Has anyone tried out Roam (Assumable mortgage startup)

[Ali Nichols]

Has anyone used or had a conversation with Roam (withroam.com). Interesting concept on the assumable mortgage front. I'd be curious about your experience. 

[Raunaq Singh]

Quote from @Caroline Gerardo:

@Michael S. They don't: find property, process the assumption, transfer a loan, guarantee anything.

They do take a $5500 nonrefundable fee and 1% buyer side commission so as an agent I can't see how you would try them out as you will need to cut your pay. The servicer may have their own fees, rules, and disclosures.

Agent crosses a line to disclose rates, legal ins and outs, terms, and disclose the loan which even a broker license doesn't cover. Agent is also responsible to disclose to VA seller that they will lose a percentage of their eligibility and the loan might show on their credit after the fact.

Servicer isn't set up with lots of staff processing so the buyer needs to turn in their whole financial history for the past two years in one email, don't trickle in papers they get lost. Owner occupied only.

Hi Caroline, my name is Raunaq, and I'm the founder of Roam.
I don't know where you heard about this $5,500 fee, but we don't charge that.

We also don't "take" buy side commissions. A large amount of our buyers are unrepresented and we have referral agents to assist them. This ensures they have the assistance they need on the largest transaction of their lives.

We only make money if our clients save money, and assumable mortgages can help people save a lot of money. We charge 1% but the average customer saves $15k/year and $350k over the life of the loan.

If you have any questions you can reach me on here!