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2051 23rd Ave

Beats renting and index funds on our cautious numbers, but by too little to survive an ordinary rent shortfall. It passed the math, not our bar.

94606 · East Bay

Underwritten as of 2026-10-07 · record v18

Published at our defaults: House-Hack wins by $33,799 · S&P breakeven 10.4% · crash floor 2.1% full underwriting, cautious case

C- C- — barely clears the cautious case; a normal S&P 500 decade roughly ties it.

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The three cases

ConservativeBaseOptimistic
VerdictHouse-HackHouse-HackHouse-Hack
Margin vs the S&P path+$33,799+$210,531+$412,309
Rent while you live in one unit$3,298/mo$3,298/mo$3,298/mo
Rent after you move out$5,348/mo$5,598/mo$5,886/mo
Modeled appreciation2.5%/yr4.0%/yr5.5%/yr
Repairs allowance$15,000$8,000$0
S&P breakeven10.4%12.2%14%
Crash floor2.1%1.3%0.4%
Wealth at year 10$1,267,583$1,444,315$1,646,093
If you sold at year 10$1,228,220$1,398,797$1,593,568

Conservative leads; base and optimistic are the accompanying range, never the headline. Margin is vs. investing the same money in the S&P 500; the S&P breakeven is the yearly stock return that would tie it, and the crash floor is the yearly appreciation below which the deal loses. Wealth at year 10 counts home equity at full value; the sold line subtracts selling costs.

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Property facts

Asking price $615,000
Units 4
Beds / baths 9 / 5
Square feet 2,668
Year built 1927
Property type Multi-Family
Days on market 92
Neighborhood San Antonio
Strategy lane fourplex
Nearest catalyst Tempo BRT Line 1T (0.6 mi)
Modeled appreciation 4.0%/yr

Unit count verified: 4 units, corroborated by the listing itself and a prior adjudication.

fourplex — San Antonio · 0.6 mi from Tempo BRT Line 1T.

Where these numbers come from

Of the 15 inputs behind this analysis, 6 trace to evidence (our listing feed, area comps, county records); 4 are standing conventions; 2 are derived from other inputs.

  • Purchase price: our listing feed · corroborated
  • Rent while you live in one unit: area rent comps and research bands · single source
  • Rent after you move out: an unclassified source · no independent witness
  • The rent you would pay on the never-buy path: an unclassified source · no independent witness
  • Property tax rate: county assessor records · single source
  • Unit count: a prior adjudicated ruling · corroborated

A standing convention is a deliberate modeling choice we apply to every deal. We flag it rather than dress it up as evidence.

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Record v18 · engine aafb236 · profile fha-house-hack