Sean O'Dowd

I'm Managing Partner of Scholastic Capital, a real estate private equity firm focused on single-family homes in elite, 10/10 high school districts. Scholastic Capital buys single-family homes in high-end school districts and then rents them to tenants for 3+ years. Demand for rentals in these zip codes is extremely high due to the fantastic high school. Yet, these zip codes have high median purchase prices & and high property taxes. These district also have 90%+ owner-occupancy rates. All three factors combine to result in rental supply being essentially zero. Scholastic Capital sits at the intersection of this imbalance. We buy high quality homes and turn them into rentals for families that would prefer to rent but cannot find an option to do so. Before launching Scholastic Capital, I started and built an independent consulting firm. I've historically been one of the top consultants on the Catalant platform and a member of their Expert Advisory Board. I worked predominantly with F500 companies on strategy creation + implementation or leading PE firms. Most PE work was focused on value creation for portcos, while some was pre-deal diligence work Historically, I've invested the profit from my consulting business into single-family homes in 10/10 Elite High School Districts to test my real estate thesis. Once the thesis was "proven", it turned into Scholastic Capital. Sean is married with two kids. He and his family live in the Chicago suburbs.