What if you could build a portfolio of 107 co-living rooms without spending your days answering tenant messages, handling maintenance requests, and managing every little detail?

In this episode of The Co-Living Show, hosts Miller McSwain and Craig Curelop sit down with Andres Martinez, a real estate investor and entrepreneur who went from working multiple jobs as an immigrant from Peru to building a 107-room co-living portfolio across 14 properties in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Andres shares how he acquired 10 properties in just 18 months using creative financing, subject-to deals, seller financing, and private money partnerships. He also breaks down his first co-living investment, which he acquired with just $3,000 down and eventually generated approximately $2,750 in monthly cash flow.

But what makes Andres's story even more fascinating is how he's using artificial intelligence to transform property management.

Instead of relying entirely on traditional property management systems, Andres built his own AI-powered software to automate tenant inquiries, schedule showings, troubleshoot maintenance requests, handle resident communications, and resolve everyday house issues.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How Andres went from working restaurant jobs to becoming a full-time real estate investor
• How he acquired 10 co-living properties in just 18 months
• The creative financing strategies that helped him scale without traditional bank loans
• The numbers behind his first co-living investment
• Why he prioritizes cash flow over equity and appreciation
• How he trained AI using real tenant conversations and operational data
• How AI handles tenant acquisition, maintenance, and resident communication
• Why human oversight is still essential when automating property management
• Practical ways co-living operators can start incorporating AI into their businesses

Whether you're buying your first co-living property or managing an expanding portfolio, this conversation is packed with lessons on creative financing, building scalable systems, and using technology to create more freedom.

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Andres Martinez
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