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All Forum Posts by: Karl Denton

Karl Denton has started 12 posts and replied 217 times.

Post: April 2022 REI Meetup w/ Dartmouth Property Investors

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

See you there!

Post: Recommendation for CPA in Hartford County CT specializing in RE

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

I just switch to Charlie Smith, it’s all done online and he’s in CT. http://www.innovativecpagroup....

He is also active on bigger pockets and owns real estate himself, he can help your business and be aggressive in making sure your writing off every aspect you can for properties. 


Post: What platform do you use to collect rent?

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

Hello Benjamin, I just looked into Tenant Cloud and Avail. After my own reasearch I choose to go with tenant cloud and pay for there upgraded package to accept ACH payments with no fees and list to other platforms for vacancy’s. It’s been great transitioning my tenants over to that platform. Check it out, it was 144 for the year and does what I need for my multifamily. 

Post: Investor Friendly Attorneys???

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

Hey Kyle - I used David Blackwell out of Manchester, he’s very up to date in the real estate world and has been such an asset to my real estate team. Tell him I sent you if you get in touch with his office. 

Post: Handicap parking spot in permitted area

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

I think this may differ by town and state however if you own the lot you should be able to offer parking however you see fit. If there’s street parking you can offer that and not guarantee it, you could also charge a premium for parking as well. 

Post: transition from landlord/investor to part-owner/silent investor

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

Very interesting plan, I’d believe you can add who you want to the deed of the house after the sale. Just have to go through a little process afterwards using a lawyer. I’m sure it’s much easier at time of sale. However I’m unsure the tax implications when deeding over real estate, I’d think if they aren’t selling it and just taking over there shouldn’t be any capital gains on it. Hope you find more answers I’m curious how this would pan out. Wish I could help more. 

Post: Using HELOC to be private or hard money (HM) lender

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

I helped a friend with this recently, he wanted to invest and I recommend using a HELOC as a line of credit to then fund hard money for the right deal and being able to get the money back out of the deal when it was refinanced. This is the absolute goal, he got started by obtaining the HELOC and then talking with HML's, as for protecting your asset you need to run numbers on the deal. Asserts that they will lend on depends on the lender and the value of the property.

Post: Minimizing credit checks!

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

Hello Jared, 
So I believe with hard money loans, the lender approves a borrower based on the value of the property being purchased and the lender may check soft credit but most times just wanna see funds of then assets they will need. They lend on the house knowing they can get there money worse case.  This route will be much less rigorous than it is with a traditional loan from a mortgage company. It is also unlikely that hard money shows up on a credit check or report but will appear in a assets search or background check. When using a hard money lender you’ll typically see them run background and asset searches rather then a hard pull of credit. This is one way, I’ll have first hand experience later this year. 

Post: Verbally talk my tenant out of lease renewal

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129
Quote from @Tina Lee:

Hi all, I have this rental in New Jersey which I have to renewal the lease because by law I have to renew the lease and up to 3.5% rent increase ( yes New Jersey landlord law sucks)

But she has been smoking on the unit,water bills doubled last quarter, keep lying about things, I can’t legally kick her out.

Her lease up, I can just tell her that neighbores are compliant about smell of pot from her unit and suggest her to move out? Because I got few complaints about her? I am not evicting her because she pays rent but I just personally dislike her and what she does to the unit.

Am I against law if I told her is better for her to look for another place before the lease ends?

Am I violating any rules by telling her is best for her to move out?


 I’m not familiar with New Jersey law but you can include smoking or other specifics in the lease and state she’s breaking the lease and will need to leave. I would just raise the rent to fair market as high as you can go in hopes of scaring her out if that’s your goal. Good luck 

Post: Newbie Investors in RI needing advice

Karl Denton
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mansfield, CT
  • Posts 223
  • Votes 129

Welcome Lindsay!

                           Im right in Eastern CT pretty close to RI, there's many local meetups in CT if you consider wanting to look at multifamily in this state. Your right there's many people flooding the market, however you need to be creative to find deals. I know many have enjoyed the app calling "Deal Machine" and also google driving for dollars. Basically drive around in the community you would like to invest in and find distressed homes and contact the owners. These apps help to send mailers in order to help find you someone who may wanna sell. Hope this helps get you started! Please reach out if you would like to connect!