonne and Jane are well on the their way to financial freedom and living in their passion and who are dedicated to inspiring women from around the world to create outstanding lives and become powerful role models.

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Milton Keynes, Mon 21st July 08 - Mike Southon, Something About The Beatles
Everyone has a great business idea, whether they are looking to set up their own company or would like to be more creative in their corporate environment.

Mike Southon uses The Beatles as an example of how to be creative and entrepreneurial, and explains how to overcome the challenges you will face along the way. Something About The Beatles is highly inspiring, entertaining and informative evening ideal for key personnel from small businesses and large companies alike.

Mike is one of the world’s top business speakers, a Fellow of The Professional Speakers Association. One of the UK's leading authorities on entrepreneurship and sales, he now delivers over 100 presentations every year, all over the world. Mike also has a weekly column every Saturday in the Financial Times.
Mike has co-authored with Chris West four bestselling books:
  • The Beermat Entrepreneur,
  • The Boardroom Entrepreneur,
  • Sales on a Beermat, and
  • Finance on a Beermat.
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Free HMO Newsletter - Learn more about HMO's (Houses of Multiple Occupancy - sign up for this FREE Newsletter, brought to you by Jim Haliburton and Bobby Gill

Jim began buying property in 1992 and letting them to students, organising or doing the work on the property himself. The tenants/students all came from the College where Jim worked as a lecturer.

Jim now owns over 75 HMO's / Multi-Lets with over 500 tenants. On top of this he has about 20 houses and flats which are let as single-lets plus several development projects in progress. He keeps on telling himself to stop buying property and consolidate his position, but anybody in the property business will know how difficult it is to stop buying once you have started.

Having left his post as Lecturer, he needed a teaching outlet so began holding small workshops for property investors interested in the HMO side of the business.

Jim's workshops go from strength to strength with positive feedback and delighted clients & delegates. This has led him to write 'HMO Millionaire Secrets Guide', as well as having 4 other books in the pipeline.

As the HMO Daddy, Jim offer a number of unique products and aids for Multi-Let landlords.

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Get registered to find out about next month's Northern Property Network
Leeds, Weds 6th August 2008 - with John Lee and Maria Davies


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