From 0 to 15 Rental Arbitrage Properties in 3 months w/ Humza Zafar

Today I had the special honor of speaking with Humza Zafar. A full time Electrical Engineer and Canadian citizen operating out of Philadelphia. Humza has scaled from 0 to 15 master lease units in the past 3 months.

In this episode, Humza shares his experience of BRRRR investing to student housing, how he discovered master leasing, what it's like operating one bedroom and shared apartments, how he's scaled so quickly, and many lessons along the way.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Episode Preview
1:16 – Episode and Guest Introduction
2:45 – What inspired Humza to go into short term rentals?
3:52 – His journey on how he started doing student rentals
9:01 – How he found a successful BRRR
11:01 – What brought him to Philadelphia and changed his whole strategy
16:21 – Numbers and breakdown on his Philadelphia property
17:29 – His strategy despite the current situation in Philadelphia
18:42 – Why short term rent in Philadelphia instead of scaling your short term rental in Canada?
22:15 – Testing the market and its results
24:45 – His strategy on the Philadelphia market
32:55 – How much are you investing per unit?
35:11 – Why are you specifically targeting one-bedroom units instead of going with high bedroom counts and higher rates?
40:40 – The most common objections in the Philadelphia market
43:06- His marketing strategies
46:41 – Expanding to the Dallas market
48:52 – The biggest challenges on scaling through one-bedroom units
51:39 – Adjusting based on seasonality
53:04 – The biggest challenges on scaling his business within such short amount of time
53:42 – His automation tools and processes
56:22 – Personal experience and trade secrets with the Airbnb Resolution Center
57:54 – What would you do if you have to start from scratch?
1:00:07- His current goals for his business
1:07:19 – The best way to reach out to Humza and his company

📝Show Notes
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