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Updated over 7 years ago,
Refinancing a Hard Money Loan
Hi all. New member here to BP.
So I found a deal on a Single Family Residence. Its selling for 120K after estimated closing costs, cash only, in a neighborhood that is valued at lowest price 250k. Needs work roughly 35k.
I want to purchase not as just an investment but as my primary residence. All the math checks out. The issue I am having is the financing.
I am a licensed realtor so I ran my own comps and I went with bottom prices. Avg price for the neighborhood is roughly 300k.
The financing is a bit of a mystery to me in wholesaling sense as I am mainly accustomed to conv, fha... etc.
From what I've read here you can get a HML to buy the cash only property, and then refinance. Very exciting! BUT, after further research i find that most banks have a seasoning period of roughly 6 months... not so exciting. at 12-15% interest a month on the HML thats killer.
so for the TL;DR
I want to Buy and repair Cash only property roughly 155k. Then Refinance said property with a standard 30 year loan Asap after repairs. Is this possible? What pitfalls am I failing to see? best and worst case scenarios?
P.S.
I also worked for years as a contractor and have many relations in the construction field to make the repairs happen quickly.