How to get more cash flow from a house

Coliving investing means renting each bedroom of a house to a separate adult. Here is how the model works, where the extra money comes from, and what can go wrong.

The same $200,000 house, rented two ways, compared step by step. See what is left after vacancy, expenses, and the mortgage, what adding rooms is worth, and when the whole-house rental still wins.

How to buy a house as your home, live in one bedroom, and rent the other rooms to cover the mortgage. The loan, the math, the house rules, and what to check first.

A PadSplit host explains the real fee, when you get paid, what PadSplit does, what still lands on you, and how to tell whether self-managing would pay better.

How rent-by-the-room and PadSplit hosts keep kitchens, living rooms, and hallways clean: a professional cleaner on a schedule, clear house rules, supplies on hand, and the budget line that keeps it from turning into a fight.

How to pick an honest vacancy number for a coliving house, where vacancy really comes from, and how far it can rise before the deal stops working.

PadSplit prices from both sides of the deal: weekly room rates, the move-in and application fees members pay, and how much of each room's rent the owner actually keeps after PadSplit's fee.

Sourced, dated numbers on renting houses by the room in the US: platform size and fees, real fee by length of stay, search demand, site traffic, and one owner's actual statement.

Room rents, 4-bedroom home prices, whole-house rents, and the price that works, for 9 cities.

Put in a house and see the cash flow rented whole and rented by the room, side by side.

Enter your room rent and how long members stay to see the real fee you pay as a PadSplit host.