Whenever I advertise for tenants, there are always more eager customers than I have space for. It would be great if I could rent the same property out twice – but that’s impossible, right?

Wrong!

Mike Frisby’s Social Housing Course explains that double-renting a property isn’t like Boris Johnson’s cake-related fantasies – and most landlords really can find a way to do it. He also shows that, in certain circumstances, landlords can even keep going – renting the same property out over and over again. In some cases, they can even charge the same tenant twice for living in the property!

How do you conduct this property voodoo ? The secret is in the bizarre and labyrinthine rules of the state benefits system. It all stems from the fact that the government’s left hand doesn’t know what its right hand is doing. If you’re already a landlord, you might be familiar with the idea that the planning system and the licensing system have two completely different sets of rules. What the planning department thinks of as a House in Multiple Occupancy is not the same as what the licensing authority thinks. Don’t look for reasons for this, because there are no reasons; the state doesn’t have reasons, it just has rules. Learning your way around those stupid, contradictory, nonsensical rules is how you make unreasonable profits – far higher than ordinary landlords are used to.

On top of the muddle between planning and licensing functions, landlords also have to cope with the fact that the benefits rules are different once again – and this is where the real money magic happens. In this bizarre, through-the-looking-glass world of public sector nonsense, you can rent a couple of rooms in a normal house to somebody, and you’ll get paid as if they are renting a flat. The benefits system just keeps shovelling money into your pocket, oblivious to the entirely-legal scam you’re pulling. This means you can rent out other rooms (or sets of rooms) elsewhere in the house – pumping up your income up, well above the market rent.

Before you wonder whether this arrangement is basically just another type of HMO, listen to this amazing kicker. You can can potentially rent out different rooms to people in the same family – so you needn’t put up with any of the usual squabbles and comings-and-goings of an HMO. Yes, you truly can charge twice – or more – for just one family. Here’s an example of how you can make this work: if there is a couple with a teenage child, you can claim for two separate households, even though they are all part of the same family. That’s because the teenager is entitled to their own separate free lunch from the state – paid for, of course, by the hard-working people of the Real World. If you think that this double claiming is bizarre, you will be shocked to learn that you can even claim twice for the same person, because they can be counted as part of multiple households! For example, if two adult siblings live together, sharing care for their mother, then the mother can be claimed as part of both siblings’ separate households. If you think that’s a crazy abuse of the rules, you’d be wrong. This particular kind of of double-claiming shenanigans is straight out of the government’s official guide. They really are happy to throw away taxpayers’ money like this – so fill yer boots.

Of course, nothing involving the government is ever simple. It won’t surprise you to learn that the system is filled to the brim with stupid rules, make-work jobs, tedious forms, obstructive jobsworths, and every other kind of exasperating nonsense imaginable. All of this serves no purpose, other than to waste even more taxpayers’ money on a job creation scheme for the congenitally-inept. As a seasoned veteran of all this public sector bull, Mike is well-placed to guide you through the ins-and-outs of milking the system. Remember, no matter how crazy and unjust it all seems, you’re doing exactly what you’re supposed to be doing. Creaming off unreasonable rents from the state is your civic duty. Don’t get angry, get your share!

I’ve known Mike for a number of years, and have attended his training before. While many educators in this field have a justified reputation for being fraudulent spivs or rule-breaking cowboys, Mike is very different. He is a straight-down-the-line chap, who plays by the rules. He keeps his business as tidy and presentable as his dapper wardrobe. Well-spoken and mild-mannered, he is the property investment guru that you could take home to meet your mother, after he’s given your portfolio a good seeing-to.

Mike’s social housing seminar was conducted in four zoom calls. This gave a full day’s content, but broken down into manageable chunks to avoid fatigue. The small-group approach meant there was plenty of time for Q&A. Mike answered almost every question capably, without breaking the flow of the lectures or going over time. The course was run in a tidy and organised fashion – just like Mike’s business operations. If you want to find questionably-legal borderline scams and get-rich-quick schemes, look elsewhere. This is a course for people who play with a straight bat – despite the shocking content. I’ve seen all kinds of dodginess on other courses, much of which I would not recommend to investors who want to stay out of prison. Mike’s approach is totally different, and he relishes in mastering all the government’s stupid rules, playing the game exactly the way he is supposed to be playing it.

As well as the live sessions, I was surprised to discover that the course also includes bonus recorded modules on other subjects: commercial finance update, Rent-2-Rent, and title splitting. This gives new investment angles, once you’ve mastered the core content. At £299 + VAT, after a promotional discount, this adds up to a decent buffet of content.

If you’re still unsure, free preview courses are available – so why not book one?

For forthcoming courses and general information, contact pa@mikefrisby.co.uk