Co-living has been a roaring trend since last year, with many landlords adding rooms to get as many tenants as possible. There’s always one or two contrarians, however, such as SK, who absolutely refuse to follow the crowd. A landlord for over 18 years, SK surprised us by explaining that he turns away even high offers from singles. Here’s why he has a policy of renting only to families:
Almost two decades of living on rental income
SK describes himself as being “almost” a full-time landlord. While he does have a side job, the bulk of SK’s time is devoted to five different properties, three of which were originally bought by his father.
As SK’s father is retired and no longer mobile, and his brother is running the family business, SK is tasked with maintaining and renting out the properties.
SK says that: “I was taught about managing tenants, TAs, DIY work, all these things since I came out of ...