All Forum Posts by: Garth Kukla

@Ryan Dworak

Welcome to to the site and love that Wisconsin is so represented on this thread.  I lived in Madison and my heart is still there.  I miss the fresh cheese curd on the square during the Saturday Farmers market.  Oh and Go Pack!  

Ryan, if ever I can be of service, answer some questions have about real estate don't hesitate to reach out and I'd be happy to pay it forward.  Sound good?

Cheers,

Garth

@Chris Eden

Congrats on the house hacked Duplex. Your rental income needs 2 years before you can count that, unfortunately. I also have good portfolio lender contacts if you want to reach out to me to discuss regarding your second property. We can also discuss LLC, how it should be set up for tax purposes etc as I just went through this whole process earlier in the year and I'm happy to share with you, ok?

Cheers!

@Kevin Bolser

Just wanted to check in and see what action you've taken since starting with Biggerpockets? Success is all about progress not perfection and I hope you are doing well.  Let us all know will ya?

@Eric S. Here are two of my favorite lease clauses that should help you.

• a.Landlord informs the Tenant that the sewer system of the Premises is not designed to accept many types of items, included but not limited to, paper diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, and children’s toys, balls of hair, grease, oil, table scraps, clothing, rags, sand, dirt, rocks or newspaper. Initials: _______
• b.Tenant agrees to pay for clearing the sewer drains of the Premises of any and all stoppages, except for those stoppages which the Landlord will agree were caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, acts of nature, or which are declared in writing to have been so caused by the plumber or other person who is called to clear the stoppage. Initials: _______

PM or call me do discuss further and I'd be happy to share how I use these clauses in my rentals, ok?

@Tom Lipps

Tom,

I've got an amazing application, lease and phone screen questions I can share with you.  Just pm me your phone and we can discuss, sound good?

Garth

I use upwork @Brian Jordan and have had great success.  Happy to discuss with you sometime ok?

George,

My name is Garth and I'm a full time real estate investor & wholesaler in Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati.  I'll call you later today as I may have a buyer for your package deal and also would like to network with you for future deals, sound good?

Cheers,

Garth

@Stephen Quesinberry  Congrats on your Brrrr.  I'm a fellow landlord too and thought to provide you with a couple tips and tricks that make the process better for me.  I also learned a ton from the BP podcast with Marsha Maynard, I believe #89, check it out as it has lot's of golden nuggets.

1. When showing a property, say 10 am on Saturday, when booking the showing for rent ask them how far they currently live from the apartment. Example they say 20 minutes so I would say "Great then please text me at 9:40 that you are coming ok? If I don't get a text from you I'll assume your schedule changed and we'll reschedule" This prevents you from waiting in a vacant apartment for someone to no show. Does this makes sense?

2. During the phone screen after I find out the standard questions I'll say "I'm very good and do a very thorough reference check as well as credit and criminal checks so is there anything you need to tell me about?" More that 1/2 the time they hang up and that is what you want. It weeds about many bad people over the phone and it's a huge time saver.

3.  Before signing the lease you perform a condition walk thru of the apartment.  When in the bathroom I'll flush the toilet right there.  I know sounds weird but then I have several lines in my lease that say and have then initial.  These alone prevent midnight "my toilet is plugged up calls"

• a.Landlord informs the Tenant that the sewer system of the Premises is not designed to accept many types of items, included but not limited to, paper diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, and children’s toys, balls of hair, grease, oil, table scraps, clothing, rags, sand, dirt, rocks or newspaper. Initials: _______
• b.Tenant agrees to pay for clearing the sewer drains of the Premises of any and all stoppages, except for those stoppages which the Landlord will agree were caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, acts of nature, or which are declared in writing to have been so caused by the plumber or other person who is called to clear the stoppage. Initials: _______

Hope this helps you and keep up the great work.

Garth

So my brother had a incredibly creative way to get a property he wanted from a seller who was not only resistant to selling but oddly unavailable almost 100% of the time.  He found out from the neighbors that he loves beer (miller light) so he had fed ex deliver a case along with a letter and contract to purchase the guys house.  The guy said he opened the letter and called my brother because of the beer.  Long story short, my brother bought the house and now is making development plans.  He'll make over $100k on the deal so shipping beer was a small cost of doing business.  Hope this helps, Cheers!

James,

I just messaged you so give me a call and I'd be happy to help you in any way I can.  I've been in real estate since 2008 as both a flipper and buy and hold guy and I know all three counties of northern Kentucky really well.  

Hope to hear from you,

Cheers,

Garth