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Updated over 10 years ago on . Most recent reply

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Tomasz Banas
  • Real Estate Investor/Agent
  • Brick, NJ
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Using HELOC for down-payment

Tomasz Banas
  • Real Estate Investor/Agent
  • Brick, NJ
Posted

I plan to purchase & hold my next investment property. I will apply for a loan that requires 20% down. At the same time I would like to apply for HELOC on primary residence to pay for that down-payment.

Will that work? I'll deal with portfolio lenders, not big banks. Should I apply for max I can get or just the amount that I need? I heard that not used line of credit still can work to my disadvantage (i.e. 100k LOC where only $20k is used still shows $100k).

Any advice will be appreciated. 

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