Rental yield is a starting point, not the whole investment
Editorially approved · Sources checked 1 November 2026

References

Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) (n.d.) Who should register: Understand the difference between a licence and a lease. Available at: https://rtb.ie/register-tenancies/register-a-tenancy/who-should-register/ (Accessed: 1 November 2026).

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) (2024) RICS Valuation – Global Standards. December 2024 edition, effective from 31 January 2025. Available at: https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/standards/Red-Book-Global-Standards-incorporating-IVS.pdf (Accessed: 1 November 2026).

Further reading (not necessarily consulted in full)

Baum, A.E., Crosby, N. and Devaney, S. (2021) Property Investment Appraisal. 4th edn. Wiley-Blackwell.
https://www.wiley.com/en-fr/property-investment-appraisal-4th-edition-p-9781118399552

Isaac, D. and O’Leary, J. (2011) Property Investment. 2nd edn. Bloomsbury Publishing.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/property-investment-9781350315778/

Scarrett, D. and Osborn, S. (2014) Property Valuation: The Five Methods. 3rd edn. Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/Property-Valuation-The-Five-Methods-3rd-Edition/Scarrett-Osborn/p/book/9780415717687

Nunnington, N., Dimopoulos, T. and Batista da Silva, F.A. (2026) The Income Approach to Property Valuation. 8th edn. Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Income-Approach-to-Property-Valuation/Nunnington-Dimopoulos-BatistadaSilva/p/book/9781032778686