Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

Multi family all the way #multifamilystrategy #realestateinvesting101

18 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this clip, Christian Osgood argues that small multifamily properties are far more efficient and cost‑effective than single‑family rentals. He explains that owning 100 single‑family homes means maintaining 100 roofs, water heaters, AC units, and dealing with 100 separate tenants, which drives up expenses. By contrast, a small multifamily building housing about 25 tenants shares a single roof, utilities, and tax bill, resulting in massive savings on maintenance and operational costs. Osgood emphasizes that this shared‑infrastructure makes multifamily investing an easier, more scalable business model and a quicker path to financial freedom.

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Every unit that you own in single-family or even in small multifamily, you pretty much have one roof over one family. So all of your maintenance expenses, you have 100 units, which is about what it takes to have real financial freedom in single-family. You have 100 roofs, 100 water heaters, 100 ACs, 100 individual tenants on 100 individual buildings. Your maintenance costs are much, much, much higher than having one roof over, say, 25 tenants in a small multifamily building. It is crazy how much more efficient it is to take more people under the same roof, under the same utilities, under the same tax bill, you have such massive savings. It's an easier business to run.