Private money lender- can they buy the house you found ?

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Real Estate Agent · Salt Lake City, UT · Member since 2014 · 473 posts · 230 votes
7y

@Account Closed - It's unlikely, assuming your private lender isn't heavily involved in real estate investing themselves. The way you can avoid the situation altogether is to get the property under contract before bringing it to your private lender. Is that a possibility?

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  • Real Estate Agent · Salt Lake City, UT · Member since 2014 · 473 posts · 230 votes
    7y

    @Account Closed - It's unlikely, assuming your private lender isn't heavily involved in real estate investing themselves. The way you can avoid the situation altogether is to get the property under contract before bringing it to your private lender. Is that a possibility?

  • Member since 2018 · 62 posts · 8 votes
    7y

    He may have done you a favor in the long run. Do you really want to be doing business with someone that will do you like that? Now you can find an ethical lender. 

  • Rental Property Investor · St. Petersburg, FL · Member since 2017 · 3k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    7y

    @Monika Michalski lenders are generally lenders because they dont want to deal with properties.

    You also will have a purchase contract on the property, which binds the seller to you.

  • Canton, OH · Member since 2017 · 29 posts · 15 votes
    7y

    Taylor and Jason nailed it...lenders are generally lenders. not that they wouldn’t get into properties, but they wouldn’t stay in business very long by going around their borrowers. 

  • Burlington, NJ · Member since 2019 · 5 posts · 5 votes
    7y

    Awesome! thanks for the replies. I haven't purchased a house, just doing research at this point. Thanks again--I feel much better about this now.

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