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Why Creative Financing May Work For You

Ken M.#2 Buying & Selling Real Estate Contributor
  • Investor
  • Scottsdale, AZ Austin TX
Posted

Is it better to put down 20% and use a bank loan or is it better to Take Over Existing Loan - How Do I do that?

That's a loaded question. It depends on whether you are using current investing methods that include a bank or if you are using creative financing.
Here is the difference. So, if you are fairly well funded ($50,000 cash) you can buy 3 times as many properties and get much more equity and cash flow using creative finance.

New Bank Loan

Traditional

Subject To

Take Over Existing Loan - has

already been paid down some

Purchase Price

$400,000

$332,196

(Take over existing loan)

Down 20%

$80,000

$10,000

To Seller

Loan Amt

$320,000

$332,196

(Take over loan)

New Loan Payment Rate 7.75%

$2,293

$1,465

Take Over Payment Rate 3%

Difference

$828

Your Savings per month

Other

$0

$0

other

Loan Origination Fees 2%

$6,400

$6,400

Your Savings On Loan Fees

Closing Costs

$3,500

$3,500

Closing Costs

Cost for length of Loan

$825,307

$490,512

Your Cost for length of Loan

$334,795

Your Savings over

Life of the Loan

Using Bank Cost to acquire

$89,900

$13,500

Using Us Cost to acquire

$76,400

Your Savings Just By

Buying Using Subject To

Total Savings

$411,195

Your Savings Total

w/Subject To

0

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