Landlord will not use agent that is not with LRS

Hi there Gareth, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting:

Hello,

My name is *** I am a Negotiator at *** in Southgate.

We have many tenants looking for property to rent and I was wondering if you would allow us the opportunity of helping to rent your property.

Please contact me ***

Many thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.

***

Dear agent,

I only deal with agents that are registered with www.landlordreferencing.co.uk.

Register your firm, upload your tenant database and then revert back to me with your membership number.

Regards,

Gareth

Gareth,

Can I ask why you only work with agents who are registered with that website?

We run a full comprehensive credit and referencing check including rent guarantee.

Regards,

***

***,

The reason is because you’re not fully checking references if you don’t contact the landlord but one removed. Think about it. If a landlord wants to get rid of a tenant and is happy for the tenant to leave his/her property, he/she is hardly likely to give a bad reference are they as the potential new landlord wouldn’t touch the prospective tenant with a barge pole.

This referencing service plugs that gap and allows serial bad tenants to be identified quickly and dealt with accordingly. If you aren’t using this service then you aren’t protecting your landlord clients adequately.

If you have any questions about the service, I suggest you email Sarah Shakespeare (copied in to this email) and she can assist you.

Regards.

Gareth