All Forum Posts by: Tyler Ansell

We do that on all of our units at my complex. We pay the first $80 and they're responsible for anything over. Very rarely any complaints. Just write it into your lease and on front page where you talk about other charges/rent etc

Get a job at an apartment community doing leasing or maintenance. You'll learn tons.

Get on it asap for sure. If they can't secure their home that's a big deal. Make sure your handyman takes pics too. If it's damaged because of something they did then charge them for it. Otherwise just cost of business.

You could look at using Christian E, Chris E, etc. on your marketing supplies. I always think of what I would say on the phone when I call someone. For you it might be "Hey this is Christian E from Efseaff Realty..."

Generally south of Busch Blvd in between maybe 50th st and 30th st...yes, kinda rough.

@Mark Forest I feel like I already uploaded it to the fileplace under service animal or something along those lines. It's really, really simple. Tenant information, animal description. Doctor diagnosis and reasoning. Doctor office information. Signature lines. We put a little disclaimer on there that by signing we can call to verify. 

All of these answers are very good. Noteworthy that you should make sure you have an open application period and that you choose the greatest and best applicant. Then you are free to deny because of a better qualified applicant with no recourse.

We get this all the time. They mostly go to document-mills online and generate fake docs. We've even had ones where actual doctors are running websites signing off on these things. What we require is the tenant to have their doctor fill out OUR form, that way there's no faking it and if they actually have a service animal they won't mind.

I wrote this post a few weeks ago, you'll likely be able to relate:

Driving for dollars – Learn from a fireman

One of my best friends is a fireman and the most fascinating thing I learned from him is their version of “driving for dollars” study method. During your first year at the station you have to pass some pretty strenuous tests, one of which has heavy focus on the directional and geographical capabilities of the firefighter and how well they know their area. I’m sure you could do this 100 different ways but my friend is very hands on so this worked awesome (and it was a bit of fun too!).

He would grab a stack of blank paper, some colored pens and we would head out after I got off work. The plan is simple, draw your own map. Page by page we built maps of the entire area he was responsible for knowing.

When your oral test questions were: “There’s a heartattack at 142 Heartbreak Lane. You’re at the Sunset Apartments on another call…get me there before he dies.” You really, really have to know your area. We hear it all the time on the podcasts that you need to know your market. If you knew it so good that an address came up on MLS and you knew where it was without googling, how much of an advantage would you have over the next guy? What if you knew neighborhood details tooâ¦

We would pull to the entrance of the neighborhood and jot down some notes in the corner of the page ie “Eagle Point, 2 lights south of the Walmart on Kennedy. Small sign, no turn lane. Pool and clubhouse at the front. Old houses, all 1 story. Lots of big flammable trees.” What notes would you write if you were looking for houses in that neighborhood?

We would drive everything street by street, pulling over anywhere we could to make more notes and draw our streets. I took this method to finding houses driving for dollars but instead of locating hydrants I found addresses to send letters too and research their status. This led me to my first investment purchase and hopefully you can use these tips to improve your driving for dollars game too.

Tyler (not a fireman)

@Michael Haynes Hey Michael,

The house I currently rent is what I was referring to. It's in Temple Terrace just south of USF and the homes in the area are selling for $150k+, by no means a warzone. 

Just for example: $18/hr x 160 hours a month = $2880 income. AKA 46% of income towards rent for a single earner household. I don't think any individuals are renting a 3/2/2 by themselves anyway but IDK.