Im currently saving $900/m but hope to increase that to 1000-1200 by not shopping at Whole Foods, ha. 

I shop sales for food and diapers.  

Just food for thought.

At that time, it went for 70k, now listed for 339k. the town has had some recent growth from medical center growing, and increase in some industry in the area. he told me they expect a food manufacturing plant to be built in the very near future. additionally, the county courthouse is in town.

I went out and got my real estate license and went to sell but did not make it too far due to my low capital and having to put food on the table for my family.

Westchester taxes are pretty high but I want to do a house hack and would like some input from BP community.4b3ba ~2500sqft house consisting of 1 2b1ba and 2 1b1ba built in 50s. new roof. septic ill ask agent tom if there are/were any issues with it. i'll do a house hacking since i'll go down the FHA loan route. figured i can pay as little as possible to get this moving.price 375k. it's a sellers market but i'll try to offer 320-30 and maybe settle on 345.all units are rented out at below market  value. i could get $1800-1900 for the 2bed and 1400/1bed ~4600/moannual exp @345ins 4300 - i will ask what this covers and if there's any additional liability coverage included. i will be buying under my name with liability coverage. i saw a lot of suggestions to do it under LLC. i guess I could transfer it over later on as the portfolio expands.tax 15200 (welcome to westchester)electric (620/mo tenants pay)oil (heat)/gas (cooking - 2 tanks) 2200water 450no laundry in units. i could do a hookup in the small basement for all three to use although the laundromat is 5 mins away.30 year FHA with 3.5 down the monthly exp total is 3500roughly 1100/mo - %10 main 990 with 12k or 20k with closing costs.i forgot the PMI if the DP is less than %20. idk how much that'd add to the total but I included 300 mo in my calculations for oil/gs and water which is 3600 gas and water are 2650 so hopefully the difference will cover the PMI.do the #s make sense. i could probably get a better deal outside of westchester but this will be a long term investment where it'll slowly pay itself off at a 20k initial investment.im scheduled tom to see the house. id appreciate any feedback on this idea and what to look/watch out for.i used https://www.drcalculator.com/mortgage/ for my rough calculations.thanksDom

@Dave Foster that is some really great food for thought. 

Go in and check, leave note you checked, If dog is without food water, notify animal control they will come and remove dog more than likely.I agree a well check is needed on this apt, along with a notice the pet is causing undue noise. 

Add in the crazy tenant favorable court system there and you'd have to be plain stupid to invest anywhere in cook county over some of the other more favorable areas like texas, etc. 

Food for thought . . . .