The Ten-Room Operator

Systems, tenant selection and building an HMO business that runs without you

The final HMO book is about moving from operator to owner, so the business no longer depends on you for everything. It shows you how to write an operating manual, replace emergency repairs with a maintenance system and keep a steady pipeline of tenants. You will see which office roles to fill and why tenant selection is a team skill rather than a lucky dip. The funding chapter compares saving fresh deposits with recycling capital through refinancing, and explains why respecting the lender's stress test protects you. Further chapters cover software and automation for rent, marketing and the property itself, and the new risks that appear with scale, including shocks that arrive together, the people risk of shared living and the risk of relying on yourself. The book is honest about where teaching yourself stops working, and ends with a twelve-month plan to turn the HMOs you operate into a business that runs largely without you. This is the final book in The HMO Playbook series.

What’s inside

• The systems that let you repeat this reliably
• Building the team around you
• Funding growth without over-leveraging
• Software and automation that pays for itself
• Managing risk as you get bigger
• Where self-teaching stops working, honestly
• Your twelve-month scale plan

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