Built to build. Born to sell. Here to help.
I'm an Atlanta-based Keller Williams Realtor, real estate investor, and coach. I've built a portfolio of 50+ coliving rooms across the Atlanta metro, and I'm on a mission to help people do the same.

Realtor, investor, and coach.
Keller Williams Realtor first, then the portfolio, then coaching — plus the communities I built around that work.
KW Realtor
Top Realtor in DeKalb County
Investor
$2.5M AUM · 50+ rooms · 100+ residents
Coach
Helping investors build their first portfolios
She Leads Co-Founder
500+ women in coliving community
Summit Co-Founder
Hosted the first summit for women in coliving
From a backyard pool in California to 50+ coliving rooms in Atlanta.
I grew up in Southern California, watching my parents build businesses. Both entrepreneurs — they showed me early what it looked like to bet on yourself, create something from nothing, and never wait for someone else to open the door. That idea has really shaped who I am today.
At 17 I started my first business — not from a business plan, but from a moment that mattered. A family friend's two-year-old had a near-drowning experience. As a lifelong competitive swimmer who had been teaching swim lessons for the city of Huntington Beach, I stepped in and taught her how to swim in my parents' backyard pool. One lesson quickly grew into a full-fledged business. By the time I was 21, Jump Start Swimming had over 20 instructors, three pools, and hundreds of families every year across Orange County, California. While studying business and child development at Cal State Fullerton I was simultaneously managing staff, running operations, responding to midnight emails, and learning what it actually means to build something real from the ground up.
After graduating I decided I wanted to live my life and travel a little more — so I booked one-way tickets to places I'd never been. I spent a year living in Hawaii, backpacking South America, then Asheville North Carolina, then St. Pete Florida, where I fell in love with marathon swimming and real estate in 2019/2020 — right as the pandemic was just getting started. Perfect timing.
I moved to Atlanta to be closer to family and pretty quickly felt the pull toward investing. I started attending real estate investing meetups. In 2022 I converted my basement into a studio apartment, rented it out, and felt the click of something falling into place. A few months later, I unknowingly walked into a PadSplit meetup — and that was it. I knew coliving was the strategy I'd been looking for.
I've now built a growing portfolio of coliving homes across the Atlanta metro, co-founded She Leads Coliving, hosted the Women's Coliving Summit, and built a coaching program to help other investors do exactly what I did — but faster, smarter, and with someone in their corner.
Because real estate is the entrepreneur's dream. You can make it as big as you want. There's no ceiling, no set path. And I'm proof of that.
Media & Appearances
CoLiving Cait: The Systems, The Stories, The Reality
Feb 18, 2026. With Craig Curelop and Miller McSwain, on operating coliving in Atlanta.
Listen →Realtor and CoLiving Investor Caitlyn Verdugo shares her best CoLiving Tips
Aug 28, 2025. Coliving tips with host Quentin Wendt.
Listen →How Coliving Changed Caitlyn Verdugo's Life & Real Estate Career
Sep 24, 2025. Clara Arroyave interviews Caitlyn on coliving and her real estate career.
Listen →Women Leading the Future of Coliving
Jun 25, 2026. A roundtable live from the Women's Coliving Retreat in Estes Park, Colorado.
Listen →Atlanta Women Investors Meetup: House Hacking Panel
Sep 2, 2026. Four investors on getting started with house hacking in metro Atlanta.
Watch →From Cockroaches to Cashflow: My Coliving Origin Story
Apr 12, 2026. Caitlyn's coliving origin story.
Watch →National Co-Living Conference
Caitlyn's presentation at the National Co-Living Conference.
Watch →Two rooms in Atlanta.
Atlanta House Hackers
A free community for anyone house hacking in metro Atlanta — first-timers running the numbers, and owners already living for free.
Free · Facebook group · Metro AtlantaAtlanta Women Investors
A monthly meetup for women investing in Atlanta real estate — every strategy, every experience level.
Last Tuesday · Atlanta · FreeSee the next meetup →Buy, partner, or learn.
Buy & Sell With Me
Work with a Keller Williams Realtor who thinks like an investor — whether you're buying your first home, selling a rental, or hunting your next deal.
- ✦Buying & Selling
- ✦Investment Properties
- ✦House Hacking & Coliving
Partner With Me
Put your capital to work in Atlanta's coliving market. You invest, I operate — with full transparency, legal protections, and consistent payment history.
- ✦Private Money Lending
- ✦Private Money Partnerships
- ✦Coliving Arbitrage
Learn With Me
Whether you're starting from scratch or scaling what you've built, I'll meet you where you are with the right level of guidance.
- ✦Mini Courses
- ✦1:1 Coaching Program
- ✦Advisory Retainer