A cash
flow house hack is just the opposite, meaning that all of the emphasis is placed on the income, with total disregard for equity growth.
Not exact matches
Since you plan to «
hack the
house» and live in the property for several years, you might be okay accepting a smaller monthly cash
flow.
I'm in a similar situation to you looking to buy my first
house hack in December of 2017, and looking for a solid deal that I can cash
flow on a two, three or fourplex.
I am thinking of «
house hacking» a 2 or 3 family in the New York / Northern New Jersey area by living in one unit, but the numbers don't work in general for positive cash
flow unless it's an area where we wouldn't necessarily want to live.
I currently reside in Liverpool, NY and my goal is to find a cash -
flowing small multi-family to
house -
hack.
2)
House hacking will help subsidize your expenses, but may barely cash
flow if not cash -
flow negative.
I sold it for over 4x what I paid for it and it cash
flowed $ 1k a month as a
house hack / rental once I moved on to other things.
Correctly executed, a
house -
hack will allow the reader to live for free, AND give the option to retain a cash
flowing rental property when they move out.
The general rule of thumb is that the nicer the place and the better location of your Denver
house hack, the less cash
flow that you will make.
I was looking for a place to
house hack in San Diego for the last 3 - 4 months trying to move my 1031 exchange, but it has been tough for me to find a place so I decided to move my money out of state for cash
flow instead.
I promise you, this casita
house hack is by far the easiest and most pleasurable cash
flow I've made in real estate, ever!
Just wanted to mention that if you're looking to
house hack and then keep the property after moving into a larger home, make sure that you run your numbers as if you aren't living there to make sure that you're cash
flowing or breaking even after you move.