Help with a Flip..done and market is soft now + debt questions

Help with a Flip..done and market is soft now + debt questions

Investor · Burke, VA · Member since 2014 · 9 posts · 0 votes

Hi everyone. I have a propery I flipped and it is done and on the market but the ARV was sorely overpriced. ..and truthfully the market has gotten soft in addition. I owe my HML and a private person too...to boot, my incompetent contractor did not finish the attic which was to be a fabulous bath and master bedroom that would ADD value and really sell the home. He took off and we are in litagation...It would have SOLD by now had he done so but that ship has sailed. It's a 3 bed 1 1/2 bath that was suppsed to be a 4 bed 21/2 bath.

The rest of the home looks awesome but people see that Attic which is framed out and ready to go...The issue is that  I just dont have the money or time to finish it.

I am seeking advice based on these 2 alternatives:

1. Pay off my 2 debts and rent it out for a year, refinance it... I need about $250,000 and would like an interest only loan on no more than 10%. with no prepayment penalty. ( or a bridge loan)?

2. Keep dropping the price but the HML and points are killing me. If I had time to rent with an option to buy, I could finish the Attic and re-sell a year down the road if I could get the loan I need.

The home is really nicely done and I I believe will appraise for about 300K and could easily get that if the Attic were finsihed as I had heoped! but it's been on the market for 6 month- 

Great Frederick MD, Downtown location!

Any advice would be appreciated! At this point I wont be making a dime but want to get it off my plate. I imagine I'm not the first person in this forum to have this predictament!

Need some creative advice! It's NOT my first Flip, we have done 4-5 but this is a disaster!!

Thanks

Kathy!

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Investor / Developer / GC · Manassas, VA · Member since 2013 · 229 posts · 39 votes
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Kathy,

Please send me your contact info and let's discuss your situation. I will be happy to help in anyway I can.

TY,

Steve

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  • Rental Property Investor · East Wenatchee, WA · Member since 2014 · 10k+ posts · 16k+ votes
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    Hi @Katherine Celona.  Sorry you are facing this.  Thank you so much for sharing your story.  It reminds us all that there is risk in dealing with all the moving parts of a flip.  

    I would do what I could to keep it and refinance later.  Is it in rentable condition now?  Is the attic just kind of torn up, half finished?  

    Maybe with numbers, someone here at BP would look at financing you. I assume you mean $250k at no more than 10% interest? What is the current debt? Current FMV? Thanks!

  • Investor · Sidney, OH · Member since 2015 · 6 posts · 2 votes
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    If the numbers allow it, have you thought of offering a buyer an allowance for finishing the attic? The expense should have already been figured into your costs. That way any buyer won't feel like they are on the hook for coming with money to finish the job. 

  • Investor · Spokane, WA · Member since 2014 · 733 posts · 155 votes
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    why not hire another contractor or sub contract it out so that you can get what you need done and get it sold?

  • Investor / Developer / GC · Manassas, VA · Member since 2013 · 229 posts · 39 votes
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    Kathy,

    Please send me your contact info and let's discuss your situation. I will be happy to help in anyway I can.

    TY,

    Steve

  • Contractor · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    Six months is a lot of time lost and a lot of money spent. Look for a contractor that is willing to invest on it, just pay him after the house sells, just to have the value ramp up, and sell. you might want to accept that you will be losing on this one. Sorry to hear it, I have been in same situations.

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