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10% down or 20% down???
First time investor here, please bare with me! Tomorrow, I am meeting my realtor for a tour of my first multifamily house hack. It’s listed at $289k. I have $50k plus about 7k in the bank.
Closing costs are 2.5% - $7250. Seller and buyer commissions are a total of 6% - $17,340. This is my first time buying a home and let’s just say I learned a lot about these fees. Call it $25,000 in fees.
The downstairs unit will rent out for 2000 a month. The upstairs will rent out for 1750 a month. Property taxes are 650, insurance 160, outsourced property management takes 10% of the rent, and another 10% of the rent is set aside each month for future repairs. 3750 x 0.8 = 3000.
$3000 profit, minus about $2300 in mortgage, property taxes and insurance leaves about $700 cashflow, when I move out.
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What would you do? Is this potential $700 cash flowing asset worth it? If I put only 10% down, I would have just enough for a 10% down payment, plus all the fees, but the mortgage will go up to $2400 plus $150 mortgage insurance, leaving only $450 in cash flow. If I put 10% down, with on time payments, I’ll have 20% equity in about a year or so, eliminating mortgage insurance.
I think I may have just answered my own question, but is it worth it to put only 10% down, and waiting for the equity to build to 20% in like a year and a half, or to bend over backwards, take out a loan and go in with 20% from the start?
Oh, and I also qualify for an FHA loan, since this is my first home, so there is also that option to. Not sure what to do!!
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OP. Sit down with you Realtor and pose this info and questions. Not tracking.
You're going to live in one of the units? Which one? $2,000 or $1,750? What did you use to pay for rent where you live now? You have to make up the $2,000 or $1,750 out of your pocket. If you stayed with your parents for $0, then you have say, negative cash flow of $1,750. If you currently rent for $2,500 and take the $1,750; you have additional positive cash flow of $750 for your rent situation.
Have you thoroughly looked over the capex potential issues? Glad you are setting aside money, but if the HVAC is 20 years old, or the septic system has never been pumped, or the roof is 25 years old, etc; you will get hit with a cost before your build up enough set aside.
How stable is the other tenant? If they leave is the market really good or how many months will you need to carry the other rental unit's costs? Plus, you have to turn the unit over- paint, carpet, etc repairs?
If this is your first property and you are living in it? Why are you having PM? Plus, the PM shouldn't be over your portion of the property costs.
Glad you are looking at properties. But you have to many basic questions unaddressed. Recommend you don't make an offer. Join an RE group. Walk through deals with one of them. Keep doing deal analysis. Do you have a property checklist? Do you have a deal calculation? Get up to speed more before doing this first deal.