Financing a property & Private Money for Reno

Financing a property & Private Money for Reno

Member since 2021 · 11 posts · 1 vote

Hello everyone,

New investor here. Closing on my first property this week. I got it off-market and at a great price. This is my first property and I am in on this with 2 partners who are effectively silent partners and I am running the rest. 

I am financing the property at 20% down and as a group, we should have enough to reno the entire property for 30k or so. This is about the ceiling for what we are looking to spend out of our own pockets. Some of the estimates I've gotten are between 30-40k for the renovation so this could be pushing it. My question is, would it make sense to utilize private money for the renovation? My understanding was it was one or the other because the entire purpose of private money is so you could refinance out immediately after receiving an appraisal and close out the loan. While if I move forward with conventional financing we'd have to wait 6 months for a "seasoning" period before being able to refinance. Is it advised against using both in a situation like this? Just want to make sure I am exploring all possible options. 

Thank you in advance for your time and expertise! 

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  • Rental Property Investor · Seattle, WA · Member since 2014 · 69 posts · 51 votes
    4y

    If you're closing this week, don't change anything now! Closing on a home can be a stressful process. Changing your plans like backing out of conventional financing last second will most likely hurt you.

    Every lender is different, but you'll probably need the seasoning period no matter how you buy your house (cash, financing, etc).

    It's always more expensive to renovate than you think. If your max is 30k, but your quotes are 30-40k, you've got a problem. Plan now for how to resolve that. Either lower your scope of work, or plan on adding your own sweat equity.

  • Member since 2021 · 11 posts · 1 vote
    4y
    Originally posted by @Christopher Cole:

    If you're closing this week, don't change anything now! Closing on a home can be a stressful process. Changing your plans like backing out of conventional financing last second will most likely hurt you.

    Every lender is different, but you'll probably need the seasoning period no matter how you buy your house (cash, financing, etc).

    It's always more expensive to renovate than you think. If your max is 30k, but your quotes are 30-40k, you've got a problem. Plan now for how to resolve that. Either lower your scope of work, or plan on adding your own sweat equity.

    Thank you for the response and insight! I agree, I do not plan to back out of the conventional financing I am using to purchase the home. I was more-so asking is it advised against using private money for the renovation in addition to the conventional financing I am using for the purchase? To your point, I will likely end up reducing the amount of renovation we end up doing but wanted to see if there was any downside to also using private money aside from the obvious numbers I'd have to run to make sure it still met my return criteria.

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