
1 March 2018 | 10 replies
Nice to meet someone in a similar situation (currently househacking, recovering ex-consultant, also hoping to quit the 9-5 at some point in the near-ish future, and looking for properties in similar parts of town).

28 February 2018 | 4 replies
-Cap Ex budget -$ 200 a monthly What am I missing and am I the only one thinking this deal is a steal?

23 February 2018 | 1 reply
First always seek legal counsel with an attorney:ask them the pros & cons of some of the following:1) Debt: secure a loan against the property you receive interest payments.2) Equity: record an option to buy the property (ex. you have the option to buy the property for $115k for a specified time period.3) Purchase a partial ownership interest, ex. tenant in common ownership of 50% of equity4) combo equity participation loan , you share in the upside equity.

1 March 2018 | 7 replies
The numbers seem a little too tight when you add in the cap ex and possible water leak.

27 February 2018 | 2 replies
@Jeremy Margaritondo, this is very interesting, as an ex-house hacker.

28 February 2018 | 25 replies
That will get eaten up with vacancy, break/fix repairs, eventual cap-ex, etc.

28 February 2018 | 8 replies
I always like to start with the rents and reverse engineer it.Current rent $625-25% total (vacancy repairs cap ex management)Assuming tenants pay all utilities $470 left before monthly payment, taxes, insurance -$500(estimated) Monthly mortgage payment & insurance (no tax) for a 15 year loan.OR-$350(estimated) Monthly mortgage payment & insurance (no tax) for a 30 year loan.Depending on what kind of loan you have out15 year loan, cash flow = -$3030 year loan, cash flow = $120This does not take into consideration the rent increases.

2 March 2018 | 6 replies
At that time the ex wife warned us that he was bad at managing money and would likely get behind on rent.

2 March 2018 | 4 replies
Rents, vacancy, utilities, when the last time major cap-ex items were touched, etc.