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All Forum Posts by: Albert Bui

Albert Bui has started 17 posts and replied 2123 times.

Post: HELOC denied because of low LTV

Albert Bui
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Quote from @George Hernandez:

Good morning Biggerpockets fam!!!

So I need some advise and I'll try to keep it short and simple. I tried to get a HELOC on my rental property, but the bank denied me for a low loan-to-value on the property. Here's my question: Should I use my w-2 income to pay down a lot of principal and re-try to obtain that HELOC? Home was valued at $455k and currently owe $283k. Bank only does 70% LTV on rental property. I believe minimum is $40k they allow to be approved. Let me know what you guys think.

 well 70% of 455ks isnt much more than you currently owe at 283k the 70% of 455k is 318.5k and after closing items you might only net 20-30k tops (new loan minus current 283k - closing items = net proceeds in "hand.").

So The question you should be thinking about is what are my closing items and is this enough cash to accomplish my mission/goal?

Your prior question was shold I use my W2 income to pay down (aka you mean what you have saved in your checking account?).

Using your own funds to pay down your loan so you get a bigger loan sounds like a zero sum gain (aka IE using 1 dollar to pay down loan so you can net 1 more dollar from the new proposed loan) So how are you going to net more cash when spending 1 dollar to get another 1 dollar ?

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia

Post: Cash Purchase with Refinance

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Quote from @Marjorie Deprez:

We found a property that will likely get multiple offers. We would like to put in a cash offer and quickly recover our money with a refinance and still be able to deduct the interest. Is there any rule or timeline in which this has to be done? 

This is a refinance despite what the other poster mentioned. The timeline depends on the product you use to do your refinance back out (after buying all cash with no liens). If you use conventional lending it can be 6-12 months (12 months fannie, 6 months freddie to use the current market value). If you use a DSCR rental loan it could be as low as 3-6 months of time seasoning required so it depends on what product you're using to accomplish the mission/goal.

The time frame isnt a legal requirement, its a financing product specific requirement as a guideline to obtaining the money in which you seek.

If you had other scenario related questions feel free to mention them below or via DM.

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia

Post: Excited to expand into House Hack and Multifamily

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Quote from @Matthew Kwan:

Indeed, you can definitely househack in a multifamily by living one unit and renting out the other vacant units. The good thing about househacking a legal multifamily unit is that lender allows you to use the vacated units of 75% market rent as an income to offset the potential current mortgage. You can put a little as 5% down payment for conventional or 3.5% for FHA.

Alternative way, is to acquire the 2nd property as an investment property with conventional, while putting 15%-25% down payment. Down payment can be higher than primary, but the good thing is that you won't need that much income to qualify because lenders can you 75% of the market rents for the units of the property. Imagine the 2nd property is a 4plex, each unit can be rented $1500/unit of 75% =$1125 x 4 units =$4500 worth of income to offset your that 2nd property.

@Albert Bui @Carlos Valencia

 There is no offset when you live in the 2-4 unit remember its a full HIt to your monthly PITIA and yes you can use the rental income but only as an addition to your qualifying income, you're still taking a FULL hit on the PITIA.

Its only offset when you vacate or move out or it has already been converted to a rental (pure investment/non owner property). 

@Carlos Valencia

Post: Looking for a new start

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Quote from @Tonio Pearce:

Thank you all for responding to my post and giving me a warm welcome! Where should I start first on this group or on this website? I have a ton of question that I want to ask but I will have to write time down first and gather my thoughts.

Tonio

Start with a consultation of the path forward, review your credit/income/assets, aka determine your maximum borrowing power, how do you transition from VA loan and rinse/repeat /refinance it into conventional and proceed forward to keep buying properties with 0% down VA and build a portfolio worthy of financial freedom.

Then once you've rinse and repeated enough times you reach your desired cashflow you can revisit your mortgage plan along the way at each pivot point to determine how to pivot to increase the efficiency of your plan or how to adjust the preferences (reduce risk perhaps since you're getting older, or adjusting for kid's, estate planning, divorce, etc,etc) to achieve your desired game plan.

Its basically financial planning with an emphasis on real estate cashflows, taxation of real estate, and mortgage, balancing it all to achieve short and long term cashflow goals.

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia

Rome wasn't built in a day however having a good launch point, knowing your end in mind (7 habits of highly effective people - stephen covey), and a road map will atleast give you insight on how to proceed forward.

Post: How can I get a mortgage loan without a current income?

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Quote from @Sara Robin:

Hello! I currently have $150K equity in my current home and $300K cash on hand. I am looking to sell my current home and buy a new primary residence($500K value) but dont have a monthly income. I recently cashed out of a startup and working on a new venture. I can easily put 30-40% down.

Whats your advice in this situation. A mortgage lender told me to use a DSCR loan and just move in to the property as a primary residence?! I dont want to deal with legal issues down the road. Are there other ways to obtain a mortgage loan without a current income with a good amount of cash on hand? Thanks so much for your help in advance

 Short answer is yes there are no income products and or stated income products you could utilize till you eventually start filing an acceptable form of income to qualify back for full documentation loans again (eventually). Exactly how long you have to ensure this gap of timing before you can qualify for full doc again depends on your specific situation. The fastest way back is getting a full time job or acquire rental properties/units/apt's since rental income can be used instantly (75% of gross - PITIA monthly payment = net rental Income asap/instantly).

All other forms of full doc income receipt of the income to utilize it on a loan application like alimony (needs 3-6 months of receipt + 36 months of continuation). There are some forms of income that do not require any receipt to use which are some of the above (full time job just offer letter or ownership of newly acquired rental property (lease agreement + security deposit/rent proof only).

If you dont plan to go back to full doc then stay in the no income/state world and the premium for these products varies between 1-2.5% higher than full doc fannie/freddie/FHA/VA rates but pros and cons right?

