Nightmare tenants slum landlords (Dodgy letting agent steal rent!) | Paul Shamplina’s top tips 

At this point I'd forget about legal proceedings and arrange for "Carl" to have a visit from some local boys. Might not get the money back but he'd never walk again and might think twice about ripping off anyone else.

She's trying to use logic and explanations to get him to do the right thing. Unfortunately this doesn't work with people like him. He's just laughing at these civilised people playing by the rules...

Paul Shamplina is a living legend.

A year without being paid?! Two months after my agent failed to pay me, I instructed my tenants to pay me directly.

Carl’s gonna end up on “can’t pay? We’ll take it away!” Claiming he “sold” the business and its trading under a new name. 😂

He obviously stole her money. The nerve of this man!

after 2 months with this guy not paying her she should have fired him and collected the rent herself big mistake

wow she handled that really well. Id be raging.

between 7:54 - 8:03 it literally looks like a scene from the office lmao

Margaret needs to sue the Agent, to stop him doing it to other people.

In the states he could be arrested and possibly charged federally as well with wire fraud. The courts are absurdly lenient in the UK. God bless her for fighting thus scammer.

The fact he said he paid it but didn't should be enough to throw him in jail and take money from him. It's outrageous

This would never happen in South Africa! I would have had this man half dead in the 1st month he didn't hand over my rent! Period! These guys just take advantage over there!

I don't know if Carl is from Nigeria, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was a Nigerian, because unfortunately a minority of Nigerians have given Nigerians an awful reputation for scams and cons and rip-offs.

How can you owe 20,000 in rent? thats insane.

Champlina Of The Daleks. Guy is sound. Very helpful, strives for justice and on the side of the genuine. Top Bloke.

All of these letting agents are so slimy. Wth?? I live in Canada and I've never heard of this. It's like a big scam run by the slimiest of the slimiest. Wow!!

Really respect Paul Shamplina! And the lawyer, Chris x i feel so very sorry on the other hand for those who fall victim to landlords/sib letting x

I don't understand how these landlords let it go so far. If I hired an agent and they did not remit the rent to me I would have them in court after the first month. I would not let it go on for an entire year. I'm very patient and understanding but mess with my livelihood/money/property and all bets are off.

I freaking love Paul .

Horrible... and she seems like such a sweet lady... Just horrible

Why don't these landlords fire these letting agents. It makes no sense.

Carl would be hooked up to tubes on life support if that was my property

Why did she let it get this far? She should have instructed her tenants to make payments after the 3rd payment issue. I hope she takes him to court and sues him for everything.

Lettings agents do have to operate to legal requirements and this sort of thing makes me really really angry because these damned dodgy agents give us honest agents a bad reputation as we get tarred with the same brush. I have operated for 12 years, openly and honestly, working hard for my landlords and my tenants and doing everything I can to make everyone happy and to operate legally and totally above board. It makes me want to scream!!! Most agents are good people, please don't condemn us all. And I love my job but I have to admit I am looking forwards to retiring next year! Paul, you are spot on about checking out your agents credentials, it's not difficult and can save a mountain of pain. Keep up the good work. And bad agents... go boil your brains, idiots!!

Fricking thief! He knows he stole her money. I hope she took him to court and made him bankrupt. That’s why he took off cause he knew he most likely would have lost in court

The laws in the UK need to be amended! Really! I'm a landlord in South Africa, with more than 22 Tenants, and not a single tenant would skip a single month of rent, not 1! They would be out on the streets sooner than you can say homeless! And our courts are inundated with criminal cases, they don't have time for delinquent tenants!

5:42...you have the right idea with the boards right outside of his business...very cute also which i'm sure helps with sympathy as well

my new favorite show! watching from across the pond !

It's always the same "faces" running the scams.

Everyone should take note of his face and post it on social media sites before he does it again

Thats why you dont just give your property to any agent, specially one like this. You need to do your research and look for legitimate credited agents.

The Daleks in the back! Ahah love it!

just do it on your own ... you wuld be better off without these agents

poor lady. Surely she can bring a claim to the director of the company for damages as the result of a director’s negligent infringement of his duties

Very easy to get a judgement in England, needs reformed so harder to get but harder to undo and easier to enforce.

