Live next door to friends & family
Live next door to friends
& family
You know you've thought about it. What's stopping you?
You know you've thought about it. What's stopping you?
SEE WHAT'S IN YOUR CITY
“A reframing of what success looks like in America"
“A cheat code for living a happy life”
“The 'live near friends' movement has leveled up.”
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Find and buy multiplayer housing
Live Near Friends can help you find the best properties and simplify the buying process.
We are specialists in the financial, legal, and zoning considerations for purchasing multi-unit homes.
Live Near Friends can help you find the best properties and simplify the buying process.
We are specialists in the financial, legal, and zoning considerations for purchasing multi-unit homes.
SEE WHAT’S AVAILABLE IN YOUR CITY
Duplex
You live in one unit, a friend in the other.
Share meals, share babysitting
House with ADU
Share a backyard: One home in front, one in back, garden in the middle?
Apartment Cluster
Rent or buy a handful of apartments in the same building
Friend Compound
Buy or build three or more houses on a plot of land
Apartment Cluster
Rent or buy a handful of apartments in the same building
Duplex
You live in one unit, a friend in the other.
Share meals, share babysitting
House with ADU
Share a backyard: One home in front, one in back, garden in the middle?
Friend Compound
Buy or build three or more houses on a plot of land
Apartment Cluster
Rent or buy a handful of apartments in the same building
Duplex
You live in one unit, a friend in the other.
Share meals, share babysitting
House with ADU
Share a backyard: One home in front, one in back, garden in the middle?
Friend Compound
Buy or build three or more houses on a plot of land
Apartment Cluster
Rent a handful of apartments in the same building
Duplex
You live in one unit, a friend in the other
House with ADU
Share a backyard: One home in front, one in back
Friend Compound
Buy or build three or more houses on a plot of land
The inspiration: Radish in Oakland
Live Near Friends founder Phil Levin and his wife Kristen bought a property in 2018.
What started as 7 friends has grown into 20 friends spread across 6 neighboring buildings and 8 kids.
Live Near Friends founder Phil Levin and his wife Kristen bought a property in 2018.
What started as 7 friends has grown into 20 friends spread across 6 neighboring buildings and 8 kids.
Live Near Friends founder Phil Levin and his wife Kristen bought a property in 2018.
What started as 7 friends has grown into 20 friends spread across 6 neighboring buildings and 8 kids.
BUILD YOUR OWN RADISH
Turn the fantasy into reality
Turn the fantasy into reality
How it works
Pick a PLACE for you and your friends to live.
How it works
Pick a PLACE for you and your friends to live.
Search for HOMES that fit everyone's needs.
Search for HOMES that fit everyone's needs.
Share the homes you like with your FRIENDS.
Share the homes you like with your FRIENDS.
Work with an LNF SPECIALIST AGENT to tour homes and sign on the dotted line.
START EXPLORING NEIGHBORHOODS
Work with an LNF SPECIALIST AGENT to tour homes and sign on the dotted line.
START EXPLORING NEIGHBORHOODS
How it works
1
Pick a place for you and your friends to live.
2
Swipe right on HOMES that fit everyone’s needs
Search for homes that fit everyone's needs
Search for homes that fit everyone's needs
3
Share the homes you like with your FRIENDS
Share the homes you like with your friends
Share the homes you like with your friends
4
Work with a Live Near Friends specialist agent to tour homes and sign on the dotted line.
Success stories
Dive into the daily lives of folks who moved near their friends in our latest collection of case studies. Learn how they chose their homes w neighborhoods, and hear their stories of spontaneity and support.
New parents in Oakland, CA
Carmen & Osman and Deena moved into their respective homes in an existing minihood. They’re parenting their one-year-olds around lots of other toddler-parents.
Read the full story
Read the full story
College friends reunited in Durham, NC
Reed & Eric took a pandemic leap of faith to live near Lauren & Mollie. Over the years, their families have gotten incredibly close, and bagel breakfasts are a weekend ritual.
Read the full story
Read the full story
DID YOU KNOW?
“Living within 1 mile of a friend can increase your happiness by 25%. Within 1/2 mile, this number is over 40%”
Harvard Study
WORD ON THE STREET
"You're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with."
Jim Rohn
WORD ON THE STREET
"Adult friendships are just employing increasingly aggressive pressure tactics to get friends to move to your city."
Anu Atuluru
DID YOU KNOW?
“Living within 1 mile of a friend can increase your happiness by 25%. Within 1/2 mile, this number is over 40%”
Harvard Study
WORD ON THE STREET
"You're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with."
Jim Rohn
WORD ON THE STREET
"Adult friendships are just employing increasingly aggressive pressure tactics to get friends to move to your city."
Anu Atuluru
DID YOU KNOW?
“Living within 1 mile of a friend can increase your happiness by 25%. Within 1/2 mile, this number is over 40%”
Harvard Study
WORD ON THE STREET
"You're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with."
Jim Rohn
WORD ON THE STREET
"Adult friendships are just employing increasingly aggressive pressure tactics to get friends to move to your city."
Anu Atuluru
DID YOU KNOW?
“Living within 1 mile of a friend can increase your happiness by 25%. Within 1/2 mile, this number is over 40%”
Harvard Study
WORD ON THE STREET
"You're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with."
Jim Rohn
WORD ON THE STREET
"Adult friendships are just employing increasingly aggressive pressure tactics to get friends to move to your city."
Anu Atuluru
DID YOU KNOW?
“Living within 1 mile of a friend can increase your happiness by 25%. Within 1/2 mile, this number is over 40%”
Harvard Study
WORD ON THE STREET
"You're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with."
Jim Rohn
WORD ON THE STREET
"Adult friendships are just employing increasingly aggressive pressure tactics to get friends to move to your city."
Anu Atuluru
THE SIMPLE TRICK FOR YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
What are you waiting for? Time to build your best life.
What are you waiting for?
Time to build your best life.
What are you waiting for? Time to build your best life.
What are you waiting for?
Time to build your best life.
See what’s in your city
Feedback? Ideas? Success stories? We’d love to hear from you.
Newsletter: Get case studies and how-tos
© Live Near Friends 2025
Feedback? Ideas? Success stories? We’d love to hear from you.
Newsletter: Get case studies and how-tos
© Live Near Friends 2025
Feedback? Ideas? Success stories? We’d love to hear from you.
Newsletter: Get case studies and how-tos
© Live Near Friends 2025
Feedback? Ideas? Success stories? We’d love to hear from you.
Newsletter: Get case studies and how-tos
© Live Near Friends 2025