Double Your Cash Flow by Renting Rooms With Hawk Mikado (Ep 522)
Rental Income Podcast With Dan Lane
Release Date: 05/20/2025
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info_outlineHawk Mikado shares his experience renting properties by the room and how he doubled his cash flow using this strategy.
We discuss why he prefers renting to people staying just a few months instead of locking in year-long leases, how he chooses the perfect properties, and the ideal number of bedrooms and bathrooms.
Hawk also shares how he manages everything remotely, even while living in a different state. And of course, we dig into the numbers. Hawk opens his books and shows us exactly how much he’s making per property.
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