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?