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Published pick

217 Holloway Ave

94112 · San Francisco

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Underwritten as of 2026-08-25 · record v11 · Board pick #2 · 2026-08-25 · week 3 on the board

Published at our defaults: House-Hack wins by $778,429 · S&P breakeven 18.4% · crash floor -4.5% published conservative basis

A A — the S&P 500 would need 17–21% a year, every year for a decade, to tie.

Engine scenarios

Scenario Verdict Margin S&P breakeven Crash floor
Conservative House-Hack +$778,429 18.4% -4.5%
Base House-Hack +$1,313,460 22.2% -9.1%
Optimistic House-Hack +$1,891,355 25.3% -18.3%

Conservative leads — base and optimistic are the accompanying range, never the headline. Margin is vs. investing the same money in the S&P 500.

Property facts

Asking price $1,199,900
Units 3
Beds / baths 8 / 7
Square feet 2,200
Year built 1908
Property type Multi-Family
Days on market 30
Neighborhood Ingleside / Balboa Park catalyst zone
Strategy lane Live in one unit, rent the other two
Nearest catalyst Balboa Park BART / Muni Metro (0.44 mi)
Modeled appreciation 4.0%/yr

From the 2026-08-25 screen: 71 scanned · 15 beat the S&P at our defaults · 56 rejected — this one ranked #2.

Why it made the board

Eight bedrooms and seven baths across three units at $1,199,900, with Balboa Park BART 0.44 mi away. Two rented units bring $5,252/mo while you live in the third; all three run $12,502/mo after you move out. Per-square-foot prices in this ZIP are printing 12-16% below last year, so the entry basis is negotiable, and the S&P still needs 18.4% a year to catch it.

The play

Live in one unit, rent the other two.

Financing basis: Owner-occupied at 3.5% down.

Tenant pool

City College staff and students / Downtown commuters (CCSF Ocean campus, ~0.5 mi)

Rent basis

  • Hack phase (you occupy one unit): $5,252/mo
  • Full rental (after move-out): $12,502/mo

Published sensitivity bands

Band Rent Wealth vs S&P
Cautious $12,502/mo +$778,429
Expected $13,600/mo +$1,313,460
Best case $15,200/mo +$1,891,355

Your numbers

This property’s published facts are already loaded. Adjust the inputs that are about you and the verdict recomputes right here — nothing is sent or saved.

Ours: $4,000/mo — the biggest lever, ~25× the whole down-payment range.

Ours: 0 (pre-tax) — the same basis as the published verdict.

Ours: 10-year hold.

Ours: 3.5% (FHA floor) — changes affordability, barely the economics.

Ours: $250,000 default — day-one capital for either side of the comparison.

House-hack wins by $778,429

Currently at our published defaults — adjust any field to make it yours · S&P breakeven 18.4%/yr · same engine as the published verdict.

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Record v11 · engine.cjs@aafb236 · profile fha-house-hack · publish-property-records.cjs@7