Help Understand lines of credit and Business LOC

Help Understand lines of credit and Business LOC

Investor · Indianapolis, IN · Member since 2017 · 45 posts · 6 votes

Hi BP, im in need of some advice/coaching.

I spoke to a private lender today about getting a LOC, during our conversation he recommended that i look into the following product he has

a 0% business loc for the first  9-12 months then 9% interest after that 12 months. the line of credit would be for 200k but there's a 10% fee on the back end. 

this would also mean i would need to create a business to be able to acquire this loan. he did mention that the loc's can be from multiple credit cards, and thus would incur fees (1-3%) to take cash out.  he also mentioned that i should definitely apply for a business loc before going for a personal loc because if i do it the other way, i could hurt my chances in the future.

i did some reasearch before speaking to him and from my research, i should really be looking for a revolving personal line of credit with simple interest.

i have excellent credit and not worried about getting high rates. 

my question is am i trying to bite off more than i can chew by going for a business loc?

also, my goals are to purchase 1 or 2 mfr with the loc as a dp, so needing about 30 to 50k really.  my plan is to purchase them in my name first and then transfer over to an Llc (which i need to setup).

please, any advice would be very much appreciated.

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  • Rental Property Investor · Chubbuck, ID · Member since 2018 · 532 posts · 466 votes
    7y

    Looks like a bad deal. A 10% fee and 1-3% each time you use it. yikes.

  • Rental Property Investor · Fremont, CA · Member since 2018 · 21 posts · 8 votes
    7y

    Hi Henry,

    If you have income generating business with good business credit score then you can get business loans with very less interest rates. If not, the rates/charges that you mentioned are typically charged.

    As you mentioned you've excellent credit score,  I suggest to apply for unsecured loan with Sofi. They might charge around 6.9% (if you enroll for auto monthly payments) and can easily  get around $60K +

    Rgds 

    Kishore

  • Investor · Indianapolis, IN · Member since 2017 · 45 posts · 6 votes
    7y

    @Account Closed thanks for the recommendation.

    my followup question, if i apply for a personal loc but dont have a balance on it, would that still ffect me getting a business line of credit few months down the road?

  • Rental Property Investor · Fremont, CA · Member since 2018 · 21 posts · 8 votes
    7y

    Hi Henry, 

    Sorry. I don't have an answer. But I think you shouldn't have any hard enquiries in your personal credit history in the past 6 months before applying for the  business loc products you had mentioned.  

    Rgds 

    Kishore

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