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Updated about 2 years ago on . Most recent reply

Frozen and discouraged
Hi there!
We just recently got approved for a HELOC on our main residence in order to buy our income property. Unfortunately, the appraisal did not come back as high as we wanted it to and it looks like we are ending up with about 125K as opposed to the 165K we wanted.
My question is this; originally I was thinking 165K could buy us something outright. Now however, at 125k, I think we are looking at more of a down payment. How will we get approved for a second mortgage though, when we still have our first and now the HELOC on top of that? Is that even doable? I just can wrap my head around a bank approving us for a second mortgage on something with a first mortgage and maxed out HELOC. Our income is 150k gross, and we have student loan debt (50k) but that's it (no car notes, etc.)
Can someone help me understand what we should do next? I’m feeling discouraged
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You would set up an LLC, and use Hard Money to acquire the property and do any value add. If you're buying turnkey I'd look at a DSCR loan as @Steven Goldman mentioned. I personally would look for value add opportunities so you can either pull cash back out when done with the repairs to keep the assembly line moving. If you don't BRRRR you have a nice low LTV which results in the best interest rate for your respective credit score. I'd be happy to hop on a call and discuss. GL!