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Andrew Berardi
  • New to Real Estate
  • New York
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House Hack Idea - Need Advice

Andrew Berardi
  • New to Real Estate
  • New York
Posted

Hi!

I am currently renting a unit in a multifamily house. A few years ago the landlord wanted to sell, but decided not to.

Plan A:
is to get in touch with a lender to see if I could qualify for a cash loan. In parallel I want to run the numbers, and see if cash-flow from the other units would be able to pay mortgage/taxes/insurance/etc.

If the numbers seem good…I want to make an offer to the landlord. My goal is to be able to house-hack here, and then move on to other forms of investing in the future.

I know this idea seems like a long shot, so Plan B is to find a deal on a multi-family house, live in one unit and rent the others. After reading BRRRR and listening to the BP Podcasts, House hacking seems like the best way for me to get started in investing. One of the episodes mentioned utilizing NACA to find a house that already has tenants, and moving into it and house hacking as well.

So…does Plan A sound like a good idea? Any advice on how I should go about contacting a lender? Would I need to get in touch with an agent as well to help me close the deal?

Also…whether going with Plan A or B…should I be starting an LLC to put the house under that instead of my name?

I'd appreciate any advice.

Thanks,
Andrew

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