Stuck in rental lease looking to house hack first property.

[Christopher Bintz]

My brother and I are currently in a rental lease paying $1500 in Portland, Oregon and we are looking to get away from being renters and get into the game of house hacking. between the two of us we have about $60,000 as well as looking to potentially move to a cheaper state. we currently are looking in Florida or Texas. we have family in Utah that we could stay with while we try to find a house. Is it worth it to break our lease which would cost monthly rent plus 1.5 times the rent to a total of around $2,242 and start now or better to start later when our lease ends in march of 2024? 

[Carl Davis]

When we have tenants that want to get out of an lease we give them the option of being flexible and helping us find a new tenant to replace them so there is no vacancy.

If your landlord is flexible this might be an option. Our main concern is just having qualified tenants with as little vacancy as possible. If you help them do that, they may be willing to work with you.