Investor · Indianapolis, IN · Member since 2014 · 208 posts · 137 votes
Hi all. I'm a serial BRR-er and have recently hit a wall acquiring more properties because each additional one increases DTI above the level banks will accept--even though the properties cashflow. So it appears that the next step will be to find a commercial lender who will lend in the name of an LLC and get these properties off my personal credit.
My question here is the following: if you own a property financed in the name of an LLC, how do banks look at the income from that property? Do they want you to show two years of tax returns with income coming from the LLC or something similar before counting it? The point is to make the income from rentals business income so that the banks stop counting the debt against me.
Ideas?
I'm also interested in hearing about people's experiences getting credit in the name of an LLC.
Lender · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2018 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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@Mike D. Congrats on reaching that great problem to have!
I can't speak for every local bank out there because many depository institutions will be operating on a different set of guidelines.
What I can say is that a lot of investors who reach your position opt for a "DSCR Loan" or a commercial loan product which would have no personal income requirements. These don't require tax returns and have NO LIMIT on the number of financed properties owned. They take a very subject property based approach to underwriting. Most people assume they'll need some sort of short term ballooning product once they have to go commercial but the truth is that there are a plethora of 30 year fixed and long term IO products available right now.
The borrower of the loan is the LLC and that's who is on title but these typically require a warm body guarantor (someone owning 20% or more of the LLC). However, these loans typically do NOT report to the credit bureaus and wouldn't show up on your credit report.