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Updated almost 3 years ago,

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Akshay Wattal
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HELOC to buy all cash OR 30yr conventional with crazy high rates?

Akshay Wattal
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  • Investor
  • California
Posted

Hi Folks!

New to real estate investing. My lender told me that the rates changed again this morning (80 basis points), so looking for recommendations here on which option is more sensible - using HELOC to buy all cash OR one of the below loan options?

Purchase Price: $170,000

Option 1: 20% Down / Loan Amount $136,000.00, 30 YR FIXED

6.00% charging 1 point or $1360.00

5.500% charging 2 points or $2,720.00

The breakeven point between the two options is 2.7 years or 33 mortgage payments.

Option 2: 25% Down / Loan Amount, 30 YR FIXED

5.750% w/o points

4.990% charging 2 points or $2,550.00

The breakeven point between the two options is 3.5 years or 42 mortgage payments.

Option 3: Use HELOC funds to purchase the property all cash with %2.55 interest only

With this option, I can always refinance when the interest rates get better in the next couple of years hopefully. However, on the flip side, this limits my ability to buy more properties.

Thoughts or recommendations?

Thanks!

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