Investor · Morrisville, NC · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 673 votes
I'm in the process of making an offer for multi family property for rental purposes. The financial institutions I have contacted require in average 25% down payment. They have asked for a Personal Financial Statement from me, where I should detail all my assets and debts. I'm still in the pre-qualification process. I have provided that document to them. Depending of the final scenario, I might fall short by about 5 % of the down payment. So, I have reached out to hard money lenders to fill the gap, in case I need the extra money. However, I have not told the financial institutions that I might need that little extra money. If certain things fall into place, I might not need that money.
Should I let the lenders know, I might have additional funds via hard money lenders, if absolutely needed? If I tell the banks, could that impact their decision to provide me the funding? Could that impact the terms of the loan?
Note that, I could cover the extra funds via my retirement funds. However, I chose not to do so because of the tax hits I might take.
Most conventional loans will not allow the down payment to be borrowed funds. Your declaration questions on your 1003 will ask if any part of the down payment is borrowed. If you do not disclose the fact that you intend to use borrowed funds, you are committing mortgage fraud.
That's a useless thought, as not only will the bank/lender for the 1st mtg not allow you to borrow the down payment, no HML would take that 2nd mtg position.