All Forum Posts by: Garth Kukla

Thank you @Paul Sian and I agree the @Joe Fairless meetup is the best in Cincinnati.  

Personally I own 10 doors and feel over-communicating is the best thing to do during this challenging time.  With that said, all rent that is owed is current and I've even built better relationships because of it.  Think of it like this, you go to a restaurant and the kitchen totally messes up your order and not because of your waiter.  Now would you prefer your waiter to hide for an hour and not tell you what is going on or to tell you upfront so you can order another drink from the bar?  I've always preferred communicating and it has served me well so I hope this helps, Cheers, Garth  

@Taylor Robinson

Welcome to the area.  There are many great neighborhoods in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region.  What are you looking for?  My good friend @Aaron Smith and I host a once a month meet up, once things return to normal.  It's call NKY Real Estate Investor Network and we are a good group of real estate investors who meet, discuss and do deals together.  We'd love to see you some time so reach out to us and again, welcome to the area, Cheers, Garth

Welcome, Zackariah Cole.  I'm an NKY guy myself.  I have been investing in real estate locally for many years and would love to chat with you so reach out to me or best, send me an email and let's connect.  I also host a meetup with Aaron Smith, we meet once per month and talk about real estate, etc and I'd be happy to get you in our group.  How does that sound?  All the best, Garth 

My Company has a rental property located in South Lebanon, Ohio. We really do not have many Buyers in this area. We are looking to find more Buyers this way.  We have had success in the Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky markets with finding Buyers.  What is the best way to find new Buyers in smaller communities outside of major cities?

@Chris Morgan, Feel free to reach out to my Disposition Manager when you are ready to buy Properties in NKY.  We also sell properties in the entire Tri-State area.  

@Patrick Clark   My name is Garth Kukla and I founded a wholesaling company about 3 years ago and would love to catch up with you to discuss.  We've done over 150 houses in that time and we've also built a reputation of being straight with everyone we deal with.  Call the number below and you will speak with Joe, my disposition manager.  He can personally give you my contact info so we can catch up too, Sound good?  Hope to hear from you soon, Cheers,

Garth 

@Mike Charles I don't unfortunately but I learned a valuable lesson from Brandon Turner.  He advised that the best time to find someone is before you need them.  That covers all trades such as HVAC, Handyman etc but I've added an accountant to my list.  

With that said, good accountants are tough to find because I have a great one but he doesn't take on new clients. With that said, I'd reach out to your local REIA and ask other investors who they use and that may help you find a great local accountant.

Good luck in your search and I hope this was helpful,

Cheers,

Garth 

@Joe Splitrock

Just because someone has a license doesn't mean they will represent their clients properly.  I agree you can become a wholesaler very easily but that doesn't mean you are a good one.  I personally think the same is true with other professions in real estate because you can get your real estate license in 3 weeks with much less effort than what I went through before I started my company, does that make sense?  I personally spent about 1000 hours educating myself before I quick my job and that was 2 years ago.  Unfortunately, in real estate, there are a lot more bad actors, not just wholesalers.  Heck, you can find 30 realtors that would list a house for 130k, knowing it would never sell because its only worth100k but they get their sign in the yard.  Does that help the seller?  

As for your second point, that situation doesn't exist but I have on many occasions given more than what I have on my contract because it was the right thing to do.  When I'm sitting across from someone I know I'm better at negotiating, I don't take advantage of that.  I give as much as I can give while making a profit.  And regarding how much that is, finding houses in this market is really, really hard.  I spend about 10k/month and since I'm a company, I'd like to make a profit.  When I started and had very low costs, I could do deals for 3-5k, now I don't even go after those as my company would go out of business if I did.  All too often non-wholesalers think what we do it easy but if you do it the right way, it's not, just like any other profession.

But I do love a good discussion about real estate,

Cheers,

Garth    

Welcome, @Steven Bennett to Biggerpockets.  I host an NKY meetup with @Aaron Smith the 2nd Tuesday of the month and we do a lot of fun things including property walkthroughs, real estate socials and once a quarter real estate education on various topics.  This month we talked about how to inspect an investment property.  We'd love to have you so reach out to either of us when your schedule permits, sound good?

Cheers,
Garth