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All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Chan

Jonathan Chan has started 27 posts and replied 123 times.

Post: Best way to tap into equity?

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72

I have several rentals in AL, MD and TN that have a decent amount of equity. Looking to tap into it without doing a cash out refi to replace the existing rates with current rates. I want a HELOC, but have never heard of anyone finding an institution who would do it. Any suggestions?

Post: Is Pace Morby a Scam?

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72

I've been in subto since June 2022. Best program I've ever been apart of and this is the 3rd one. It's a game changer. My operator is from Top Tier TC and my underwriter is from Gator. I've done 11 lending deals in the past 2 months and have been able to retire my mom with what I've learned within the group. It requires a lot of work and it will be overwhelming, but the education alone is worth way more than what you pay. Honest opinion...I get nothing by telling you this.

Post: Potential 16% Annualized

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72

I'm a private money lender who also brings in lending partners on opportunities for BRRRR and fix and flips. These are typically 6 months or less with 1 borrower. We used to have 3 others, but have since dropped them due to poor communication. We have strict criteria in what we want to see with our borrowers, because we're lending on these opportunities as well. I want to meet people people who would be excited to get into these types of opportunities. I'm open and transparent, happy to answer any questions AND looking forward to making money with you.

Post: Private Lender Looking for Mailbox Money Wanted

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72

Hi,

I'm looking for private money lenders, not HML or conventional lenders, who prefer to set their money collateralized against existing, stabilized long term rentals in AL and TN. I have a bunch of equity in 7 properties in those two states that currently have 3-4% interest rates. I'm looking for someone who'd be happy to come in 2nd position for 3-5 years and receive interest only payments with a balloon at the end of the term. I can provide HUDS, lease agreements, mortgage statements and property P&L's from my PMs.

Security documents you will receive from me:

- Promissory Note

- Title policy

- Deed of Trust

- Personal Guarantee


Thank you!

Post: Learning How to Raise Capital

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72

Hi All,

I'm a semi experienced real estate investor. I've closed and dispoed 4 wholesale deals, flipped 7 lots of land, own 30 rentals and have closed around 25 deals as a lender. It's been a pretty cool journey and has allowed me to leave my W2, however, I've come to the realization that my current strategy of delayed gratification is no longer working for me. I jumped into real estate doing the BRRRR method, understanding that holding property will allow me to build generational wealth, but then learning that landlord income is not the best way to feed your family. That brought me to about a year ago, when my Mom wanted to retire. I moved all of her old retirement money into a self directed IRA/Solo 401K and started putting her money to work through real estate lends. It's been great, but I'm not able to financially benefit from any of that money. This brings me to now, I've taken this approach and have used my own money in lending, but am also bringing in friends and family to take part in these transactions so they can earn way better returns than with CD's. The only problem is that these are 6 month lends, I'm 1.5 months into this, so any work that I do now will not reap any kind of benefits until 6 months from now. Going back to a W2 is not what I want to do, at least not in my old industry.

I've learned through my 4 years of experience within real estate that my strengths and best used in raising capital. However, I'm new to this and have really only started raising money through friends and family here and there. It's been great, we've hit over 4M in soft commits through 2 months, but we've only deployed about 500K. I feel like there are some strategies and follow up I'm missing and hoping to work for a capital raiser or an investing group as a capital raiser, so that they can focus on what they excel at, rehabs and project management. Has anybody gone this route? Any suggestions on where to look other than the facebook outreach I've been doing?

Post: Things to look for when vetting your potential borrower

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72
Quote from @Johnny Lynum:

Spot on advice! ðŸ”¥ Thanks for sharing!

What’s the biggest red flag you watch for when vetting borrowers?


 Inability to show proof. If you can back up what you say with hard evidence, I move on.

Leesburg! I used to live in Fairfax right by GMU.

Quote from @Kevin S.:

@Jonathan Chan

Your other post mentioned about your mom's SIDRA doing lending.  Are you doing the same with yours?  Just curious what is the long term plan as far as minimizing tax in later years as the account in pre-tax become huge?  


 I thought I had responded to this, but I don't see it. Anyways, yes, I'm lending out of my own SDIRA as well. Right now, there's no plan to minimize taxes just yet. My main focus is to make sure my Mom has enough cash to live off of while she enjoys her retirement. As for my account...I'll deal with it when the time comes.

Post: Anybody Looking for a Podcast Guest?

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72
Quote from @Chris Seveney:
Quote from @Jonathan Chan:

Anybody on here have a podcast? Want to guest on each other's shows?


 There is also podcastguests.com as well as several facebook groups where you can find people to get on other podcasts. 


 Thank you!

Post: Anybody Looking for a Podcast Guest?

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72
Quote from @Nathan Gesner:

Check out podmatch. You can create an account to advertise yourself as a host or a guest (or both) and get matched with others.


 Thank you sir!

Post: Anybody Looking for a Podcast Guest?

Jonathan ChanPosted
  • Lender
  • Clermont, FL
  • Posts 135
  • Votes 72

Anybody on here have a podcast? Want to guest on each other's shows?