All Forum Posts by: Brandon Foken

Well, that's slightly terrifying - all of my attic knowledge comes from scary movies. Looking forward to it anyways!

While I've never managed a rental, I am currently renting an apartment in San Francisco. I think you should look at this less in terms of dollar value and more in terms of percentage change. For instance, my rent automatically went up at the expiration of my 12-month lease based upon the CPI which turned out to be $39.21/mo extra. However, my rent was $2,100 (I know!!) so in terms of percentage increase it was really not much - less than 2%. On the other hand, if your rent is $400/mo. an extra $40 is 10%. Just trying to look at it in a different way.

Congrats, Michael Galloway! Look at you - getting deals while everyone else is relaxing celebrating their favorite President. Hope I get to see it soon.

Rick Harmon, I took a look at Craig Simpson's website and am intrigued. I tried searching around to find a 3rd party review of his product. What has your experience been like using Craig's newsletter/training program? I'm looking to have 1,000 mailers sent per month this year so I'm looking for ways to make them as effective as possible. Any insight/feedback on Craig's product is much appreciated.

Chris Wight, thanks for sharing your pain so it can be a lesson for everyone else. As someone who is actively mailing absentee owners (still waiting on deal #1), your experience is invaluable to me. Best of luck closing your first deal shortly!

Very nice looking! What program did you use to create the cover photo?

Agreed with Zaid. A webinar on how to analyze a property would be really helpful. Maybe use a couple of real-world and hypothetical examples. It'd be good to see the different analysis techniques between a rental vs. a flip.

Howdy BPers. I have a lead that came from my website and filled out my sell your home form. Gentleman has an inherited house that he is debating on selling. I don't operate in Huntington Beach so I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in contacting the heir. If you close, I'd ask a $1,000 referral fee. Please let me know if you have any interest (via PM) and I can provide you with additional details.

Keywords: Huntington Beach, CA, California, Probate

Karen M.: Michael Galloway was gracious enough to talk to me on the phone today for almost an hour and a half! Tons of great information and I filled up an entire page worth of notes during our chat. We'll be meeting up on Friday as well to talk further and look at some of his current projects. My first of many Bigger Pocket success stories! My thanks again to Michael for taking time to speak with me and for J. Scott creating this thread. Brilliant!

Makes perfect sense, Ann. I was asking for purely selfish reasons. Best of luck to you and your partners on a successful event!