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Yes I agree, for buy and holds that is the best route. Having the ability to make offers on a property that can close 10 days later using Private Money is hard to compete with. No sellers want to deal with banks.

Originally posted by @Mike Malloy:

Buying with private funds and refinancing with conventional always looks pretty good. Even better if you can do some rehab and get the value up in between.

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Your situation seems VERY similar to mine. In the fall I was talking with banks to get a LOC against my rentals as well. We decided it’s best to wait until early 2019 to get that all started. But I agree, having both a LOC and Private Money available would be ideal.

Originally posted by @Jake C.:

@Jordan Crosby It really depends on what your portfolio looks like. Do you own rentals that have equity? If yes, try to leverage these with a local bank to get a revolving LOC.

I was facing the same decision not too long ago and spent a lot of time weighing out the pro's and con's.

My conclusion, and this was a conclusion based on my own situation, was that both hard money and conventional debt should be present in my toolbox.

I was able to find a bank that gave me a revolving LOC at 1% over prime, collateralized by a portion of my rental portfolio. I obviously want to use this as much as possible as it is cheaper and simpler than using hard money.

I simultaneously built a relationship with a local hard money guy so that if/when I run into deals that won't fit on my LOC, I can still execute.

Bottom line: If you can, get an LOC collateralized by equity in your properties. Short of that, use hard money.

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That’s kind of what I was assuming but I didn’t know if anyone could make a strong case for conventional lending.

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I’ve been flipping homes in Columbus, Ohio for about 2 years now. All using my own cash. However, I’ve realized I need to start leveraging my cash to maximize the amount of deals I can do. I am forced to pass up a lot of very profitable deals because my cash is tied up in the flips I’m working on at the time.

So I would like to know, for your first few financed flips, would it be best to go through a bank and get a conventional loan or take the time to find a PML who will want a higher % but continue to finance deals in the future?

Note: Credit scores aren’t an issue. I’m easily able to get approved for conventional financing. This is purely asking which type of lending you believe is the best route.

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