Despite being owed £20k , She still didn't learn from her lesson. Because after the guy said he'll get back to her in a months time... It's only after 2 months when he didn't get back to her... only then did she decide to chase up on him!

“Mind your own business!”…… That’s what she should have done from the start.

When i saw the agent i understood the situation precisely.

So glad you made your own channel!

The truth is, you can't really trust anyone. The only exceptions are if you have parents who are selfless and will do anything for you, beyond that, I don't trust anyone 100% where someone could ruin me or take advantage of me.

Here in the province of Quebec, Canada for exemple if the tenant is 3 weeks late on the rent the landlord can file for an eviction and 4 to 6 weeks later the tenant is out on the street. Also you don't need a lawyer, just maybe a bailiff to serve the tenant with the eviction documents and it cost a few hundred dollars, not thousands like in the UK.

Margaret. You're lovely. But please sue the estate I would

Why let an agent take a fee for doing nothing but paperwork. If the house is up to standard at the time of renting, the chances of needing the agent is slim to none. So you’re paying 10% of the rental price every month for them to print the initial contract.

Unfortunately, Margaret is too soft and he took advantage

Love your Dalek collection.

A fool and his/her money are soon parted. This agent misses one payment and she's not all over him? She continues to let him collect money from her tenants?

Love your series of evicting non-paying tenants! Keep it up!

The audacity of the letting agent. 😤

Darn good program

I once got the advice that I should be a landlord too. I was in disbelief.

Does piss me off when i hear people saying i cant afford two mortgages. Ok so you have one already for yourself and now youre not happy with what youve earned and want more so get a second one you cant afford and pass on the cost to someone who rents because they really cant afford a mortgage so you get two houses at the end of it. Its greedy simple as that youre inflating costs to people who will never own a property and are shocked when they fall on hard times. That was only directed at the chaap who said her cant afford to pay two mortgages. Its simple DONT BORROW MORE THAN U CAN AFFORD. Instead of relying on minimum wage or close to people that can barely scrape by. Its totally wrong people not paying their rent but some peoples greed catches up with them and then they cry about it i have no sypathy. Idiots absolute idiots.

abolish renting, make houses affordable for everyone. A home should be a basic human right.

Paul I sure could have used you a few years ago when I had a terrible tenant. He had the gull to tell everyone that would listen to him that he owned my house. But he really didn't know that he was talking to friends who knew better and informed me of what he had been saying. He ended up breaking many of my concerns in my lease with him. And he ended up doing a runner. And I got him in court where he couldn't lie because of all the people he had been talking to one of those people was my attorney who as I mentioned knew better and knows what is what and who is who. I got my money and damages plus legal fees. I then had a new tenant that still is in the house and she has a huge hug and a cup of coffee for me when ever I visit or go to babysitting for her. Yes I will mind her children and she appreciates her landlady

As a Registered Landlord with 2 Councils since 1984. I take exception that this programme which seems to treat ALL Landlords as if we ALL are Scum! This is NOT true. Would I have continued in Business for over 35 Years? The answer is NO. Another aspect is the couple who were 1st time Landlords, who quite frankly had NOT ONE CLUE as to how be Good Landlords, OR even just Landlords! What a silly way for them to simply buy a property 350 or so miles away And only step foot in it first time once problems with Tenants/ Police etc. Obviously they did NOT choose a Reliable Experienced Letting Agent . Who should have inspected their property every SIX weeks or so. Carefully checking EVERY room & cupboard / both sides of All Mattresses etc. They then should have forwarded their Report of Property Condition to the Landlords!It beggars belief that so many folk are trying to become Private Residential Landlords without ANY experience nor Knowledge of the latest / up to date government requirements / legally required items! No wonder their tenants do NOT show RESPECT to them.

Take him court, you try the nice way then the hard way.

Take him to court and when you win transfer it to the high court bailiffs easy

8:00 the (I AM FUCKED) face

Why didn't she manage the property directly to begin with...?

Landlord should hide his face in shame.

You guys should put faces and names of them rip off artist on tv commercials or on the front page of the news papers maybe make flyers and hand them out to as many people as you can So they have other chances to rip off anyone else

Get the sherifs involved, they'll get her money

Was watching an earlier episode where it says the law had changed regarding domestic squatting but not commercial, where I live if you break into a commercial property its called breaking and entering, also whats stopping me from going to rob my local pub at 3am, getting caught and simply saying I am a squatter???

