{"id":3068,"date":"2012-12-03T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T10:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lettingaproperty.com\/landlord\/blog\/?page_id=3068"},"modified":"2012-12-03T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T10:21:06","slug":"mary-latham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lettingaproperty.com\/landlord\/blog\/mary-latham\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Latham, Landlord and contributor to LettingaProperty.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lettingaproperty.com\/sites\/all\/themes\/lap\/media\/images\/other\/mary-latham-blog-small.png\" alt=\"Mary Latham\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" align=\"left\" \/> Mary Latham has been a landlord since 1972, letting all types of property to most client groups and carrying out much of her own refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p>She was founder and Chair of the Association of Midlands Landlords where she ran a help line for landlords for 9 years, until AML joined The National Landlords Association in 2007 and she became the West\u00a0 Midlands Regional Representative for NLA.<\/p>\n<p>An Executive member of the National Federation of Residential Landlords for 4 years, she was regularly consulted by Government, local authorities and other groups within the housing industry. When the Housing Act 2004 was being drafted, Mary was responsible for the inclusion of the option for landlords to hold their own deposits and protect them through the insurance based options.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Latham is an experienced training provider having previously worked in industry as a training officer and later running professional development seminars for landlords. As Vice Chair of the Homestamp Consortium, in 2006, Mary led the working party that developed Midlands Landlords Accreditation Scheme to get landlords up to speed and help the PRS to thrive in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>Known for her in-depth knowledge of legislation and regulation and her down to earth approach to the realities of letting and managing rented property, Mary is a popular speaker at landlords\u2019 events.<\/p>\n<p>Recognising Mary\u2019s authority in the PRS, LettingaProperty.com made an approach with an opportunity to provide the Company with knowledge, help and support from a consultative standpoint. Mary is now a regular contributor to our Landlord and Tenant newsletter and Company blog which provides our readers with invaluable hints, tips and information within the PRS.<\/p>\n<p>As a landlord, when it comes to finding and referencing tenants for her own property portfolio, Mary has been an avid supporter of LettingaProperty.com since 2011.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Read Mary's articles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lettingaproperty.com\/landlord\/blog\/author\/mary-latham\/\">Read Mary Latham&#8217;s articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow Mary Latham on Twitter <a title=\"Mary Latham\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/landlordtweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@landlordtweets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Mary Latham has been a landlord since 1972, letting all types of property to most client groups and carrying out much of her own refurbishment. She was founder and Chair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3068","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mary Latham, Landlord and contributor to LettingaProperty.com - Landlord Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lettingaproperty.com\/landlord\/blog\/mary-latham\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mary Latham, Landlord and contributor to LettingaProperty.com - Landlord Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reading Time:  2 minutesMary Latham has been a landlord since 1972, letting all types of property to most client groups and carrying out much of her own refurbishment. 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