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What would my monthly net-worth impact actually be?"},{"title":"Investor comparing triplex units vs solo living","prompt":"Help me analyze a house-hack on a $520,000 triplex: 20% down, 25-year mortgage at 6.5%, 2 rentable units at $1,250 each, 5% vacancy, 1.0% property tax, $2,200 insurance per year, $4,000 maintenance per year, $300/month HOA, and I'd save $1,500/month in avoided rent. What's the monthly net-worth gain?"},{"title":"Basement rental scenario for single-family home","prompt":"I'm buying a $310,000 single-family home with a finished basement I can rent out — 15% down, 30-year loan at 7.25%, 1 rentable unit for $900/month, 6% vacancy, 1.3% property taxes, $1,500/year insurance, $1,800/year maintenance, no HOA, and I'd be saving $950/month versus renting an apartment. Can you run the house hacking numbers for me?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a breakdown of the monthly net-worth impact including: total rental income (adjusted for vacancy), full mortgage payment (principal + interest), property operating expenses (taxes, insurance, maintenance, HOA), net cash flow, monthly principal paydown (equity built), and avoided rent savings — summed into a single monthly net-worth figure.","failureModes":["Missing required fields (purchasePrice, downPaymentPercent, interestRate, loanTermYears, rentableUnits, rentPerUnit, vacancyRate, annualInsurance, propertyTaxRate, annualMaintenance) returns a validation error","Loan term outside 1-50 year range returns an error","Rates provided as percentages instead of fractions (e.g. 7 instead of 0.07) will produce wildly incorrect results","Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance returns a 402 error","Network timeout from Lambda cold start on first invocation"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when a user wants to evaluate a house-hacking strategy specifically — where they live in one unit and rent out others — and needs a holistic net-worth impact figure that combines cash flow, principal paydown, and avoided rent. Prefer over a generic cash-on-cash calculator when the owner-occupant perspective and rent-savings offset are important, or over a full FIRE/investment calculator when the focus is a single property's housing cost impact rather than portfolio-level projections.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-02T18:47:14.098Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"sindri-house-hacking-calculator-bd2ff486"}