Thinking of moving locally, but hate the thought of all that buy/sell/chain rubbish. So, I may look at renting my current home and take some equity as deposit on new......
  pitfalls? 
 must do's & dont's 
 rental co or do yerself?
 legislation I need to pay attention to?
 best if furnished or un furnished?
 insurance? 
 etc etc etc
 any and all advice welcome 
 
  cheers