If you read the title of this article and thought to yourself, “Let what? What am I letting happen buy buying? And what am I buying?”, than this article is definitely for you. First let me establish that the “buy” refers to a house and second, the “let” part, that refers to renting that house out to someone else. Basically it means that you buy a house and let someone else pay the mortgage and live in it. There are, as with everything, some really good aspects of this kind of arrangement, and some really bad ones as well. This is not an agreement to enter into frivolously for if you do, you very well may regret it for the duration of your mortgage.
Basics of the Buy To Let Agreement
Buying to let, or buying to rent, simply involves a person finding a house, signing for a loan, and then immediately renting it out to someone else. The house is in the buyer’s name, but then it is contractually signed over in a rental or lease agreement to a tenant.
Why Would I Want To Do This?
This is a great way to generate some extra cash flow, buy a house to later sell for profit, or buy a house to later dwell in...