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San Jose 4-Plex House Hack - Live FREE in Silicon Valley

📍 Address: 939-941 S 7th St, San Jose, CA 95112
💰 Price: $1,095,000
🏠 Units: 4 Units
🏦 Monthly Cost: $1,428 | Market Rent Savings: $772/month

Why This is a Great Investment:

Live rent-free in Silicon Valley while THREE tenants pay your entire mortgage! This well-maintained 4-plex offers massive rental income while you live in one of the 1BR units. With just 5% down and $92k qualifying income, you're paying only $1,428/month to live in San Jose (vs $2,200 market rent) while building $75k+ wealth annually. When you move out, immediate positive cash flow of $772/month with optimization potential to $3,200+/month with ADU addition.

This is the HOLY GRAIL of house hacks - you live cheap, save money monthly, build equity, AND have positive cash flow when you move out.

The Stats (5% Down, Owner-Occupied) 📝

Wealth Building Analysis 📝

True Monthly Cost After Wealth Building:

• Gross Cost: $1,278

• Less Wealth Building: -$5,732

• Net Benefit: +$4,454/month

Future Strategy Options 📝

Income Qualification:

• Required Annual Income: ~$92,000

• Much easier than expected for Silicon Valley!

OFF MARKET: SF West Portal Luxury Flip With $909K Profit

📍 Address: 160 Wawona St, San Francisco, CA 94127
💰 Price: $2,050,000
🏠 Units: Single Family
🏦 ROI: 444% | ARV: $3,600,000

Why This is a Great Investment:

Off-market historic home with MASSIVE profit potential! This 4BR/5BA, 3,198 SF property offers $909k profit based on premium West Portal comps. Forest Side comparable at $1,247/sf validates conservative $3.6M ARV with upside to $4M. The 5 bathrooms and original 1920s character create irreplaceable value in SF's premium family neighborhood.

This is a GRAND SLAM flip with institutional-quality profit margins.

The Stats (10% Down, Hard Money) 📝

Comparable Analysis Supporting ARV 📝

Conservative Target: $1,125/sf × 3,198 = $3,600,000 Realistic Target: $1,188/sf × 3,198 = $3,800,000 Aggressive Target: $1,251/sf × 3,198 = $4,000,000

Three Profit Scenarios 📝

Key Value Drivers:

• 5 bathrooms (rare differentiator)

• 3,198 SF (large for area)

• Original 1920s character

• Forest Side adjacent location

• Premium West Portal address

Learn from this investor’s $100m mistake

In 2010, a Grammy-winning artist passed on investing $200K in an emerging real estate disruptor. That stake could be worth $100+ million today.

One year later, another real estate disruptor, Zillow, went public. This time, everyday investors had regrets, missing pre-IPO gains.

Now, a new real estate innovator, Pacaso – founded by a former Zillow exec – is disrupting a $1.3T market. And unlike the others, you can invest in Pacaso as a private company.

Pacaso’s co-ownership model has generated $1B+ in luxury home sales and service fees, earned $110M+ in gross profits to date, and received backing from the same VCs behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

Invest for $2.90/Share

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San Diego 6-Plex Value-Add With Seller Financing

📍 Address: 4834-44 Lantana Dr, San Diego, CA 92105
💰 Price: $1,260,000
🏠 Units: 6 Units
🏦 Cap Rate: 5.60% Current | 7.97% at Market + Seller Financing Available

Why This is a Great Investment:

City Heights value-add opportunity with 30% rent upside AND seller financing available! This 6-unit property on a massive 12,584 SF lot offers below-market rents, storage income potential, and proximity to SDSU. Currently negative cash flow transforms to $22,968 annual profit with market rents, while the huge lot provides ADU development potential for $60k+ annual income.

The seller financing option makes this even more attractive with below-market rates.

The Stats (25% Down, Traditional) 📝

Market Rent Transformation 📝

Market Rent Performance:

• New Monthly Income: $12,466

• New Annual Income: $149,592

• New NOI: $100,367

• New Cash Flow: $1,914/month

• New Cash-on-Cash: 7.3%

Additional Value-Add Opportunities 📝

Seller Financing Option:

• 20% down: $252,000

• Seller carries: $1,008,000 at 6.5%

• Better cash flow + easier qualification