All Forum Posts by: Richard Dull

Thanks everyone for your input. I spoke with the City of Aurora and they've been VERY helpful and expedient with the information. This is something they allow and it's fairly straight forward.

For current reference, if anyone is interested in this feel free to reach out. The basics are typical, it'll need it's own sewer/water line, electrical will need to be up to code, plumbing cant' be shared, a 1hr fire wall is needed on each unit, drawings submitted, several departments are involved, and a more intensive survey is needed (similar to an ILC).

Happy investing everyone!

Thanks for the feed back @frankchin I've read through previous threads, but rules change from time to time and areas are different from one another. Sounds like a bit more work where you are explaining the process. It's fairly simple here in the
County of Denver and is very common to split multifamily residential into row homes as we call them here. It can make a bad deal into a good one.

I'm looking for some Aurora knowledge, as a neighboring city it may be just as simple or more challenging.

As for the triplex idea, it is zoned for duplexes and triplexes, it would need a new survey.

I have not tackled this in Aurora as of yet. I have an off-market lead for a large duplex in Aurora, CO. Mix: 4bd/2ba & 5bd/2ba. This seems like a good opportunity to split these into two units and sell individually. They are side by side each having their own basement.

Who has experience with this in Aurora, CO specifically. I know how it's done in Denver but each municipality is different. Do they each need their own sewer & water line, gas line, etc.

Another angle would be to convert it to a Triplex. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

My "script" has turned into more of information gathering. My initial intro is "Hi, I'm Richard with so and so... I'm canvassing the neighborhood seeing if you know of any neighbors looking to sell their house for all cash." It helps where I've wholesaled a house in the same neighborhood recently and I've let them know I've helped one of their neighbors. The dialogue can be different to your natural flow. But the rest of the script is more personable to the person. If they are interested they will be somewhat like... "well I'm interested" and then take it from there.

I like using the "magic wand" technique... "If you had an unlimited budget, what would you do to fix the place up?" This allows the homeowner to tell you what's wrong with the place instead of you asking them what's wrong. It also opens up conversation. I'm sure BiggerPockets has some resources for a Cold Call script. Those would be good questions to ask about the home or try to gather.

Hope that helps!

Hey Jesse,

I've been door knocking Denver for a few months now. Everyone's experience is going to be different especially in different areas and I've only had one owner ask me to put on my mask. I wear it around my wrist in plain sight. Just be courteous to the owners, knock on the door and step back a good distance and have a good script ready. My thoughts are that they may be hesitant if they can't see your face so I don't wear a mask when I knock.