Househacking: Your Opinion on my first home/deal

Househacking: Your Opinion on my first home/deal

Austin, TX · Member since 2017 · 4 posts · 1 vote

Hi Guys, my name is Andrew and I am 23, and attempting to get into my first RE transaction.

I have been reading/listening for about 6 months, and I will be househacking a simple 3/2.5.

I will try and breakdown everything clearly and hope that you could provide me insight on this deal before

First off this is a BRAND NEW HUD home, that is currently in construction in the Houston area.

Below are reqs I must meet to be approved for purchasing:

- must be homestead for 10 years after purchase ( might be tricky, but I plan to keep the prop )

- max income of family of 1 - $XX,XXX 

-first time buyer

FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN:

- Price: 200,000 (Based off the deals on the MLS, this is 60k+ LESS than any other home that is newer than 2000 3/2.5 in the Houston Downtown market)

- 40K down @ 4.15% for 30 yrs = $797.25/ month

- Property Tax @ 2.6 = $433.33/month

- Insurance ~ $250/month

- HOA - $100

- Vacancy/CapEx ~ $93

- TOTAL EXPENSES = $1681.92/Month + Utils

- TOTAL INCOME ( 2 Rooms @ 775, Utils included ) = $1550

- GRAND TOTAL = -$131.92 / month

PROPERTY BREAKDOWN:

- Location, location, location. 5-10 minutes from majority of Houston's attractions Downtown, Midtown, Museum District, George R. Brown, etc.. 

- It is also located right on the feeter of a I-45 ( which is currently under fwy expansion project finishing 2020)

- Neighborhood - Situated on the edge of 3rd Ward (quite ghetto) and EADO (currently being gentrified).

The surrounding homes/properties are a mix of vacant properties, new townhomes, and a sprinkle of old homes.

PLANS:

Please let me know what thoughts are; let me know if there is any missing info/too much for the public.

-Andrew

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  • Lender · Vancouver, WA · Member since 2015 · 482 posts · 316 votes
    8y

    My 2 cents: 

    Use a Realtor or someone else experienced to pull comps. Comps are best of homes with similar features sold within a short time frame. In my market that is homes at 1/2 or less from site home sold within last 3-4 months. Do your comps come in line with your market trends?

    You will have to qualify to purchase BEFORE you house hack. It doesn't all happen at once. Can you do that?

    You state costs to be payment + utilities so income you will need to separate utilities as well. By your numbers, income actually is ($775 x 2 rooms) - utilities. This makes your negative cash flow even greater.

    Vacancy rate amount seems low and cap exp should be broken out as well. If you going to rent, you will also want to have reserves.

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