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@Wai Chan @Bob Okenwa Bob replied greatly! The MLS is required to share their information with the Zillows of the world. MLS gives you the most up-to-date information. I pay around 500 for the year for the NAR, CAR, and Association Dues.

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San Diego, California

Great post! Thank you for the honesty!

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I am pretty sure you can charge them for the time it takes you to find new tenants too.

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Hi There!

Can anyone share some experience they have had with seller and private/personal financing of a property? I am interested in learning about how you have structured deals...

Length of Loan

Down Payment

Interest %

I know that it will depend on the property, purchase price, and location... but if you have had success in this area I would love to hear some examples.

Thanks!

James

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Quote from @David Ramirez:

Hey James,

Great question. I'm not a loan expert either, so don't quote me on this, but I think it's not worth it for them to allocate small amounts of money considering that they have to meet certain standards and returns for the end lender or pool of lenders. If I were you I would try to network and find someone interested in being a money partner or just a lender. That way you can negotiate the terms of the loan and build a good relationship for future deals. Trust me there are people out there that are more than willing to lend money for a return, you just have to network and have a excecution plan.

Good Luck!

Regards,

David

Thank you for the advice, David! I never even really considered using people as the lenders. It is very interesting... I am very aware of seller financing, but this is similar to that, but with a person who does not have a vested interest in the property already being the lender, right?

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Quote from @Ashley Cross:

I'm a conventional lender that lends down to $30k. I work with a team so we have the ability to turn a lot of loans in a month. With smaller loans we are capped at the amount of fees we can charge for conventional financing. My thought is we're building a long term relationship and I'd hope to get you to a place we're you'll be purchasing bigger properties with higher loan amounts.

Thank you for this @Ashley Cross. Do you only lend out of Ohio? If it is okay I would to message you regarding some information! Thanks!

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Quote from @Will Barnard:

I have never had the luxury of these loan loan amounts from here in CA. A cardboard box under a freeway bridge will cost you 6 figures here! That said, if you want to really get creative with smaller loan amounts, why not get creative rather than just offering a conventional lender higher fees?

Seller financing, money partner (equity partner), private money loan (money partner debt financing), subject to (buying from seller and leaving existing mortgage in place), or any combination of these!

I am out here in California too, I hear ya there! That's why I am investing out of state.

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I know finding lenders to process small mortgages is almost impossible, but I was wondering if anyone has tried offering to pay additional points to the lender to make it worth their time.. if a lender could get 2k on a 200k loan, hypothetically, would there be a way to offer them the same amount on the smaller loan? I am not a loan expert at all and I am not sure if that is allowed on their end… anyone went this route on conventional? Anyone want to share creative solutions that they have used to get past the lender minimums?

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