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I was at a NMLS CE class last Friday.... and the instructor was raising the bubble issue.
I personally don't think we have a big bubble coming again anytime soon.. The events that led up to the last one were once in a Century type events.
So how I wrap that back into this TK thread is simply the environment that led to the GFC and how investors bought property and how they are buying them today is very different.
Pre 08 it was all the rage to use a HML to put the TK buyer into title then do a rate and term refi with many folks not only getting into the deals with no money down but cash back at close.. We did many deals were investors would close on 4 homes simultaneously and get 5 to 8k cash back on each through refi proceeds.. Now the WEst coast marketing guys had a field day with this... Hey buy a home it cash flow 100 a month and get cash back.
I was the HML that put those folks into title I did this over 2000 times from 2002 till the crash.
At that point our underwriting criteria was simply a pre approval from a lender and we closed 99% of the deals we did.. until the crash.
So it was the whole scenario of getting into these deals with cash back.. The banks thought hey they will put the cash back into reserves and properties will continue to go up.
Well reality was they went and took the cash out and bought a car a boat a jet ski a trip you know all the things they deserve as good consumers. And the banks just did not require enough experience or reserves to be making these kinds of loans.
So what happens is in credit tight and constricting job market.. The cash flow was never materialized these group of investors blew there reserves on stuff.. And then when the houses needed 2500 dollars for a turn over they did not have it and the house goes vacant and a default occurred. So in essence these investors that had plus 700 cred score but no reserves got wiped out en mass.
NOw today you don't have that scenario.. you have a huge amount of RE being bought for Cash.. The banks actually require in most cases and if they have half a brain the investors need 20 to 30% down PLUS and 6 months reserves verifiable.. Along with the reset in values. I think we have a much stronger play for buy and hold...As the investors that are buying today have skin in the game and are smarter than they were 10 years ago with all the public information. But you still have people buying in Hoods and Ghettos thinking it will work and its those that do that that live out of state that are going to end up not doing well as we all know... Locals can work those areas just fine and run it like a bizz.. sitting at home in LA with that asset class will drive you nuts.