Credit Partner insights.

Credit Partner insights.

Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 4 votes

Just got offered an interesting opportunity and need some insight. 

said person is currently wrapped up in what was supposed to be a fix and flip but it was taking longer than expected and over budget so it is now getting turned into a long-term rental they are unable to refinance out of the hard money loan due to credit issues using lines of credit to fund the rehab. I have good credit and they want me to refinance and hold the loan and asked what I would want to be compensated for doing that. Preliminary numbers show the house would cash flow $600 they asked how much of that I would need to make for it to be worth my while and I told them I would get back to them in the morning. I'm not sure what is fair for being solely a credit partner and not having any money in the game but still having the risk of holding the loan. 


as a side note they offered short-term or long-term partnership depending on how long I wanted to be involved.

Please let me know pros, cons, why you would do it, why you wouldn't do it etc.

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  • Lender · Denver, CO · Member since 2017 · 348 posts · 143 votes
    5y

    So I would say first take a look at the initial rehab project and see what happened there. Going over budget and taking longer than anticipated are both things that may have been avoidable so I would analyze the deal to see what happened.

    Is there something other than credit that is holding them back from doing a short term rental loan with a hard money lender? I know you said credit would not allow them to refinance the property but I know that a lot of hard money lenders also offer 1-3 year short term rental loans that don't have as many guidelines or as strict qualifications as a conventional or NON-QM loan would. 

    If you are planning on financing the property  with said person is there anything in particular that is holding you back from just purchasing the property at a discount from them and holding it by yourself? 

  • New to Real Estate · Orange County, CA · Member since 2020 · 214 posts · 184 votes
    5y

    If you are going to be on a loan your name definitely has to be on the title of the property, otherwise you don't have any rights to the property! I would make sure to do as much due diligence as possible, because at the end of the day, you are on the hook for all the mortgage payments. Make sure that the rents they are expecting are actually feasible because guess who is going to have to pay out of pocket if rents don't cover the mortgage? You! 

    How much is the mortgage amount going to be? If it were me, I wouldn't accept anything less than 10% on my money. 

    Has that partner done any other deals? If yes, were they successful? 

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