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    How to Manage 14 Rental Properties in 2 Hours a Week

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    Managing a room-by-room portfolio sounds like a full-time job, but Ryan Chaw keeps it to a couple of hours a week. The clip covers the tenant screening filter, the systems, and the delegation that make that possible.

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    How Ryan Chaw Turned a $30K Mistake Into a 7-Figure Rental Portfolio

    I was actually inspired to get into real estate from my grandfather who bought a couple properties in the San Francisco Bay Area back in the '50s.
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    Frequently Asked Questions

    How much time does Ryan Chaw actually spend managing his rentals each week?
    About an hour and a half to two hours a week. The daily work is handled by his virtual assistant team — one VA at 40 hours a week and one at 20 — plus local help for tours and quarterly inspections.
    What systems let him manage a room-by-room portfolio in a couple of hours a week?
    Written SOPs for every recurring task, plus what he calls a "company brain": a searchable tool he built with Claude Code holding all his SOPs and meeting transcripts, so his team can look up how anything was handled before. One example rule: any project over $1,000 requires three quotes.
    Does he use a property manager?
    No. Ryan self-managed for years without a property manager and instead built a delegated team, which is what keeps his weekly involvement so low.

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