Newbie interested in student rentals

[Lauren Myers]

Hi! I'm Lauren from Seattle, and I want to own student rentals. I'm absolutely new to real estate investing, but I stumbled on BP and here I am!

I went to school in Tacoma and ever since I haven't been able to put aside the idea of renting to students there, and hiring a student to manage the properties. I'm very adamant that students deserve the best rental experience possible - oftentimes their first - and that providing information and reliable and ethical property management is just as important as the roof over their head. I want to hire a student to manage both so I have someone on-site, but more importantly to give experience and income to current students. My school gave me a lot, and I want to give back.

In addition to that, I live with a group of friends, and we are talking about buying at least one property together - first the house we live in, then we'll see how that goes. 

I haven't done keyword searches for either of them yet, since the first page of blog entries was enough to convince me to sign up. I always take recommendations, though, especially on hiring and training students as property managers and buying as a group.

Excited to be here! Cheers,