Purchase price: $271,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Duplex with 1 bed, 1 bath in each unit + 3 car garage in a great neighborhood.

I would like to get into house hacking another small multifamily as soon as possible.

Mexico is already building tent cities to house them.

Why move the house . just cut a section off .

They live in a semi HCOL area called Torrance (house is in a good zip code 90503).

The property is zoned as a SFR house and likely in a neighborhood of the same.Was the property not appraised by the bank when you got your mortgage?

I own my primary residence in the Houston area (~$700k - 5 bedrooms, 4 and 1/2 baths, 3,500 sq. ft.) and a small rental property (1,500 sq. ft., $1,900/month).

-Both homes have new windows, kitchens, baths, flooring, electric, solar, landscaping, you name it, with custom tile and woodwork. 

Hey there @James Colgan - Love the idea of house hacking a duplex!

Even if you only averaged 2.8% appreciation annually, which if you've had it 20 years I have no clue how that's true given prices have well more than doubled in that time, youre skipping over the fact that you have been benefiting from that appreciation on the ENTIRE house, not just the % you paid for.