All Forum Posts by: Stacy Raskin
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Post: Looking for a Fix & Flip Renovation Loan?

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Post: HELOC on non-warrantable condo

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Quote from @Mike D.:
It would be a residence, and most brokers won't be able to fund it with a DSCR either due to the litigation issue. I've tried that route which is what brought me around to the HELOC.
What state is the property you're looking to buy in? There are lenders who will do the loan if no health or safety issues even with litigation (depending on the details).
Post: Fix & Flip Loans-Financing up to 90% of Purchase Price & 100% Rehab

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Fix & Flip Loans-Financing up to 90% of Purchase Price & 100% Rehab- Up to 75% of ARV
As a mortgage broker, I work with different lenders that do Fix & Flip loans. The programs are created for investors who buy distressed homes, repairing them and then either selling them or holding them for rental income and flipping the hard money loan to a long term DSCR loan where the rents will underwrite the loan.
Program highlights:
- -Any level of investor experience
- -Credit scores as low as 660
- -Non-owner occupied Single Family, Multi Family up to 4 units property types
- -Purchase Loan Amount – up to 90% of Cost
- -Rehab Loan Amount – up to 100% of Cost
- -75% maximum after repair value
- -12 to 24 month loan term with Interest Only payments. At the end of term, can either sell or refinance into a longer term fixed DSCR rental property loan. This can be done earlier as well if the property is ready before the term is up.
-Decisions and term sheets are issued quickly. Terms will depend mainly on borrower's credit score and location of property. Experience is a factor but is secondary to the other criteria.
Loans offered in all U.S. states except for Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah.
There are more lending options in: AZ, Washington D.C., AR, AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Post: Looking to Refinance Your Investment Property out of a Hard Money Loan?

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Get Cash Out of Your Investment Property with no Personal Income Needed for the Loan
Pricing Specials for Loans where the loan is submitted and locked in March
This special is good for purchases, rate/term & refinance cash-out loans = 0.5% off the usual rate
DSCR loans are a great way to supercharge your investment goals and net worth. Depending on the loan program, the mortgage will only be qualified off of your middle credit FICO credit score, down payment and market or actual rents.
If you aren't looking to get cash out, you can also refinance out of a shorter term hard money loan or any loan to have a fixed 30 year mortgage term or use the special for savings to purchase an investment property.
More details:
- Loans available for cash-out
- Credits score down to 620 (for loans under $100K, middle mortgage credit score is 680)
- LTV are up to 75% for cash out.
- Cash out limits depend on property value, credit score and if the property is vacant.
- Non-warrantable condos and condotels permitted for loans above $100K.
- Rate buydown feature available.
- DSCR (lower of gross rent lease or Appraisal Form 1007/216 rent divided by PITIA) as low as 1.0x.
- Short term rentals can be structured off of 12 month short term rental history for loans above $100K.
- Fixed 30 year terms or fixed 40 year terms of 10 years of interest only payments followed by 30 years fully amortized for loans above $100K.
- Inquire for additional details.
For the pricing special, I work on DSCR loans in all U.S. states except for Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, North & South Dakota, Idaho, Illinois, New Jersey, Vermont, New York, Virginia, Wyoming, Oregon and Utah.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Post: Get Cash Out of Your Investment Property with no Personal Income Needed for the Loan

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Pricing Specials for Loans where the loan is submitted and locked in March
This special is good for purchases, rate/term & refinance cash-out loans = 0.5% off the usual rate
DSCR loans are a great way to supercharge your investment goals and net worth. Depending on the loan program, the mortgage will only be qualified off of your middle credit FICO credit score, down payment and market or actual rents.
If you aren't looking to get cash out, you can also refinance out of a shorter term hard money loan or any loan to have a fixed 30 year mortgage term or use the special for savings to purchase an investment property.
More details:
- Loans available for cash-out
- Credits score down to 620 (for loans under $100K, middle mortgage credit score is 680)
- LTV are up to 75% for cash out.
- Cash out limits depend on property value, credit score and if the property is vacant.
- Non-warrantable condos and condotels permitted for loans above $100K.
- Rate buydown feature available.
- DSCR (lower of gross rent lease or Appraisal Form 1007/216 rent divided by PITIA) as low as 1.0x.
- Short term rentals can be structured off of 12 month short term rental history for loans above $100K.
- Fixed 30 year terms or fixed 40 year terms of 10 years of interest only payments followed by 30 years fully amortized for loans above $100K.
- Inquire for additional details.
For the pricing special, I work on DSCR loans in all U.S. states except for Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, North & South Dakota, Idaho, Illinois, New Jersey, Vermont, New York, Virginia, Wyoming, Oregon and Utah.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Post: Looking to Buy or Refinance a Non Warrantable Condo or Condotel?

