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Kate B.
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Recent Experience with LendingOne

Kate B.
  • Rental Property Investor
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I was recently referred to LendingOne by a fellow investor and just wanted to share my experience thus far as I feel there's a lot of marketing bait and switch happening with lenders that advertise terms and loan structures...

Our past and current project:  We do buy-rehab-refi-hold (airbnb) rentals, not regular rehab flips.

First off let me start with the things I think LendingOne excels at:

  1. Nice dashboard to upload and store all your documents to track how the loan process is coming along. 
  2. They followed up right away on my pre-approval application that I submitted online.
  3. The appraisal (which usually seems to be a bottleneck with other lenders) reached out right away, even before my term sheet was finalized.

Now here is where I feel a bit frustrated with their product marketing and what I actually got. And please don't comment that rates, terms, loan structure are variable. I know that :)   I have great credit 740+ FICO, a few flips under my belt and this current project isn't complicated ($110k purchase price, $20k rehab for cosmetic fixes).

  1. They pulled credit before my term sheet was issued :(   
  2. 90% LTV on purchase / 100% LTV on rehab (What they sent: 65% LTV on purchase / 100% Rehab)
  3. Rates starting at 7.49% for 12 mos  (What they sent: 10.49% + 2.75% Loan Orig)
  4. We have a tight close date and I have to call the Account Executive everyday to find out what the status of the loan is, term sheet, etc..


I'm not sure if I will use them for this project as I have already received 90% LTV for purchase and rehab, 9.49%, 12 mos, 1% loan orig, from another source but I wanted to try them as I heard many good things about them from other investors.

I'd like to hear from others that have used them if they've had a similar experience?

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Denise Brown-Puryear
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Denise Brown-Puryear
  • Julian, NC
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Originally posted by @Derek Caffe:

I'm currently in the process of using LendingOne for a rental acquisition. So far the rep is rather responsive. I have a little concern as I offered a shorter financing contingency and appraisal contingency based on how fast it was stated they could close loans, but not entirely sure they can deliver yet. Looking forward to a successful transaction with LendingOne, but only time will tell. I definitely let anyone know how it turns out if they @ me in the future. Glad to have reps on BiggerPockets from the company in order to get in potential kinks ironed out ahead of time for a successful closing.

@John Della Bella, @Matthew Neisser

 I was thinking about using them as well and have spoken to a rep.  But based on the above feedback (especially regarding the purchase, rehab, refi and hold), I have some doubts.  I'm leaning between LendingOne and Lima Capital.  I really don't like the baiting and switching that goes on.  Put your cards on the table after the initial review rather than tie up and waste an investor's time.  Then a decision can be made whether or not to proceed based on the final approval.  Sounds a little bit scamish to me.  And I've been doing this a very long time.  I have no problem with anyone trying to make their money... they just need to be straight up about their fees.  Just saying........

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