House Hacking: The Best Way to Get Started in Real Estate - Episode 84

18 Jan 2022 · 31 min
31:21

Episode 84 of the Next Level Income Show (host Chris Larsen) interviews Johnny Wolfe, CEO/founder of Homeroom Co-Living. Wolfe describes his path from finance/tech to real-estate investing, early success house-hacking multiple single-family homes in Austin, and founding Homeroom (2017) to scale the roommate/co-living model for investors. The conversation covers operational details (typical lease length ~13 months, ideal room counts up to seven), use of technology (low-code/no-code, smart locks), COVID-era resilience (high occupancy), markets (started in Kansas City; operating in Austin, Dallas, San Antonio; expanding to Pittsburgh), investor offerings (guaranteed-rent or revenue-share models — 15% fee/85% to owner; or guaranteed ~70% of total room revenue), and contact info (livehomeroom.com; johnny@homeroom.com).

Questions this video answers

2017

99% on-time rent payments, full occupancy, and zero evictions

Kansas City (origin), Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and expanding to Pittsburgh

livehomeroom.com (investor page: /invest)

johnny@homeroom.com

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