Advice on House Hacking in San Diego, CA

[Wasam Hawari]

Hi BP SD Community, I am an investor moving from Sacramento, CA to San Diego, CA for work. Instead of renting, I was looking into house hacking a Multi-Family property (rent one unit out and live in the other). I prefer to rent by unit as I am not a fan of renting by room. My questions are; is it possible to find a Multi-Family property at a decent price that would make it more affordable to house hack than rent? If so, what areas should I start looking into. I appreciate the advice and help!

[Twana Rasoul]

@Wasam Hawari  The easy answer is absolutely.  I have several duplexes that I have in contract currently and a few that recently closed and I'd be happy to give you an idea of what those look like for house hacking.  I prefer multi unit as well vs just renting out by the room, I house hack myself.  Most of the ones I mentioned above were purchased using fha loan to put only 3.5% down and a couple of them were done with conventional loans which requires minimum 15% down for a 2-unit.  Feel free to connect when you come down.