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Non warrantable condos and condotels that are investment properties can be bought or refinanced with DSCR loans. DSCR loans are a great way to supercharge your investment goals and net worth. Depending on the loan program, the mortgage will only be qualified off of your middle credit FICO credit score, down payment (if purchase) and market or actual rents.
Pricing Specials for Loans where the loan is submitted and locked in March
Purchase, Rate/Term & Refinance Cash-Out loans:
0.5% off the usual rate
More details:
- Loans available for purchase, rate and term refinance (no cash out) and cash-out refinance
- Credits score down to 620
- LTV are up to 75% for purchase and 70% for cash out.
- Cash out limits depend on property value, credit score and if the property is vacant.
- Rate buydown feature available.
- DSCR (lower of gross rent lease or Form 1007/216 rent divided by PITIA) as low as 1.0x.
- For experienced investors (one year of investor experience and own home), short term rentals can be structured off of 12 month short term rental history with 20% expense factor. If a purchase, AirDNA projected rents for the property address with 20% expense factor. Other loan programs don't have home ownership requirement.
- Inquire for additional details.
For nonwarrantable condos that have the pricing special, I work on DSCR loans in all U.S. states except for Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, North & South Dakota, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey, Vermont, New York, Virginia, Wyoming, Oregon and Utah. For other types of investment properties, I work on DSCR loans in all states except for Minnesota, Nevada, North & South Dakota, Oregon, Utah & Vermont.
Post: HELOC on non-warrantable condo

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Would this be an investment property or an owner occupy property? If an investment property, there non-warrantable DSCR loan options.
Some details:
- Loans available for purchase, rate and term refinance (no cash out) and cash-out refinance
- Credits score down to 620
- LTV are up to 75% for purchase and 70% for cash out.
- Rate buydown feature available.
- DSCR (lower of gross rent lease or Form 1007/216 rent divided by PITIA) as low as 1.0x.
- For experienced investors (one year of investor experience and own home), short term rentals can be structured off of 12 month short term rental history with 20% expense factor. If a purchase, AirDNA projected rents for the property address with 20% expense factor. Other loan programs don't have home ownership requirement.
Post: Fix & Flip Loans-Financing up to 90% of Purchase Price & 100% Rehab

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Quote from @Don Spafford:
Does that also qualify for new construction homes to be sold?
Right now only fix and flip for a structure that's already standing. Ground up construction is in a pilot program right now.
Post: Potential Lending Options

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Quote from @Deonte Hill:
Quote from @Stacy Raskin:
Are you looking to owner occupy the home or have it be a rental property? There are different loan options depending on the occupancy type.
I’m looking to have it be a rental property for Section 8 housing.
You can do 15% down if an investment property that is a single family residence if the DSCR ratio is a 1.2 or above. 20% down is a DSCR 1 ratio or above.
More on DSCR loans:
DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.
DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.
Here's a bit more in detail about how rates are calculated for DSCR loans:
1. Credit score- the higher the best. 760+ generally gets best pricing for investment property loans with most lenders
2. Loan to value ratio: The higher the loan to value ratio (LTV) is, pricing takes a hit. So your pricing will be higher for a 80% LTV loan than for a 60% LTV loan.
3. Prepayment penalties- usually 1-5 year terms. The shorter the prepayment term has an impact on increasing the rate.
4. Are you cash flowing the property? More on how that is calculated below. Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable). Many lenders will not do a DSCR loan unless cash flowing. If they will do a loan with less than 1, the pricing takes a hit. This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.
I've included an example below to help illustrate this.
So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.
See example below:
DSCR < 1
Principal + Interest = $1,700
Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50
Total PITIA = $2200
Rent = $2000
DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91
Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.
DSCR >1
Principal + Interest = $1,500
Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25
Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300
DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23
DSCR lenders generally let you vest either individually or as an LLC. It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.
Post: Multi-Family Investment Question

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The loan programs for 1-4 units have more favorable terms depending on if you're buying with income with a conventional investment property loan or having the loan underwritten by the rents with a DSCR / rental property loan. 5-8 loans generally have tougher underwriting and the rates are higher if you're looking at DSCR loan options for 5-8 units.
More on DSCR loans in case helpful:
DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.
DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.
Here's a bit more in detail about how rates are calculated for DSCR loans:
1. Credit score- the higher the best. 760+ generally gets best pricing for investment property loans with most lenders
2. Loan to value ratio: The higher the loan to value ratio (LTV) is, pricing takes a hit. So your pricing will be higher for a 80% LTV loan than for a 60% LTV loan.
3. Prepayment penalties- usually 1-5 year terms. The shorter the prepayment term has an impact on increasing the rate.
4. Are you cash flowing the property? More on how that is calculated below. Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable). Many lenders will not do a DSCR loan unless cash flowing. If they will do a loan with less than 1, the pricing takes a hit. This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.
I've included an example below to help illustrate this.
So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.
See example below:
DSCR < 1
Principal + Interest = $1,700
Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50
Total PITIA = $2200
Rent = $2000
DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91
Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.
DSCR >1
Principal + Interest = $1,500
Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25
Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300
DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23
DSCR lenders generally let you vest either individually or as an LLC. It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.
Happy to connect to discuss further.