Thanks guys, going to educate myself a bit more first!

Thanks Xdrew, I'll start talking to people and finding out layman's understandings of the various roles, good idea I think..

OK, for future reference, what is the next step if I have found a property with a good rental yield?
I imagine I would call up the RE agent and ask for proof of rent (to make sure the quoted rent price is legitimate) and tenancy records for the past 12-36 months, can I do that?
(By records I just mean when it was tenanted during the period, not…[Read more]