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All Forum Posts by: Adrian Lammersdorf-Scioll

Adrian Lammersdorf-Scioll has started 11 posts and replied 86 times.

Post: Best state for house hacking if you could move anywhere?

Adrian Lammersdorf-SciollPosted
  • Realtor
  • Florida
  • Posts 95
  • Votes 48

I've been house hacking for about 3 years now in the immediate Orlando area (Maitland, and College Park) and appreciation has been very good to me.  I've earned about 150k in sweat equity alone, and had no problem increasing the rents on both of the properties I bought.  The landlord laws here are great as well, and prices aren't too crazy for a normal income.

Quote from @Adrian Lammersdorf-Scioll:
Quote from @Charlie MacPherson:
It may be a matter of:

1. Messaging.  Does your message come across as scammy?  Sincere?  Short and sweet?  :Have someone you trust look it over with a skeptical eye.

2. Numbers.  I'm in a different market (business brokering).  We send out about 5,000 postcards a week.  That kind of volume keeps us busy with responses.  The vast majority go right in the trash, but I have a $5M listing under contract right now that came from a postcard that the seller kept for 3 years before calling me!

Our postcard messaging is simple:  Free consultation.  No upfront cost.  We're local and we'll come to you.

I remember years ago hearing that in direct mail, there's a 3/10/30 rule.  You have 3 seconds to convince the recipient to open the envelope.  Then you have 10 seconds to convince them to read your message and 30 seconds to get your entire message across.

Good luck!

 I got another response recently.  I used a yellow letter, and made it quick.  Got the advice from Anson Youngs book "finding and funding off market properties"


 Good to know thought, thank you!

Quote from @Charlie MacPherson:
It may be a matter of:

1. Messaging.  Does your message come across as scammy?  Sincere?  Short and sweet?  :Have someone you trust look it over with a skeptical eye.

2. Numbers.  I'm in a different market (business brokering).  We send out about 5,000 postcards a week.  That kind of volume keeps us busy with responses.  The vast majority go right in the trash, but I have a $5M listing under contract right now that came from a postcard that the seller kept for 3 years before calling me!

Our postcard messaging is simple:  Free consultation.  No upfront cost.  We're local and we'll come to you.

I remember years ago hearing that in direct mail, there's a 3/10/30 rule.  You have 3 seconds to convince the recipient to open the envelope.  Then you have 10 seconds to convince them to read your message and 30 seconds to get your entire message across.

Good luck!

 I got another response recently.  I used a yellow letter, and made it quick.  Got the advice from Anson Youngs book "finding and funding off market properties"

Quote from @Michael Smythe:

@Adrian Lammersdorf-Scioll you can use a standard LTR lease, you just need to add an Inventory Checklist to it.


 Thank you

I am helping some clients of mine rent out (1-6 months at a time) a condo they have on the beach in New Smyrna.  It's fully furnished and they like the idea of doing a medium term rental.  Does anyone know where I can find a good document to use to write one up?  Preferably a Florida one, also if you are an attorney and have one that I can revise for under $100 please send me a direct message.  Thank you

Quote from @Mitul Gandhi:

What website do you pull your deals from ? 


 I mostly use a fetch software from a title company, but sometimes will use propwire and the mls

Hi Louis, I have had success myself with the BRRR method in Orlando, and am currently working with an investor that uses it as well. You may have to be okay with just breaking even in the beginning or only getting a small amount of cash flow for the first couple years. It's hard work, but the appreciation you can get and depreciation is a huge bonus.

I haven't done the MTR yet, but plan to on the place I fixed up since its next to the hospital.  I connected with another investor that owns one (MTR) next to mine and they said they do really good you just have to make sure the property looks very nice.

Another option could be looking into doing a padsplit.  I have a good resource if you need.

Quote from @Nick Rosenbeck:
Quote from @Adrian Lammersdorf-Scioll:
They have worked well for me, but again, I've sent tens of thousands of them. And I've never written a letter by hand myself. Have always paid for a service to do it. 

Keep in mind - a good response rate is between 0.5%-1%. And of that, you might need to talk to 30-40 sellers with proper sales skills and follow up before you come to terms with someone to move forward with a purchase. 

If you're established enough as an investor that you're already doing projects and own assets, it's highly likely that taking the time to save 10 cents per letter by doing it yourself is not worth your time. You're better off putting that time into refining your renovation process or networking to get more leads as a realtor, for example. 

To crush it with direct mail, I'd say save up $20k-$30k and run a proper mailing campaign of a few thousand letters per month for 3-6 months. Hand writing a few hundred letters per year will take up tons of time and likely continue to produce poor results. 

Hope this helps!

 It helps!  I'm going to make a separate savings until I have the extra funds to invest into it.  Who do you use, and what does your letter say exactly for the mailers that you use?  Thank you for the advice

Post: Room by Room in Florida

Adrian Lammersdorf-SciollPosted
  • Realtor
  • Florida
  • Posts 95
  • Votes 48

Reach out to Ray Nunez from Padsplit, he has a lot of great advice for this.  You can find him on the padsplit central florida facebook page, or here on BP

Post: New house hacking, need lease advice for FL

Adrian Lammersdorf-SciollPosted
  • Realtor
  • Florida
  • Posts 95
  • Votes 48

If you're just renting a room you can find some room rental agreements that are Florida friendly on google.  If you are concerned about doing things perfectly legal just find a lawyer that can help you confirm it, and restructure if needed.  You can usually get this done pretty cheap $50-$100.