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All Forum Posts by: Hyeseong Park

Hyeseong Park has started 22 posts and replied 64 times.

Post: Thoughts on Using Bloc 12% Loan for Holding Costs

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Erik Estrada:

Do you have any liquid reserves/ an exit strategy in case your property does not sell? Is the BLOC adjustable or fixed? 


 If not sold well, I'm going to rent it out of. BLOC is fixed. 3yrs draw / 27years repay. 

Post: Thoughts on BLOC 12% Loan for Holding Costs

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17

Hey BiggerPockets community! I’d love to get your thoughts on a deal I’m working on and my financing strategy. Appreciate any advice or insights.

Here’s the breakdown:

Property Details:

Purchase price: $40,000

Rehab budget: $60,000 (lender holdback)

ARV: $175,000

Financing:

I’m getting a fix & flip loan with the following terms:

Loan amount: $100,000

Interest rate: 12%

Origination fee: $3,000

Processing fee: $450

Interest-only payments: $1,000/month

6-month term

Rehab holdback: $60,000

I also have access to a Bloc [Business line of credit] loan (secured against my rental property, NOT the flip property) with:

Loan amount: $35,000

Interest rate: 12%

Term: 3 years

Secured by my rental property

No other fees rather than 3% app fee.

My plan:

Use the fix & flip loan to cover the purchase + rehab, and use the Bloc loan strictly for holding costs like interest payments, insurance, utilities, taxes during the rehab/sale process. I’m planning to sell the property after rehab (resale exit).

Estimated profits after all costs (including loan fees, interest, selling costs) are around $40k–$50k.

Questions:

1. Do you see any downside to using the Bloc loan (12% secured against my rental) as a buffer for holding cost?

2. Any potential risks I’m overlooking?

3. Would you approach this financing differently?

Thanks so much for your insights – trying to make sure I’m not missing anything before I move forward.

Post: Thoughts on Using Bloc 12% Loan for Holding Costs

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17

Hey BiggerPockets community! I’d love to get your thoughts on a deal I’m working on and my financing strategy. Appreciate any advice or insights.

Here’s the breakdown:

Property Details:

Purchase price: $40,000

Rehab budget: $60,000 (lender holdback)

ARV: $175,000

Financing:

I’m getting a fix & flip loan with the following terms:

Loan amount: $100,000

Interest rate: 12%

Origination fee: $3,000

Processing fee: $450

Interest-only payments: $1,000/month

6-month term

Rehab holdback: $60,000

I also have access to a Bloc [Business line of credit] loan (secured against my rental property, NOT the flip property) with:

Loan amount: $35,000

Interest rate: 12%

Term: 3 years

Secured by my rental property

No other fees rather than 3% app fee.

My plan:

Use the fix & flip loan to cover the purchase + rehab, and use the Bloc loan strictly for holding costs like interest payments, insurance, utilities, taxes during the rehab/sale process. I’m planning to sell the property after rehab (resale exit).

Estimated profits after all costs (including loan fees, interest, selling costs) are around $40k–$50k.

Questions:

1. Do you see any downside to using the Bloc loan (12% secured against my rental) as a buffer for holding cost?

2. Any potential risks I’m overlooking?

3. Would you approach this financing differently?

Thanks so much for your insights – trying to make sure I’m not missing anything before I move forward.

Post: 12% Apr Bloc still good idea?

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Payton Haight:

That makes sense. You could look around to see if you could get an investment property HELOC. I was curious what those rates and fees looked like not too long ago and was quoted 9.5% for 3% closing costs on one of my properties by Better Mortgage. I believe their minimum HELOC size was $50k though.


 Got it! I will take a look at their website. Thanks for the info!

Post: 12% Apr Bloc still good idea?

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Payton Haight:

12% is expensive, but could be cheaper than continuously paying points on hard money loans if you are flipping properties quickly. Are there any origination or other fees to open the line of credit? Do you have a low interest 1st lien on the property? I assume that is why you are not looking at a cash out refi.

 Yeah thats' what I thought. And there is only 1 time closing costs which is approx 3% of line amount ($1,059), nothing else. For the 1st lien, the interest is 7.3%. And yes. I'm trying to protect my cashflow as much as I can from 2nd loans so. 

Post: 12% Apr Bloc still good idea?

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17

I recently found a lender who supports providing BLOC (Business line of credit) from equity from my rental property which is under my "LLC", which usually lenders don't offer. But they provided me 3 year DRAW + 27 years term with 12% APR for $35,000, which is expensive.

However, the purpose for the BLOC is just to flip simple cheap houses, to rehab or leave it as emergency credit line but most likely, purchasing cheap distressed houses in PA like 20k, 30k some. (Don't ask how I buy these)

Do you think it is still worth to apply this BLOC from the lender? This loan will be 2nd lien from the rental property and 1st lien will be not paid off for now.

If theres another better way, I will definitely welcome to the opinions! 

Post: Any lender available for $45k loan for fix and flip?

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17

I found a really good deal in PA and the seller is asking $35k and rehab will be around $20k so I need around $48-50k. 

Need a fast closing lender. 

Have a fix and flip experience. 

Credit score: 721

Post: Regarding Cashout refinancing

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Chris Barrett:

The properties need to make money, otherwise what's the point? At current rates, it would be extremely difficult to have maximum leverage and have any property pay for itself through normal rental income. 

Yeah but found some DSCR of 2 so

Post: Regarding Cashout refinancing

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Jake Baker:

@Hyeseong Park

Are you buying with cash just to get the deal? Why not just finance at purchase instead of paying double closing costs for a refinance? 

Assuming the finance doesn't go well for purchase, I mention this!

Post: Regarding Cashout refinancing

Hyeseong ParkPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posts 68
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Travis Timmons:

You're getting way too cute. Life does not exist on a spreadsheet and this is not a sustainable strategy. 

Transaction costs, seasoning, pre-payment penalties, DTI impacts, minimum lending requirements (more than 50-60k), and a long list of other issues make this a bad strategy.

Buy 1 and see how it goes. Slow and steady still wins the race. 


 explain nicely