Last Updated: May 13, 2026 (Price & Content Verified)
Andrew Lamb told his barber "1991 BET Awards energy" and the man delivered.
Bro is married with five daughters (praise hands). Doesn't swear. Mom was a pastor.
The come up was crazy:
UC Davis grad to church janitor to teacher to real estate agent to running his own Keller Williams office to flipping houses to holding rentals to operating 18 group homes in California.
Now he wants $10k to give up the sauce.
Which leaves the obvious question: is Andrew Lamb legit?
Read on for my Sober Living Riches review.
Andrew was grinding out 12-hour days as a realtor, barely seeing his wife and kids, when he heard about this model.
He was like:
Wait, hold up. You mean this rental that's only making me $600 a month could be converted into a sober living home? And I could stuff 10 people in here at $1,200 a pop? Don't say another word.
Next thing you know, the county was throwing him $12,000 a month.
After paying the mortgage, bills, and his house manager, he was still netting about $8,000.
The move boinged his cash flow 13x.
So Andrew decided to run it up.
Over the next four years, he started scooping homes left and right, going deep in his bag for delayed financing and subject-to deals.
Flash forward:
Today, his 18 sober living homes bring in over $60,000 a month in "passive" income.
Sheesh. Are you pregnant with envy right now?
Andrew thought you might be.
So here's a little more about the opportunity:
Sober living homes are drug and alcohol-free transitional housing.
Voluntary. Not a halfway house. Not court-ordered. Just people who want or need to stay sober: veterans, single parents, elderly, people leaving treatment, people leaving the streets.
Each home is single-gender. Male homes and female homes, never mixed.
Residents follow house rules, submit to drug testing, and live in a structured, monitored environment.
Rent runs cheaper than a normal apartment because it's shared housing.
Some residents pay out of pocket. Others have it covered through county programs, vouchers, or insurance.
Sober living is not meant to be permanent. Most stay 1-2 years: long enough to show steady income, fix their credit, and qualify for their own place.
Then they bounce.
And the bed gets filled again.
But it's not as plug-and-play as you might think.
Where your home sits determines what you can charge. The coasts can easily see $1,500/month per resident. Indiana might cap out at $650.
Certification? Usually optional. License? Depends on the state.
Regulated? Yes and no. If you have a good product and your residents are thriving, you're fine.
But if a case worker shows up and there's dishes piled in the sink, pizza boxes on the coffee table, nasty Marlboro Red butts in Coke cans everywhere, and Steve snuck out after curfew to clap some cheeks?
You'll probably be blackballed.
Meaning:
No more referrals. No more nonprofit checks. No more county dollars. And yeah, beds stay empty.
As you can tell, there's a lot to this.
You need good systems, good staff, and the ability to actually run a real organization - not just collect rent and dip.
Which is why Andrew started Sober Living Riches.
He says he kept getting calls from people all over the country: "Hey, can you help me get this going?"
Here's what's included in the program:
- 6-week Sober Living Riches course
- Access to the Skool community
- Six months of weekly coaching calls
- A vault of 30+ hours of recorded Zoom calls
- A nationwide market research list
- Bonus launch calls
- A NARR-approved 40-page Sober Living Policy & Procedures Manual
- A license agreement
- House rules
- Hiring and onboarding documents
How much does it cost?
Andrew doesn't list a public price, but several people on Facebook said it was $10,000.
A guy on BiggerPockets who I imagine has a neck beard said ackchyually it's $9,800.
No Reddit. No Trustpilot.
One BBB complaint from a woman who said she and her sister financed $8,800 through a third-party company, never used a lick of the coaching, and wanted out.
After some back and forth, the financing agreement was canceled, with no balance owed and nothing going to collections.
From my angle?
Andrew Lamb is wholesome to the point of mild concern. Like you almost wanna check the basement just to be safe.
Okay, I checked. It's clean.
The course came after the empire. He owns the actual houses, runs the actual business, and doesn't act like it's easier than it is.
Sober Living Riches gets an 8/10 from me.
Two points docked for the price and operational lift. Zero docked for Andrew.
Q&A
Q: What type of results can I expect?
A: If you attend the coaching calls and follow the steps, Andrew says you should have at least one sober living home live by the end of the six-month coaching window. His best students have launched as many as three in the first few months. Obviously, if you do nothing, you can expect nothing. Staring at rice doesn't cook it, bro.
Q: Is there a refund policy?
A: Not really. Andrew's "policy" is basically if you show up and do the work and still don't have a sober living home running after six months, he'll keep coaching you until you do. Which sounds generous until you realize the alternative was getting your $10k back.
Q: Do I have to do this in my own city or state?
A: Nope. Local is ideal - it's what Andrew did, and makes management a bit simpler - but it's not required. His team will help you find the right market, and they've had students start sober living homes out of state and even out of country before.
Q: Won't the property get trashed?
A: Andrew gets that a lot. But he swears this is no different than any other rental model. Remember, these are self-selected, motivated individuals who want to turn their lives around. Plus, chores are part of the deal and the house is regularly inspected. The real risk isn't tenants tearing up the place. It's bad operations. No house manager, no rules, no follow-through. That's what gets your home wrecked. Not the residents.
Q: What if I read all of this and know, deep down, I'm too lazy for it?
A: Same. That's why I do digital real estate instead. You build simple websites, rank them in Google, and rent the leads to local business owners. Plumbers, roofers, tree services, garage door guys. No tenants. No case workers. No 2 a.m. phone calls about Steve. Just websites that quietly make you money in the background. Here's a short video that breaks it down.