Tenant is supposed to be out by July 5th, but they moved out sooner than July 5th and left all sorts of belongings behind. 

Gomez Hi Daniel, I am sorry I did not reply sooner as somehow i'm just seeing this comment!

My advice, and listen closely, if you follow this you'll be financially free much sooner than you think.

Hopefully sooner rather than later.

However, now that this house hack has appreciated in value significantly over the past year, I now have at least 20% equity in the property and a refinance is possible much sooner than I anticipated. 

I would really like to be able to find and close on a deal sooner than that and house hack if possible.

Sooner or later, if you even have minimal success in this, you end up with two circles of friends: your old friends and your real estate friends.

Pros:- gaining equity- learning property management sooner than later- the property would cash flow after we moved out in approx. 1 year and could rent the owner occcupied unit.- we’ll save $900/mo which is our current rent expenseCons/unknowns:- market is obviously high- negative cash flow until we move out and rent our unit- not utilizing FHA benefits to the maximum- the “right deal” may never comeAny input is appreciated!

Start sooner. 

I paid $700.Please, for my sanity, @James Fraundorf take your role seriously and get in the game sooner rather than later!