Having to raise weeks of rent in advance cripples young Londoners. Could insurance be the answer?

Many buy-to-let landlords would sell up if their capital gains tax was axed, which could go some way towards easing the housing shortage. 

A boss offers to guarantee her nanny's rent but there is a problem - the legalese locks her in forever. Who'd agree to that?

The accidental landlord found official advice on protecting her tenants so confusing, she did her own risk assessment using the internet.

As the accidental landlord lets to a family with small children, what preparations should she do to child-proof the home?

Labour would force landlords to accept tenants' pets, but the accidental landlord says Jeremy Corbyn should try getting the cat hairs off her sofa.

When the accidental landlord attends a training course, she's surprised to learn she should be teaching tenants how to operate the toaster.

When the accidental landlord agrees to a rent reduction for a likeable young couple, she doesn't expect the credit check to prove their dishonesty.

A tenant demands double-glazing, sends a bill for draught excluders and still says she's cold. There's no pleasing some folk says the accidental landlord. 

A letting agent offers ‘fully referenced’ tenants for the accidental landlord’s flat. They turn out to be a financial nightmare

The accidental landlord deducts cleaning and repair costs from a young tenant's deposit after he trashes her flat in six short months.

The accidental landlord wonders why there are no takers for her latest rental - until a fellow local landlord gives his opinion of the district.

It's important to check your letting agent's credentials, as one owner — who caught the "laddish" new guy with his pants down — discovered.