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Updated over 5 years ago,
Househack offer thoughts
Hey all!
I'm looking for some opinions regarding buying a duplex to househack. I have a property thats on mls I made in mind. I want to purchase with a FHA loan so I will have PMI. With this property the owner pays all utilities besides electric. I'm trying to base my offer on the numbers after I am no longer living there as I plan to for a year or so and then try to househack something else. The numbers:
Asking $129900
Will rent for $1700 (whole building after I move out)
Taxes/insurance are $375/month
Utilities are around $250/month
I'll set aside $340/month for reserves
I offered $109000 so that I would be financing around $105000 and that would give me a PITI of around $1025 (including PMI), and because its very close to 80% of ARV allowing me to potentially refi out of the FHA and free up that PMI money. I'm looking for feedback on the line of thinking here. I know there are things I can do to alleviate the burden of the utilities or get more rent (I.e. raising rents, coin laundry, charging for storage/garage) but I don't want to count on them when determining an offer.
Thanks in advance!