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REI145: Rent-By-The-Room with a Twist w/ Frank Furman

The Intrinsic Value Podcast - The Investor’s Podcast Network

The Investor's Podcast Network

Education, Investing, Business

4.6592 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:19 - What co-living is and how to invest using the strategy. 25:11 - What the rent-by-the-room real estate investing strategy is. 26:37 - Why offer weekly payments to tenants instead of monthly. 28:18 - How this proptech company makes money. 37:39 - Handling evictions in a rent-by-the-room strategy. 42:24 - Reporting tenant credit scores. And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Learn about house hacking rent-by-the-room. Related Episode: Listen to REI042: Student Rentals by the Room w/ Ryan Chaw, or watch the video. Related Episode: Listen to TIP448: A Way to Hedge Inflation? w/ Dan Handford, or watch the video. All of Robert’s favorite books. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle’s favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Fiscal.AI Connect with Robert: Website | Instagram | Twitter Connect with Frank: Website | LinkedIn Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to TIP. So we are still checking credit and credit can get people declined,

0:07.8

right, or evictions or what have you. It's more just a point that we don't have a hard minimum credit

0:14.5

score. And a lot of that is that many of the residents who we have are thin file.

0:21.9

In this week's episode, I talk with Frank Furman about the rent-by-the-room,

0:26.3

real estate investing strategy, how he created a tech platform around it, how they screen tenants,

0:31.8

why they report credit scores on behalf of their tenants, and much more.

0:35.8

Frank Furman is the co-founder and chief growth officer at PadSplit.

0:39.6

Prior to PadSplit, he worked as a category director at Georgia Pacific and as an engagement

0:44.9

manager for McKinsey and Company in London and Atlanta. A former infantry officer in the United

0:50.8

States Marine Corps, he commanded at the platoon and company levels and served

0:55.5

two tours in Afghanistan. Frank, thank you for your service. He has a BS and aeronautical engineering

1:01.6

from the United States Naval Academy and an MS in applied physics from Johns Hopkins University.

1:08.1

He, his wife, and three children live in Atlanta.

1:11.6

Like last week's episode with Chris Powers, we dive into a bit of a different approach to real

1:16.2

estate investing here in this week's episode.

1:18.4

I think this model is pretty fascinating and I'm actually considering giving it a try.

1:22.7

We'll see.

1:23.7

This is a fun episode and I enjoyed about learning about this model of investing. It's new to me.

1:28.5

It's not new to the world of real estate investing. There has been shared rooms and house hacking

1:32.8

for decades and decades, but it's a new model of investing to me. So I hope you guys enjoy it too.

1:38.7

Let's dive right in.

1:43.6

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