The worst part... Is that after all this, these nightmare people will just move on and terrorise someone else. These people should be banned from renting and be forced to live in tents in a field.

What a criminal 😮😮 why he's not in the jail? This poor polite lady...😮 shocking

Why do so many property owners bother hiring a letting agent in your country? why don't they take on the responsibility themselves? Is a letting agent required by law?

The last video I watched in my queue ended with Paul encouraging landlords to engage a letting agent. This video came up next. "Rogue letting agent" lol So maybe not such a great idea.

Push your Gov to change the laws. He should be put in jail till he pays it off. I'm sure he would pay real fast

I sorry but its her fault that it got to £20,000 in unpaid rent. Why did she wait so long? The first thing I would do is take over the management by seeing the the tenants and instructing them to pay me directly instead of the agent or face leaving the property when the first month rent did not arrive from the agent and then pursue the agent for the missing rent. How can you owe £20,000 in rent only to take action at that point? pure laziness comes to mind.

Why didn't she go to the redress scheme? Letting agents are obligated to belong to one - mine didn't

Hey Paul!! I like the Daleks in your office.

You need to go into his office with two big Rottweiler dogs, you will get a reaction from him.

Take him to court and get the bailiff to force him to pay and seize goods

Your ocean blue eyes are mesmerizing!!!!!

its really is a shame he should not be operating as an estate agent , his license should be revoked

How is it "legal" to steal these days? Why dont they throw these scammers in jail?

Why on earth did you ask cousin Benson to manage your property in the first place? And to leave it being managed for longer than 2 months without payment is madness.

I really like Paul Shamplina and more power to him, but I always wonder why some landlords just don't bother to take out landlord rent guarantee insurance and thoroughly reference some of these scum tenants before letting them in their properties. And if you do both these things you don't need an agent.

You might want to include outright thievery by Property Managers. So caled, property managers.

Olatunde Afilaka :you are a disgrace!

Count.

I don't know how long ago this video actually is, but the admistration to get the judgment has been speeded up. However, makes me wonder if this is criminal aswel. I think the reason landlords don't pursue legal action sooner is the process and legal cost. However, he has actually stolen twenty thousand pound of someone money. The British Court isn't as sue happy like the USA. And if they get a judgement and he does a vanishing act it could take years to track him.

guuud morning Madam

Hire a couple of handy lads have the money is 30 minutes No court required

hi my tennants have signed a cash for keys agreement and have to vacate my property in two weeks time. What should i do if they fail to leave on the agreed date

This is an interesting (albeit a bit narrow) series but, having seen many episodes, the series is heavily tilted towards dealing with bad tenants rather than bad landlords. I've just seen three consecutive episodes on TV in which all exclusively feature dealing with bad tenants, I would doubt very much that there is any episode that only features dealing with bad landlords. Even the ones with a mix of the two are generally more about bad tenants than bad landlords.

How does he not owe the money if he owned the company? Since the company owed her money then she should still get the money when the company claimed bankruptcy or closed its doors right? Im so confused. This would not fly in America

I feel bad for this poor woman because the legal action would have cost her a fortune as well….he is a thief

Bad estate agent, right.. but what about her? Why is she been so stupid of not chasing the money earlier? I find no reasonable explanation.

He deserves what he gets

My renter loves me. I charge $300 A month for a tiny home in Hawaii.

I wonder why she allowed this man to collect the rent instead of the tenants paying her the rent

Love the darlicks

Goodness, if you cannot even trust the letting agents, what does one do? People have no morals any longer. Just shameful. Sorry she waited over a year to do anything legally about that criminal. These types get a judgement but they don't pay or they shutdown their business and open a new one with different name.

She works for a security company. Cant they help?

He doesn’t even give a fckkkk ! No shame at all so obvious !

How could the debt get to £20,000?

Id be walking all over London with her sign, plus posting it on LinkedIn Facebook. He'd be out of work

Nigerian?

I'd of visited him with a few lads with baseball bats and give him a gentle reminder I'd be back tomorrow for full payment.