Purchase price: $17,000 Sale price: $27,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven and Archie Raglin acquired this property on 1/3/2025 for $17,000 and sold it the same day for $27,000.

What are your thoughts on the market now, post-covid and with rentals/prices at a significantly reduce price from last year?

The pricing for Real Estate is way out of whack due to no supply so everything is over priced right now and not sure if worth the house hack. 

If there isn’t significant equity capture at this purchase price, and it’s not in a great location, this would be a pass for me.

You do have to make sure to price correctly.

NAR Says - Existing home sales fall to lowest level in nearly 30 years and Median housing prices rose to a record high"The National Association of Realtors released data that showed existing home sales declined to the lowest level since 1995 last year, with 4.06 million homes sold on an annual basis.Meanwhile, the median home price median home price rose to a record high of $407,500 in 2024."

And what is your price point and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"?

Oversimplifying it just a bit, the investor profits from:- a non-refundable option paid by the tenant-buyer which gives them the right to purchase the property within their option period- the spread between the rent paid by the investor to the property owner and the rent paid to the investor by the tenant-buyer over the life of the option- the spread between the price ultimately paid by the investor when they exercise their option with the owner and the price ultimately paid by the tenant-buyer when they exercise their option with the investorClear as mud?

In short, I can afford the additional $1100/mo cost of a second house, even until I rent it out.I have around $35K in HYSA and emergency funds that I could use for a down payment, but that's less than 20% which would be required for a conventional loan, assuming full purchase price.

You’re probably thinking you have to offer asking price – not true!