Rents usually based on how many bedrooms there are.

Hi all, I currently rent, but am considering buying a 2 bedroom condo/townhouse.The main issue: I only plan to live in this property for 1-5 years (unknown, depends on career moves), so long term I'd like to be able to rent it out with at least break-even cashflow.I think the main problem is though that in any desirable living area, it's pretty tough to do this. 

That's right Heshel, especially if you're dealing with large units, say 1,000 square feet and it has only 2 bedrooms.

@Zach Whicker I am pretty new to the game, but I'm seeing some good cash flow out of a 5/3 with bedrooms rented out individually.

The combined rent is approx. 2800 a month.There is a double wide with additions added for the owners property, it has 5 bedrooms. 

They likely home office out of a spare bedroom.

Replaced flooring in living room and master bedroom.

It’s a 3 story, 3 family, 3k sqft, 1908 Victorian, 2 bedrooms each, 7 miles from NYC, and rental comps reflect about $2300 a piece if rehabbed (top unit/floor was updated about 8 years ago). 

My Strategy is to buy a 2 bedroom 2 bath with a lot of square footage and Create value by converting the extra square footage into a 3rd room.

The only issue (or possible issue) is you would have to walk through this new room to get to the other bedroom.