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All Forum Posts by: Devin Peterson

Devin Peterson has started 67 posts and replied 1558 times.

Post: Can someone point me to a Hard money lender

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Quote from @Baahir Starkey:

I am looking to start flipping houses and Looking to see about a hard money lender. Can someone point in a good direction ?

Baahir, can you provide some insight on your investment experience? What type of properties are you seeking? What is your target purchase price? Are you going after late moderate rehab or more intense renovations? In order to get the answers you’re looking for or just a few of the questions that must be asked upfront.

Post: New investor reaching out to the community for a good lender

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Quote from @Conner Price:

I am under contract right now for my first property in Milwaukee. I am a new investor so I’m reach out to the community to see if anyone has a good recommendation on a local or dscr lender? I greatly appreciate the help in advance 

Hi Connor,

Although this is your first “investment” purchase - do you have any prior 
mortgage (owner occupied) history? You can generally get away with 20% for DSCR purchases. Just make sure your rent covers the 1:1 min requirement. Good luck!

Post: Hard money lenders for newbies!

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Quote from @Ricky Gonzalez:

Hey BP Fam- 

What is the best hard money lender for someone who is new looking to fix/flip? 


Purchase price?

Reno amount?

ARV?

Post: Mortgage Broker in Upstate NY

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Quote from @Nicholas Owens:

I could use recommendations for a mortgage broker in Oneida County area if anyone has one. 

Hey Nicholas, what type of loan product are you requesting in this case? Some of the best investment loan brokers are not always necessarily located in the region you are looking to get a deal done. Take a look at the lender tab at the top of the page. I hope this helps. Good luck!

Post: Ballooning out of a Hard Money Loan

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Quote from @Mike Musarra:

I'm purchasing a home in a suburb of Cleveland with Hard Money.  My original intention was to flip the property and use the proceeds to help purchase a small multi-family home but am now considering holding the Single Family property as a rental.  

The Hardmoney lender will need ballooned out at 91k in 12 months.  I will not be able to do a cashout refi with a conventional lender for 12 months, and although Fannie and Freddie require a 12 month seasoning period for cashout refi's, it seems most convetional lenders, even in a straight out refinance (with no cash out) require 12 months as a policy.


Does anyone have any recommendations for long term lenders that will balloon me out on a long term loan?


ARV for the property will be about 150k - possibly 170k if converted to a 3 bedroom which is an option I'm exploring.

As they say, Thanks in advance.

Mike, with a DSCR cash out refinance you only need to wait 90 days to get long term debt. Quasi govt’ loans are 12 months - but these investor specific products allow you scale quicker. Some lenders may tell you that NO seasoning is required, but some stipulations may apply as to what terms you’re being offered. Shop with an experienced investment focused broker to get multiple quoted terms! Good luck!

Post: Long term financing for 12 unit complex

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Quote from @Eric James:

I am completing construction of the final 2 apartments of a 12 unit complex. Looking for a lender to do a long term cash out refinance. Looking for suggestions for possible lenders on this size development. Thanks.

Hey Eric, there are plenty of great options out there on BP. Would the property be 100% leased? How long ago did you purchase the land/building? Was this a GUC project to start?

Post: Lender for Florida villages purchase

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Quote from @Bo A Vanecko:

Hello. Just looking for a few diff lenders to do some comparisons on investor rates for a home purchase in the villages Florida

Will likely have 35-45% down

Pm or respond here and we can chat.

Would love to hear 30 year rates as well as more creative approaches such as 7:1 or 10:1 arms etc.

Bo


 Hi Bo,

I would recommend using the find a lender tab at the top of the page. There are a ton of qualified lenders and brokers who can help you locate the best products for investment properties nationwide. Good luck!

Post: Does anyone have experience with DSCR lenders?

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Quote from @Sylvie Kuzminski:

I have used Launch Financial (NOT A DIRECT LENDER) (I posted my thoughts on these guys here if anyone is curious). The DSCR lenders who wrote the actual loans are Lima One and Deephaven Mortgage. I do not want to continue with Launch as a middleman, but when contacting these lenders directly, they won't work with me- I get referred back to Launch.

Anyone have any experience with DSCR lenders themselves? Would be great to get some feedback!


 Hi Syvlie,

In some cases, if you use a broker and they have a connection with a bank, your name is saved in the lender system and referred back to the broker. You can 100% shop other lenders and brokers for different and better opinions.

Happy to connect and answer more questions! Good luck!

Post: Is it possible to refinance, buy additional property, AND still retain cashflow?

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Quote from @Jon Gorman:

Hi! 

Between some others in my family and myself, we own a few different properties. Some of these are paid off and generating rental income that we rely on for living expenses. We are interested in buying a beach house that we would rent out part time through weekly vacation rentals and would enjoy ourselves the rest of the time. The beach houses in this area are expensive, and may not be the best investment in terms of rental income, but we would really enjoy going there when it's not being rented out. Given our current properties, is there a creative way to do the financing that would allow us to buy the beach house without losing our current rental income ($6250/month) we are relying on? Newbies here, so please give an easy-to-understand answer without too much jargon! Thanks in advance!!

Details:

Current investment properties:

Rental Property #1 - Valued at 625,000. No mortgage. Rental income = 2600/month

Rental Property #2 - Valued at 725,000. No mortgage. Rental income = 3650/month

(the above income is needed for a family member's living expenses).

Rental Property #3 - Valued at 480,000. Mortgage (4%) = 245,000. Rental income = 5250/month

Rental Property #4 - Valued at 362,200. Mortgage (3.75%) = 111,400. Rental income = 2060/month

Primary residence #1 - Valued at 550,000. No mortgage.

Primary residence #2 - Valued at 789,000. Mortgage (3%) = 490,000.

Prospective beach house:

Price = $2,000,000. Rental income: assume $6,500/week (26,000/month) for 4 months, so 104,000/year


 Hi Jon, 

There is 100% a creative way to do this. Your best bet would be to take a look at a combination of cash outs / or maybe just one in order to obtain your proceeds for the new purchase. This will require a deeper dive than just someone quoting you a rate and terms. Since your passive income currently covers your living expenses, there are a few extra layers you want to be sure you have someone with the analytical experience to guide you to the proper approach. More than happy to connect! Good luck.

Post: Florida Four Plex House Hacking

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Quote from @Summer Shelton:

Looking for some advice on purchasing a four plex. 

Currently in the process of selling our property in missouri and looking to purchase a 4 plex in Florida. 

We found one for the price of 1.9 million. And really want to know if it would be feasible to purchase the property given some circumstances. 


We want to use a FHA loan to purchase the property. We meet the standard qualifications for the FHA loan. However the monthly mortgage is potentially 12K a month. I work full time but don't make that much per month. We would use the additional units to bring in the funds to pay the mortgage plus expenses. Plus we will have Capitol from selling our house that would be enough to cover a down payment and 6 months of payments.

My question is, typically do banks lend on primary/investment properties with such a high price? 

I understand there are alot of circumstances and it would come down to the bank. But looking for some feedback from anyone who has done a simialr deal.


Hi Summer, Sounds like that purchase price would be too high for any county loan limit per FHA guidelines. The good news is that you can still acquire this 4plex relatively cheaply with only 5% down using a conventional Fannie product. Where in Florida are you looking specifically to purchase? I live and work across the state so Id be more than happy to help answer and specifics on in-state residential financing!