I built a house-hack calculator that told me to keep renting

fintech / Show HN
47
SCORE

RentHacker is a calculator tool designed to evaluate house-hacking scenarios, where a homeowner rents out part of their property to offset housing costs. It compares the financial outcomes of house-hacking versus continuing to rent based on user-provided inputs. The tool provides data-driven results that may indicate renting remains the better financial choice depending on local market conditions.

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Score Breakdown

Traction
raw 2.00 · weight 35%
5.6pts
Novelty
0 days old · weight 20%
20.0pts
Source diversity
1 source · weight 10%
3.3pts
AI quality
raw 52.00 · weight 35%
18.2pts

Functional niche calculator with honest framing, but limited differentiation from existing rent-vs-buy tools and near-zero traction signals.

Final Score47/100

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