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Updated almost 6 years ago on . Most recent reply

Help analyze potential first multifam house hack in FL Panhandle
Hey guys, thanks in advance for any advice. I'm looking to house hack my first multifam property as a buy&hold in the Milton/Pensacola, FL area. First post so apologies for missing info and/or formatting.
Purchase Price - 250k, 0% down. Assuming full asking price for conservative numbers.
2 Story building with 5 units total, build in 1930.
Units are all currently occupied and rent as follows:
A - 725/mo
B - 775/mo
C - 725/mo
D - 685/mo
E - 600/mo(Unit I would look to occupy)
Monthly Expenses
P&I - 1350/mo
Utilities - 900/mo
Taxes - 140/mo
Insurance - 200/mo
Property Management - 350/mo
Based on these numbers, I'd essentially be living in Unit E for $30/mo however I plan on managing the property on my own for at least the first year which would result in 320/mo towards an expense account. While occupying Unit E, I'd do some minor cosmetic stuff to get the unit into the same condition as A/B/C.
My plan is to tackle repairs, upgrades, etc as they come with the funds in the expense account. Using the 50% rule for expenses, I'm seeing it'd bring ~400/month in cashflow once I rent out Unit E. Income-Expense Ratio I'm coming up with is 1.37%.
Anything I'm missing? Does this look like a good first investment? I ballparked the Insurance amount, listing agent stated 2k/annually but I wanted to leave more of a cushion.