Plan accordingly and know what your gap of timing is and how or when you can utilize all your lending options again and which options you have at this moment. Thats the key, with out knowing all of this then its just a shot in the dark or having bits and pieces of info and trying to solve the financial freedom equation with out the full "picture."

We're doing these mortgage planning meetings on a daily basis.

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia

Post: Paying off rental mortgages with HELOC or Liquidity Line? Has anyone done it?

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Quote from @Jake Rhodes:

Does anyone have experience paying down their loans with HELOC or Liquidity Line money? Ive been seeing and hearing of some options to pay these notes down quickly but haven't heard any of the downsides yet. Has anyone done it?


Sure there are people who have done it but like Joe mentioned above is why your rate on HELOC is probably higher than your first mortgage so you'd only do it if your balance is really low and near the end of your term anyway so you're just getting it paid off quicker (like the last 1-3 years of payments left) becaues you want to get ride of the monthly payment and improve your cashflow now versus later.

Post: Has anyone used the “All in one loan” with CMG Financial?

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Quote from @Michael Hites:
Quote from @Account Closed:

Hi everyone, seems like the All-In-One is a well discussed loan product and for good reason! For the right borrower it can have amazing results, here is an example of a simulator and loan scenario we recently closed for a borrower.  Now not every result will be the same, but if you are interest in a personalized scenario from a CMG lender reach out...


 Doesn't explain anything! This is what the person basically said to me when they tried to explain it! No substance!!! Walked away dumber than i was before the explanation! If you are from CMG, DO BETTER!


 It just shows total principal paid in 9.8 years and total interest paid during the assumption. The problem is there is no income assumption you're making each month and how much of your money you're saving towards paying down your loan (inside your offset account with AIO CMG loan) since the disposable funds after your living expenses are transferred over to reduce principal balance each night at 12:00AM. The more disposable funds you have each day/week/month you have a quicker balance payoff and less total interest will be paid.

This is the concept atleast but yes the above should have the built in assumptions and if they didnt give it to you then it might be a bit misleading.

Post: Looking for lender that does cash out refi. 90% LTV and favorable terms

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Quote from @Shaqiul Chowdhury:

Hello all,

I fully renovated a property in Decatur, GA but it has been sitting in the market for a while and I'd much rather keep it for a few years and watch it appreciate further than take a loss as it is a great property in a great part of Decatur. The house will surely continue to appreciate while I either rent out the property or Airbnb it. I currently have a hard money loan on the property and am shopping lenders to cash out refi. Is there any recommendations for lenders that would do a 90% LTV with favorable terms? My credit is still very strong and I would refinance and keep it within an LLC.

Would appreciate any insight or help as it has been a very stressful time and I am looking to move quick on refinancing. Thanks in advance.
 

90% LTV product cash out is for primary residence and has no monthly MI pricing is about 1-1.375% higher than conventional going pricing so there is a slight premium for it but it is 30 year fixed and available for those who need the money compared to other options available.

You can always transfer to LLC later on once you've seasoned your payment history on the loan for 6+ months to be safe.

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia

Post: 2nd FHA Loan | House Hacking

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Quote from @Emmanuel Barrientos:

I was wondering if there are any limitations to getting a 2nd FHA loan as far as what value the 2nd house is compared to the first one. In other words whether it is considered an upgrade or downgrade. I am in the process of learning and plan to use house hacking as my investing strategy for the first few properties. I know that I would have to refinance out of the first FHA loan in order to qualify for another FHA because you can't have two at a time. Let's say that my first house hack using FHA loan was bought for 220k and then once it is refinanced into conventional, I try for another FHA but this time it is a 175K property. Would this raise any flags? Thank you for any feedback!

You can actually have another FHA loan at the same time and as @Matthew Kwan mentioned there are exceptions you need to meet to do so. If you'd like to get rid of these onerous rules to meet you can refinance out of your current FHA loan first yes.

The other consideration is that if you move out of your primary to purchase a new FHA property you may also be subject to the 25% Equity requirement on the property you're vacating or leaving + the 100 mile rule that FHA has in place to stop rapid acquisitions. The intent of FHA was to promote primary residence home ownership not investing portfolio building so they put this rule into place.

100 Mile rule basically says that you cannot use rental income offset from a lease agreement on your current house to help you qualify for the next property when using FHA loan to qualify.

How do you get around this? YOu can use conventional financing or non VA financing options.

The 25% equity requirement typically comes up when you're vacating a primary residence to buy another primary using FHA purchase. Its documented by a second appraisal ordered on the property you're leaving or vacating to document value and your current equity in this property. Its to make sure you have enough skin in the game on this property such that when you buy the next one you're not going to be in over your ski's.

Hope that helps, there are many ways to structure your situation so that you can bob and weave around these obstacles.

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia

Post: Hard money cash out refinance loan

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Quote from @Lisa Sluss:

Hi all -

I have a house on the market that is not selling. It’s priced below value, but people aren’t fond of the area, low walkability score, near a bus stop, etc.

I’m nearing the end of a hard money loan and I’m wondering if it’s possible to do a cash out refinance on a HARD MONEY loan. Will someone lend me money to pay off another hard money loan?

 Yes Lisa you can refinance out depending on what your situation is:

- Full Doc conventional loans will require Income, assets/value of the property, and credit to qualify to refinance out

- DSCR loans only require market rental income and credit + enough assets for monthly payment reserves 3-6 months (no personal income or other liabilities are factored in, just the property in question)

- Refinancing into another private loan - this is only a bandaid temporarily to provide aide but will not be a permanent solution since most private loans term up or are due in 6-12 months after funding 

@Matthew Kwan

@Carlos Valencia