Student Accommodation Doesn't Fail Because of Bad Properties. It Fails Because of Bad Systems.
I've spent the last five years building the systems that protect landlords from the mistakes that sink most first time student accommodation investors: accreditation, compliance, and the NSFAS payment cycle. Learn to run it yourself, or hand it to a team that already has.
21 years in property. 2,000+ students housed. 51 properties across 5 regions. 138 NSFAS accreditations managed.
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I Want To Learn How To Do This Myself
For aspiring investors and landlords who want to run their own portfolio the right way. Courses, a toolkit, and the book, built from 21 years of doing this myself.
I Already Have A Property And Want It Managed
For landlords who would rather hand accreditation, compliance, and day to day management to a team that has done it 51 times already.
My Student House (MSH) is the property management arm I built to do this at scale. We currently manage 2,000+ students across 51 properties in 5 regions.
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I'm Retha van Rooyen
I started in management consulting, big teams, big budgets, someone else's priorities. In 2016 I walked away to buy property instead. In 2020, right as COVID shut the country down, I founded My Student House, because I had already seen how many landlords walk into student accommodation without understanding NSFAS accreditation until it's too late. That's still the gap I fill, for the landlords I manage and the ones I teach.
"Working with Retha has changed my life. Iā€™m only 2 months away from debt-free!"
- Martin Marino
Course Student
"I chose my student house as a landlordĀ to help with the management of myĀ property. I've received the BEST!! professional service from renovations toĀ filling up my property in a short period ofĀ time and management of day-to-day business activities, which gives me lessĀ headache, as I'm in JHB and my
property is well managed in CPT by MyĀ Student House"
- Dr. Nonhlanhla Ntumbe
Landlord Client
"Retha and her team are amazing. They act professionally, quickly and pay out returns on promised dates. I highly recommend investing with them"
-Ā Martinette Ziman
Landlord Client
ONLINE COURSES
Learn how to do Student Accommodation
Take control of your financial future with these comprehensive resources.
Student Accommodation Virtual Class
Learn how to create wealth with student accommodation. From finding the right property to placing students, accreditation and managing your student house.
Get the online course, coaching and the book included when you join this class.
Quick Lesson
Learn how to analyze a rental property and make sure your next rental property investment is a cash cow! Here I illustrate how I made my first R2000 passive income from a rental property. I share with you how I determined my monthly cash flow and cash on cash return. You can easily replicate this for any rental property investment. I also give some tips on how to make your rental income actually passive and calculating your return on time instead of just return on investment.
Book
Get the ultimate book on starting and running your own student accommodation business.