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Oct 2020
58m 22s

35: Doubling Cashflow by Renting out Roo...

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About this episode

From $25,000 purchase prices last week to $300,000+ group houses this week!

We head to the Bay Area today to meet pharmacist Ryan Chaw, who ventured about an hour away from his hometown and began buying 1 house per year and renting them by the room to college students.

Ryan collects nearly $11,000/month from 18 tenants, and is creating the kind of generational wealth his grandfather used to put both him and a sibling through college.

Does renting to college kids sound like a disaster waiting to happen? Well... Ryan has found several ways around this, and in this episode he outlines the checklists, systems, and "personal touches" he uses to self-manage without the headaches.

Ryan opens up about an early failure, too. He wasn't getting all his rooms filled, and he realized he wasn't doing a good enough job advertising. So he developed step-by-step, "P.R.I.M.E." marketing method to attract a steady stream of qualified applicants... and you'll learn each step today.

If you're struggling how to figure out just how to create cashflow in a spendy market, follow Ryan's lead! Get creative, consider rent-by-the-room and other outside-the-box strategies, and reap the rewards of greater appreciation and stability that come with high-priced areas.

In This Episode We Cover:

  • How Ryan is succeeding in one of the most expensive markets in the country, the Bay Area
  • Using his job as a pharmacist to get conventional financing
  • Creating generational wealth through real estate
  • How he saved up to buy 1 property per year, 4 years in a row
  • Why he rents his houses to college students
  • The systems he uses to manage 18 tenants and avoiding roommate drama
  • Unlocking hidden value and boosting rental income by adding bedrooms
  • Lessons learned from a difficult tenant who smoked weed and played loud music
  • Why "buy then wait" beats "wait then buy"
  • And SO much more!

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