Losing Money Due to Vacancy

[Seth Firestone]

I live in the Northern Virginia area where most of the properties have about a $3,000 a month mortgage.  My partner and I are looking to buy our first property soon and we plan to house hack it for a year.  I think about the risk we take buying a place with a high mortgage.  Isn't it kind of silly to invest in such an expensive area? Let's say we cash flow around $270 a month, and then we are vacant for a month.  That would mean we pretty much lose all of the money we made right? Am I overthinking vacancies or is this something I should be prepared for?