When a tenant flees...

AN increasing number of tenants are risking eviction by slippinginto arrears.

While a few have a genuine reason, and do return their rentaccounts to normal, there are some tenants who deliberately abusethe spirit of the law and seek to use it to their advantage; feelingthey can get away with arrears and avoid eviction because manylandlords are unaware of the process for evicting a tenant legally.

Happily, there is a rising number of local landlords who appointa landlord services team to help them. Such teams have evictionsspecialists who advise landlords about the right process to evict atenant legally; from serving the right legal notices to appointingspecialist solicitors to assist throughout the court process.

Your local landlord services team also has access to 'tenantlocator specialists' who find tenants that try to flee after owinglandlords large amounts of rent. Tracing fleeing tenants has got somuch easier with the rise in public information available on theinternet. Most tenants are unaware that locator services are muchmore affordable and have a much higher success rate than in thepast.

To help prevent the spread of deliberate rent avoidance, more andmore landlords are campaigning to have the right to provide dataabout tenant rent arrears to credit referencing agencies, as theneed to take action against those tenants who deliberately avoidpaying rent is gaining momentum.

Professional landlords are advised to use tenant referencing,rent protection insurance and legal insurance to prevent losses fromunscrupulous tenants. This is an area where landlords should seekprofessional help from their a landlord services adviser. If nothingelse, the conversation could help you avoid ending up in court forillegal eviction.

For more information about legal eviction services, landlordinsurance, and tenant referencing, call 01827 898213.