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**St Petersburg TBREIA Meets Every 1st Tuesday of the Month at Green Bench Brewing Co. from 7pm-9pm ** Presenter: Hawk Micado

Hawk Mikado is a co-living investor with over a decade of experience and the founder of Realē Happy, an investor-focused real estate advisory team brokered by eXp Realty. Hawk has built, operated, and refined co-living properties long before the model became mainstream. Today, he helps investors acquire and scale co-living housing using the Super Rental System™, a proven approach covering acquisition, setup, management, exit, and reinvestment.

In 2024, Hawk became a licensed Realtor, enabling him to represent investors directly in the purchase of co-living-friendly properties. He also partners with PadSplit, the industry leader in co-living housing, to support investors from purchase through operations and resale.

A 3-time International Best Selling Author and speaker, Hawk’s work is driven by a single mission: ending homelessness permanently by making high-quality shared housing scalable, investable, and widely accessible.

Event discussion will consist of the following:

The Super Rental System™: How We Build Co-Living Properties That Generate 2–3× Traditional Rental Cash Flow—Legally and Repeatedly

What This Session Covers

•    How we discovered and refined the Super Rental System™

The real story behind how we transitioned from traditional rentals into co-living—and why operating 12 properties personally forced us to systemize everything.

•    Why co-living outperforms traditional rentals by 2–3×

A clear breakdown of where the extra income actually comes from, why it’s structural (not market timing), and why co-living consistently outperforms long-term and short-term rentals.

•    The real numbers: $12,000–$24,000 per year in net cash flow per property

What our properties actually produce, how we underwrite conservatively, and the key metrics we track that most investors overlook.

•    Legality, zoning, and compliance—how this works in regulated markets

How the Super Rental System™ is designed to operate within zoning, occupancy, and regulatory frameworks, even in cities that restrict or heavily regulate short-term rentals.

•    The system behind the success: acquire → set up → operate → repeat

An inside look at the repeatable process we use—from identifying the right properties to setup, management, exits, and redeploying capital—so co-living becomes a strategy, not a hustle

Right Room. Right People. Real Results.