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What happens when collateral is in excess of the loan?

Benjamin Cowles
  • Cape Coral, FL
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If you use hard money for just a portion of a purchase or say the rehab costs would they use the entire property as collateral ? Or in general is there a way of minimizing your collateral to only what would be necessary to recoup their investment so if they had to foreclose on you they wouldn't end up with say a 100k property for a 50k loan? How does this work?

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Linda Weygant
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Having excess collateral on a loan is precisely what makes people want to lend.  The excess collateral helps mitigate the risk in the loan.  

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