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Nov 2024
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Quitting His Job with Real Estate After ...

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Want to quit your job with real estate investing? Rookie investor Miller McSwain has a strategy anyone can copy to make serious cash flow. This investing strategy is rookie-friendly and allows you to learn the real estate investing ropes while making serious money. Miller now has six properties with forty-one units in total, and today, he’s sharing this easily repeatable strategy for quickly building wealth.

Miller will be the first to tell you that his “colivingstrategy is not rocket science. He should know—he’s a former rocket scientist. After house hacking and renting out the rooms in his home, he realized how much cash flow the rent-by-the-room strategy makes. But instead of buying houses with as many rooms as possible, he began focusing on community living and homes with inviting common spaces, allowing for higher rents.

So, how do you start with this strategy? Miller explains, in detail, precisely what makes a great coliving investment property, how to market your rooms to get the most tenants possible, and what to do when conflict arises between roommates. After six properties, he’s still hunting for more, and if you’re looking for higher cash flow rentals, this is a strategy you should definitely try.


In This Episode We Cover:

How to quit your job and become a full-time real estate investor with “coliving”

Coliving explained and why it is NOT the same as renting by the room

Miller’s exact “buy box” and what makes a property perfect for coliving

Marketing your rooms online and how to quickly screen tenants without taking a hundred phone calls

Handling tenant conflict and what to do when roommates aren’t getting along

The easiest (and arguably cheapest) way to invest in your first coliving property

And So Much More!


Links from the Show

Ashley's BiggerPockets Profile

Tony's BiggerPokckets Profile

Join BiggerPockets for FREE

Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group

Real Estate Rookie YouTube

Miller’s Instagram

Supply Mate

Start Your Real Estate Portfolio with “The House Hacking Strategy”

Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area

What is Co-Living and How Can It Help Your Multifamily Property?

Connect with Miller


(00:00) Intro

(03:09) Quitting His Job!

(07:01) Current Portfolio + Coliving 101

(16:56) How to Handle Coliving

(24:16) Marketing Your Rooms

(26:11) Screening Roommates

(34:26) Full-Time Investor Life!

(36:13) Tips to Start Coliving

(37:32) Connect with Miller!


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