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All Forum Posts by: Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson has started 20 posts and replied 613 times.

credit unions for the small stuff

Post: Private Money Lenders

Eric JohnsonPosted
  • Lender
  • Chicago, IL
  • Posts 653
  • Votes 313

why do you need to do that? Plenty of money out there..

Originally posted by @Kristie S.:

Hi, with regard to content on BP - I am a huge fan of the site and really love the podcasts.  I see that many talk about the mobile app needing improvement so won't go into that myself.  What I would like to mention is that for newbies, many of the podcast guests on the Real Estate one seem almost "superhuman".  Making it sound like they can do it all.  Just listened to the one with the mom of 6 kids who home schools and built a real estate empire, etc etc.  She makes it sound so easy.  If it is for her kudos.  For most of us mortals, it is far from that and I found that podcast very discouraging.    Wish you had more interviews that talked about mistakes people make, what they learned from them and how they recovered.  The Sunday broadcast is an improvement - covering mindset.  

+1 here

Please please please update your mobile app. The UI/UX needs significant improvement. A good mobile version of this site would be killer.

Post: Looking for Commercial Brokers

Eric JohnsonPosted
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  • Chicago, IL
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Are you looking for a finance contact? 

What type of deals are you looking to do? 

Post: Private money lenders vs commercial lenders

Eric JohnsonPosted
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  • Chicago, IL
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It entirely depends on context. From this post, not much of a conclusion can be derived to answer that question. Too many possibilities. 

Post: Combine Single Family Loans into 1 Loan?

Eric JohnsonPosted
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  • Chicago, IL
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Yes, its called a blanket loan, but that's a commercial product. If you want to take advantage of the low rates, you do know its based on personal qualifying income? 

CMBS, and asset based options are still in the high 4s/mid5s for pricing.

Post: Los Angeles Creative Investing

Eric JohnsonPosted
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  • Chicago, IL
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Well. Your only viable option is FHA 203k money. 3.50% down is about the lowest you'd be able to go & you can live in the property (they want you to at least for 1 yr).

Go get preapproved with a lender who specializes in 203k deals.

Post: Fargo hard money lender

Eric JohnsonPosted
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  • Chicago, IL
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Seth, if you're looking to do fix and flips & need efficient access to capital, those deals are bread & butter for me. Happy to help you out with your scenario. We are no junk fees. Just deal structures that work.

Bobby, 

Alex had a good reply. Just know what you're being offered. You want to know your rate, leverage, closing costs, & prepayment penalty.

We screen based off of the DCR of the asset, no global calculations (I'm not sure what the function of that requirement is, it just boils down to how each financier analyzes their risk appetite).