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All Forum Posts by: Brandon Croucier

Brandon Croucier has started 1 posts and replied 574 times.

Post: To Lend or Not to Lend

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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If your secured, why not. Seems like a good return.

Post: Better.com Reviews - Refi Options

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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Quote from @Tyler Kesling:

@Brandon Croucier The HELOC is for $70K, the value of the property is roughly $140K. The only debt on the house is the HELOC. I used cash for the balance. I just trying to reif the HELOC into a traditional mortgage.


This should be easy to get done, a DSCR loan is probably your best bet, 75k is most investors minimum loan amount, payoff the loan & cover your closing costs. Happy to help.

Post: Early Refinance? Pros vs Cons

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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I would never refi a 1.74%, its basically free money.

Is this a 5 year ARM you got?

Post: Website listing business lenders?

Brandon Croucier
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  • Lender
  • Newport Beach, CA
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Hey Magnus, 

People here on BP would be glad to assist, what exactly are you looking to accomplish?

Post: Better.com Reviews - Refi Options

Brandon Croucier
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  • Lender
  • Newport Beach, CA
  • Posts 625
  • Votes 259

How much is the HELOC?
What is the current value of the property?
What is the remaining 1st position debt?

There are a lot of HELOC's on the market and going direct with a large lender may not be your best bet.

Post: New Construction Loan For Short Term Rental

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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Quote from @Chris Anthony:

Thank you for the replies. They are not experienced real estate investors, they are retired and looking to create additional income. They will be using a builder to build the property and a professional property manager to manage it. 

The property is located on St Augustine Beach and other STRs have high occupancy rates, solid ADRs and are very profitable when managed correctly. Putting 20 to 30% LTC wouldn't be a problem. I would imagine the program would have to allow the projected rental income from the property to help them qualify from an income standpoint? What could they expect as far as rates/ points, etc...?

80% LTC is standard on ground-up construction, if they are using an experienced builder, have decent credit & the after-build value is sufficient, it should be a fairly straight-forward loan.

The main problem I see with non-experienced builders trying to build is lack of funds, they will need 20% of project cost + Closing Costs + 6 months reserves.

Post: Seller Stopped Responding

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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You are SOL, gotta move onto the next deal

Post: 11 year contractor turned full time REI.

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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Quote from @Simon Walker:
Quote from @Brandon Croucier:

Opportunity cost is a serious expense, if they are moving slow, they are COSTING you more money than what a hard money lender might able to make you. In Real Estate, TIME IS MONEY.

Getting a rehab loan done quickly is worth paying an extra few points in order to be efficient as you will be able to expand your BRR business which would yield results greater than the increased cost of capital that hard money brings.

In order to escape a scarcity mindset you need to understand that money is in theory unlimited, they print it.

But can you print time? Nope. 

Time is your most scarce resource.

I absolutely agree with this. That’s why lending is my biggest concern. As a contractor I had to work for money, be at the mercy of the customer, jobs and timelines never seemed to go as planned, only to pay tax on the money I worked for. When I got my first loan for real estate I realized it would’ve taken me a full year to make this money before I could invest. In a way, I “bought” a whole years worth of time using OPM. I would have the determination and dedication to take on as many projects as possible if the funding was available. Once again, back to my scarcity mind set of there not being enough lenders out there willing to make deals, but that doesn’t seem to be the truth. 
I am happy to help, do you strictly do deals in PA?

Post: Buying Down Points

Brandon Croucier
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  • Newport Beach, CA
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Odds are you aren't going to hold the loan to term.

In all honesty, you will probably be able to refi down below 6 for free in the next 18 months.

We haven't seen rates this high since 07', In my opinion I think we see the money printers turn on & rates lowered in the coming years.

Post: Seeking Advise on creative loan structure

Brandon Croucier
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  • Lender
  • Newport Beach, CA
  • Posts 625
  • Votes 259

Buy the property with seller finance & finish it up.

Tahoe is a great short rental area