Corey Enman runs the largest co-living property management company in Phoenix — 40+ houses and 100+ rooms — and in this episode he gets tactical about exactly how he does it. This is a pen-and-paper one: the specific softwares, screening rules, and operations systems he's spent three and a half years refining.

Corey walks through his SWAT cleaning system (sweep, wipe, attend to the bathroom, take out the trash), why he switched residents to Telegram instead of WhatsApp, and the screening criteria that keep his houses problem-free, including why he turns away smokers every time. He also breaks down good market vs. bad market dynamics, why he now targets 11-bed/4-bath houses that cash flow $2K+ a month, and the four phases of scaling a co-living business from scrappy solo operator to a real management company.

Plus: the power of niche vs. general masterminds, the $1 first-month trick to fill empty rooms, when to make your first hire, and a co-living horror story involving nine people in a four-person house that changed how Corey screens forever.

In this episode:

• The SWAT cleaning system that keeps 40+ houses clean with one VA
• Telegram vs. WhatsApp for resident communication
• Tenant screening: smoking, pets, guests, income, credit & criminal history
• Why co-living cash flows in both up and down markets
• The 11-4 floor plan and why 7-bed houses no longer pencil
• The four phases of scaling and when to hire
• A jaw-dropping co-living horror story

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Most of the co-living world runs on PadSplit — but Craig and Miller don't operate on it themselves. So they invited a PadSplit insider to explain exactly how it works.

Suzanne Vetillart, a Host Advisor at PadSplit and an 8-year Seattle investor, joins the show to demystify the platform: what it is, who it's for, what it costs, and why the affordable housing opportunity is only getting bigger. From the membership agreement and fee structure to the early-adopter advantage in markets like Seattle, this episode is a clear, honest look at PadSplit from someone on the inside — useful whether you're a host on the platform or operating right alongside it.

A standout takeaway: stop thinking of PadSplit as a vendor and start thinking of it as a partner. They bring the platform and the marketing muscle; you bring the operations — and together you solve the affordability crisis while building a real business.

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In this episode of The Co-Living Show, Craig Curelop and Miller McSwain sit down with twins Hem and Harsh, the operators behind CH Room Rentals, to unpack how they scaled from their first house hack to 7 co-living homes and 35 rooms in just a couple of years.

Hem and Harsh share their story of immigrating to the U.S. from India, working full-time through college, saving aggressively, and using house hacking as their entry point into real estate. What started as one 5-bedroom home in Charlotte quickly turned into a repeatable co-living model built around furnished rooms, strong tenant retention, self-management, and family partnership.

This conversation is especially valuable for newer co-living investors who are trying to figure out what the next few steps look like after buying their first property.

In this episode, we cover:

- How Hem and Harsh scaled to 7 homes and 35 rooms
- Why 5 bed / 3 bath homes are working in their market
- How they use house hacking to keep acquisition costs low
- The benefits and challenges of running a family-owned co-living business
- Why they chose to self-manage instead of using PadSplit
- How furnished rooms help them command higher rents and improve retention
- Their favorite platforms for finding tenants, including Facebook Marketplace and Furnished Finder
- How they keep vacancy low without overcomplicating operations
- What they learned from their first eviction
- Why local REI groups and co-living communities helped accelerate their growth
- Their next phase: new construction co-living homes

The episode also includes a community Q&A about rising utility costs and how co-living operators can respond when expenses increase faster than rents.

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