House Hacking Single Family

[Bradley Abramson]

Hey Guys, 

I wanted to see if you guys could let me know if I am doing anything not advised for my first house hack.

I am currently looking at a single family house. It is a 3 Bedroom 2 bath house South of Denver (Columbine Area) for 350k. I was pre-approved for a loan and with all the interest, insurance, and principal the loan will be about 2250 a month. This loan is a conventional loan 3% down and can have the PMI removed after I hit 20%. I want to also do some renovations and make the downstairs basement extra room and turn it into a room by adding a wall and closet. I am estimating 30k for renovations of the whole house and will be 30,000k. The AVR's for a similar 3 bedroom house fully finished is 400k and 4 bedroom around 420k.

I have conducted a  dry listing to see if I could get interest and was able to 8 applications in 24 hours before I removed the listing at a rate of 700$ per room. I am employed and can definitely afford the mortgage by myself. I want to get a renovation loan out and fix the place up and potentially turn the garage into an apartment where I live and rent the full house out.

Is there anything I am missing? I am currently paying 700$ in rent. The loan would be 35% of my before tax income and roughly 60% of my after tax, health insurance, and retirement account. I have enough for the down payment and will have at least 3 months of mortgages payments by the time of closing. I know that for a typical rental this would be 

Thanks for the help and if you need anymore information I would be glad to provide.  

[Bradley Abramson]

Originally posted by @William Maldonado:

I just closed on a home in the NY area with the same mindset as Bradley going into it, Same size home, same price, everything. I am wondering if he went through with the deal and how everything is working out.

Hey William, I just posted a new update. I did most of the reno myself and was able to get renters in one by one as I improved areas within the house. I took their suggestions and was able to find a relatively good house without much major renovation. 

I am now fully rented out and have a good cashflow while also living for free! My next dillema is the 2nd and third home lol 

best, 

Bradley