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Corey Bruyere
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Low money down mortgage options

Corey Bruyere
  • Long Beach, CA
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I'm looking into other possible low money down loan programs and wanted to gather some investor insight before going any further with lenders. I'm a first time buyer planning on buying a 2-4 unit multi to house hack with low money down. I have good to excellent credit right now so I believe that gives me more leverage when choosing a loan. From the reading I've done each loan carries it's own bad baggage(high MIP, strict qualifications, higher down payment, etc). I was wondering if any other investors have had any experience with any other low money down loans(government backed or conventional). I'm a pretty good saver and believe I could save up to 5% in the near future but I live in Southern California so that can be a steep price, hence the urge to take the low money down route. I was looking into the Fannie Mae HomeReady loan and got this info from a lender "The biggest differences between Home Ready and FHA on a 2-4 unit home purchase are as follows: Home Ready - Requires Income Limits: i.e. LA county 80% of AMI ($67,900) = 54K annual income - 2-3 unit requires 15% down on a Fix; 25% down on an ARM - Non-Occupant Borrower is permitted FHA - Income limits are NOT used to qualify - Minimum 3.5% down available on 2-4 unit - Brwr Occupancy required" I read that Home Ready only requires 3% down but I guess that changes with multi family? tl;dr : I need help finding a good, low down payment loan program for someone with good credit and low to average income who plans on buying multi-family(to both live in and rent) in an expensive market.

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Russell Brazil
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Russell Brazil
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FHA might be your only option then. I was going to recommend looking into HomeReady, but I didnt realize the down payment rose with it being a multi unit property. The downside with FHA is it now pas permanent PMI attached to the loan. So you could conceivably use FHA, then refinance once you hit 20% in equity....although we are likely to be in a rising interest rate environment in the future.

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