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Miko Lee
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Costa Mesa, CA
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Refinance? but much higher mortgage payment?

Miko Lee
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Costa Mesa, CA
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Hi BP members,

Last year, I partnered up with my family and bought a $700,000 triplex with a 30-year fixed rate conventional loan. Took a loan of $525,000. I also have a conventional loan on my primary residence. Me and my family are ready to buy a second rental property. We want to do so without tapping into too much of our own cash and re-leverage using equity from the triplex. Let's say the appraised value for the triplex is $800,000, how should we go about financing the second deal? Cash out refinance, line of credit, or HELOC?

If we refinance the whole mortgage and a bank loans us 75% of equity, so ($800,000 - $525,000) * 0.75 = $206,250. I am worried that our cash flow (roughly $1000 on a good month) on our current triplex will not cover the new higher mortgage. I calculated that the new mortgage payment will roughly be $1000, which means the triplex will now only break even even without repairs). Maybe I misunderstood how BRRRR strategy works. How do people do this? What is my option? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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Avi Garg
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Concord, CA
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Avi Garg
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Concord, CA
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Miko Lee I think the calculation works differently ... it should be (800,000*0.75)-525000 =75000 not the 200k that you project

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