I bought and am wanting to get an appraisal for a single family home being used as a rooming house. It is zoned single family but since the previous owner is using it as a rooming house a few things look different that I am worried about the appraiser not passing:
Outside doors for each room with locks.
The only common area is the kitchen, no dining room, living room, etc.
The rooms consist of 5 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, and 2 bathrooms.
Each room has a bed and a small drawer which I am thinking of diassembling before the appraiser comes.
Would I have a problem with this? Is there anything I should do to help this pass. I intend to use it as a single family and it is a great deal. THe lender is a credit union and it is a conventional low rate loan.
The property is zoned as a SFR house and likely in a neighborhood of the same.
Was the property not appraised by the bank when you got your mortgage? Unless you paid cash?
I don't know that any of this would affect a new appraisal, but there may be some comments by the appraiser, which may or may not hurt you depending on why you want the appraisal in the first place.
If you are trying to get a cash out refi, I would think the bank would want to see the correct type of insurance for the business you are running.
The property is zoned as a SFR house and likely in a neighborhood of the same.
Was the property not appraised by the bank when you got your mortgage? Unless you paid cash?
I don't know that any of this would affect a new appraisal, but there may be some comments by the appraiser, which may or may not hurt you depending on why you want the appraisal in the first place.
If you are trying to get a cash out refi, I would think the bank would want to see the correct type of insurance for the business you are running.
I do not have the mortgage yet, just the purchase agreement. What I am worried about is the banks appraiser.