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All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Account Closed has started 75 posts and replied 5714 times.

Post: Seller has confused me! PROBATE QUESTION

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I think you are focusing on the wrong issue.  The limited or full authority or powers matters not in this case.  You've got a known and filed and over encumbering Medi-Cal claim.  The sale is being court supervised because the Dept. of Health Care Services has a claim.

Medi-Cal will not settle.  They end up with all proceeds from the sale not taken by the attorney, the PR and other creditors.  So, the RM lender gets paid, the attorney will get paid, the PR will get paid and Medi-Cal will get the rest. The issue I see is how to get your likely discounted offer approved.  The objecting claimant and Medi-Cal will be notified of the sale during the 15 day notice period.  The claimant likely thinks there is equity when there is not, so they might quietly go away.  Medi-Cal will not.  They will want assurance that the property is being sold for highest and best value.

As to the hardship claim:  there might be a play there.  If the PR can successfully get the Medi-Cal claim dismissed based on hardship or disability, then she can take title and sell to you.  With equity, then the objecting claimant is back in the picture.  

I've seen all kinds of crazy objectors show up in probate, but to be honest many of them have a potentially legitimate claim but the property is usually over encumbered.  There seems to be a correlation with no equity and objecting claimants. Hmm.

@Rick H. What do you think? A possible hardship claim to eliminate Medi-Cal.  And depending legitimacy of the objector's claim, maybe a buy out?  All on a $150K prop.  The brain cells expended by everyone in this thread are worth more than this deal.  

Post: My Latest Flip in Cape Coral, Florida. Some before and afters

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Originally posted by @Scott W.:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
Originally posted by @Brit Foshee:

Thanks Courtney Merricks.

I'm not big on staging at this price point.

I think staging isn't a good value in some markets.  It's not done in houses under $300K in my farms.  A full rehab is the staging.  If the buyers have tons of beautiful rehabs to choose from, then staging is a way to stand out.  It's also useful to give buyers ideas for for difficult or out of the norm spaces.  Staging doesn't add value, only buyer interest.  Your DOM and offers will tell you everything you need to know.   If you are priced properly, I say you get full price offers the first weekend. Great job.  

 i did a flip and had a full offer price the 1st week on the market. someone on here told me i had it underpriced cuz one should get an offer in 3 weeks not 1 week. I'm like, "huh?"

like you said, if it's priced right, and in good shape, one should get an offer right away.

It's market specific.  Anyone who hasn't been in a hot market where everything goes pending asap doesn't understand it. The OP is in an active market where everything that isn't terrible is selling.  He'll get offers.  The issue will be comps, and whether his buyers can get the appraisal and/or have the cash needed to sell at his price. 

Post: My Latest Flip in Cape Coral, Florida. Some before and afters

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Originally posted by @Brit Foshee:

Thanks Courtney Merricks.

I'm not big on staging at this price point.

I think staging isn't a good value in some markets.  It's not done in houses under $300K in my farms.  A full rehab is the staging.  If the buyers have tons of beautiful rehabs to choose from, then staging is a way to stand out.  It's also useful to give buyers ideas for for difficult or out of the norm spaces.  Staging doesn't add value, only buyer interest.  Your DOM and offers will tell you everything you need to know.   If you are priced properly, I say you get full price offers the first weekend. Great job.  

Post: Who would you like to hear on a pod cast

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@Jay Hinrichs !!!! on a podcast !!!!  So much easier (and warmer) than hunting him down in OR.  And cheaper than meeting up in Hawaii.

Post: My latest flip

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Originally posted by @Erin Legler:

@Account Closed agree there are easier ways to make 10K.  I had the extra funds so I figuI hred "hey why not".  Im a person that jumps in with 2 feet and figures things as they go.  This situation ended up positive for me as I'm know negotiating with the bank for purchase.  As I said before I probably would not pick up another one, but I do have an investor friend that just made 70K off of one so who knows.

I hear you on the jumping in.  Some things are worth the risk just to learn the ins and outs which can't be learned any other way.  You say you are in negotiation for purchase, but do you mean you are trying to discount the lien?  You are already the owner if you bought it at hoa foreclosure 

Post: mortgage insurance for seller-financed property

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Originally posted by @Dion DePaoli:

Mortgage Insurance as a whole is based on standardized underwriting guidelines.  Most of the guidelines base their criteria off of DU, DO or LP findings.  Typically private lenders do not go to this length to underwrite loans.  

To be clear, what that means is the private lender would abide by and use those Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac established guidelines with perhaps overlays which are slightly more conservative.  In much of what I see today, private lenders exist very distant from those types of guidelines.  

The challenge in the private lender area is that there is zero established standard.  If there is no standard there is nothing to base risk on and with no risk understanding nobody will insure.  

As Wayne mentioned Mortgage Insurance does not make the lender whole.  it is an insurance against loss after the asset has been fully disposition.  As one might imagine the process to be paid on a claim is no walk in the park.  This too adds a layer of difficulty for a private lender.  The loans must be serviced properly which doesn't always  happen.

So then...that's a no?  Thanks Dion!

Post: Realtor tacking on 3% on top of wholesalers deal.

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Originally posted by @James Wise:

Shame on the agent for not knowing before hand how she was going to get paid.

If an agent is approached by a FSBO or contacts a potential FSBO about a house that may work for their client the agent needs to figure out compensation at that time.

It is not a sell the deal now and worry about compensation later type of thing.

The thing is she may be getting paid.  We don't know that the wholesaler isn't paying her something to bring his deal to her buyer.  I really dislike that she is asking for payment after it's under contract.  Unless she's a total noob and made a mistake, there's something not right about her request.

Post: mortgage insurance for seller-financed property

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@Dion DePaoli Is PMI for borrowers being financed by private lenders even a thing?

Post: mortgage insurance for seller-financed property

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But is PMI even available to borrowers with private lenders. You'd have to create a loan with down and a file the meets the insurance requirements......but who would write that policy for a seller financed borrower?

Post: mortgage insurance for seller-financed property

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Originally posted by @Jeff B.:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:

To be clear, you are not asking about hazard insurance for your borrower with you added as additional insured. But rather, you want to know if you can buy mortgage insurance for when/if the borrower defaults? As far as I know that kind of insurance is only available to institutional lenders.

Here's another view on the subject of PMI:

  1. http://banking-law.lawyers.com/mortgages/seller-fi...

And another:

  1. https://creditboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=410625

Those links don't contain any info about how a seller offering seller financing can find PMI for their borrower/buyer. Do you know who is offering such a product? And what the requirements are?