Totally new to the Real Estate and I am really struggling to understand how people make money in real estate. Assume I am buying a property and following are the details:

    Price: $310000

    Down payment: 25%

    Mortgage Term: 30 years

    Mortgage Rate: 5.99%

    Closing Costs: $15000

    HOA: $225/month

    Tax: $5000/year

    Insurance: $407/Year

    If I plan to sell this house in 4 years, what should be the selling cost to breakeven? What all should I include in the cost part? If I include the interest paid, HOA, buying closing costs, selling closing costs and all that, this property should reach $450k for me to even break even? That's more than 7.5% appreciation annually.

    I haven't even included the upgrade costs and maintenance cost in this calculations. What am I missing?

    How to calculate break-even Price to sell in 4 years?
    byu/RexSecundus inrealestateinvesting



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    1. ImportantBad4948 on

      1- Are you buying a primary residence or renting this place out?

      2- Usually 5 ish years is about the break even point for buying being worth it.

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