155. Why Single-Family Homes in Great School Districts Thrive with Sean O'Dowd

Westside Investors Network (WIN)

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ABOUT SEAN O’DOWD

Sean is the General Partner for Scholastic Capital. Scholastic Capital buys single-family homes in high-end public school districts and rents them to families on long-term leases. He started his career as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He graduated with Honors from The Wharton School of Business. Most importantly, Sean is married with two kids and a third on the way!

THIS TOPIC IN A NUTSHELL:

Sean’s career before real estate

First few investments
What they do at Scholastic Capital
About the Deal in Illinois

What we like about this asset

Their criteria and How to Identify their target asset

Leasing & Identifying Target Rents

Underwriting process and challenges
KPIs and rent increases
Typical Expense ratio of their portfolio

Financing and hold time for this asset

About the Evergreen Fund model

Why do you think this model is working amidst the price surge?
Investor returns and distributions
Current project and Target acquisitions
Connect with Sean

KEY QUOTE:

On Investing in Single-family homes in Elite School Districts:

“This model works because of accessibility. If you're looking to move into one of these good school districts for 4-6 years for multiple kids, renting makes more sense than buying a house. “

SUMMARY OF BUSINESS:

At Scholastic Capital, we create the opportunity for investors to partner with us through our laser focused strategy of buying single family homes in elite school districts and renting them to families on 3+ year leases. Our investors love our planned monthly distributions, equity growth, depreciation pass through, minimal use of leverage, and the multi-year leases to tenants.

Scholastic Capital is a rolling, evergreen fund that continuously admits new capital. New investors will have an immediate interest in the underlying portfolio of single-family homes in high end school districts.

ABOUT THE WESTSIDE INVESTORS NETWORK

The Westside Investors Network is your community for investing knowledge for growth. For real estate professionals by real estate professionals. This show is focused on the next step in your career... investing, for those starting with nothing to multifamily syndication.

The Westside Investors Network strives to bring knowledge and education to real estate professionals that is seeking to gain more freedom in their life. The host AJ and Chris Shepard, are committed to sharing the wealth of knowledge that they have gained throughout the years to allow others the opportunity to learn and grow in their investing. They own Uptown Properties, a successful Property Management, and Brokerage Company. If you are interested in Property Management in the Portland Metro or Bend Metro Areas, please visit www.uptownpm.com. If you are interested in investing in multifamily syndication, please visit www.uptownsyndication.com.

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LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/seanodowd

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-odowd

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