All Forum Posts by: Matthew Porcaro

 Hi Zach - 

A HUD consultant was required for my rehab on my 203k property. It was a large rehab, about $90k worth of work.

When you ask about your involvement, you will need to stay on top of paperwork, but as far as "running the job" or doing any work, you shouldn't be involved at all. That's your general contractors job. 

In my case, I did all of the paperwork for my contractor, gave it to them, and just made them sign. The paperwork is where most contractors slip up, so if you take initiative on it, you can be sure it's getting done quickly and effectively. 

That's great! Only a 203k would let you get to this honestly haha. I make $2000/mo net cash flow from my first house hack, which started as a 203k. 

If you're barely covering your cost, it's not a great deal. You want your deal to cashflow HEALTHILY.

It sounds like you said the value went up quite a bit on the property, so ideally you should have some equity you can pull out to leverage yourself into your next deal.

If so, that's an option you have. If not, you can just continue to save down payments and find more rental property deals to build your portfolio.

Whatever you choose, good luck!

 You would want to use a 203k loan for this. This loan wraps the rehab cost into your  mortgage. It's the best way to kill two birds with one stone. 

Ask around your family and friends for mortgage brokers they know. Call each of them up, and ask them if they have DONE 203k loans (most will say they can do them, but very few have actually DONE them). Make sure they have experience actually doing them start to finish. If they're not familiar, it can be a royal pain. Trust me, I dealt with it. 

That said, when all is complete, it's the best bang for your buck and a great way to get a property with lots of equity very quickly. 

Hi Ben - welcome!

Do you currently own a property now? Are you in a position where you could do a live-in BRRRR flip? If you do, you can use an FHA loan to find a 2-4 unit property, and live in one unit while the tenants in your other units pay your mortgage and hopefully give you some cash flow. Once you build up enough equity in the house, you can refinance out and continue down the line.

But, it's a great way to get started, since it's a way you can get a rental property for an extremely low down payment of 3.5%

Hi Fellow Matthew - you would ideally need to refinance out of it, but you need to revisit your terms. If you have enough equity in the property, you can do a cash out refi, or refinance first, then take out a HELOC. It really totally depends on your situation, and it's something you need to discuss with your loan officer.

On your next property, you would have to declare it your new primary residence, and as long as your current property isn't an FHA, you ideally only need to put 3% down.

This is how I did my first deal, I bought an extremely distressed duplex with a 203k loan. I put down the least amount possible (3.5%) since my tenant would be paying the mortgage, not me. I rehabbed the property, replacing all the major aspects (electrical, plumbing, roof, etc) and built in a fair amount of equity ($130,000 all in all). Because the flip gave me enough, I was able to refinance out of the 203k within the first year, and now I moved out and rent both units for $2000/mo cash flow.

This is similar to what I did.

What you want to do is buy a distressed/foreclosure property that is 2-4 unit using an FHA/203k loan. Since you're living there, you will be able to put only 3.5% down, which is perfect since you ideally won't be paying the mortgage, your tenants will.

You close on the property, rehab it to get the value up, and once you have 30% of equity into the property, you can refinance out of the FHA loan (getting rid of the monthly mortgage insurance and owner occupancy restrictions), take out a HELOC, RINSE and Repeat with more rental properties.

I strongly every beginner investor should utilize these FHA loans to easily get into their first property. If you have any more questions about this, let me know. I'd be happy to help.

Pat - you can do the same with your live in flip if you use an FHA 203k. Essentially, you're adding a rehab to a distressed property (ideally, a 2-4 unit so you never have to pay the mortgage) and after the rehab, you can refinance out and pull your money back out and use that equity to get yourself into your next BRRRR.