All Forum Posts by: Karen Schimpf

Yes, blanket loans are getting closed.  The blanket loan product is commercial loan so the minimum loan amount is $500,000 and minimum of 5 properties.  There is another product out there called, The Deed by Deed.  So for example lets say you have only 3 properties and they are worth $400,000, at 75% loan to value, 30 year fixed rate and want to close them all at the same time, you can now do this with the Deed by Deed program.  The Deed by Deed program is not a FNMA or Freddie Mac program

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We are the only ones in the country offering a blanket loan product with NO pre-payment penalty and no separate release clauses. Call for details at 512-354-5949.

@Dominic Wentz Blanket loans typically are 65% to 75% loan to value which will allow you to purchase the remaining four properties.  When doing a blanket loan, you need to be aware of what your strategies is going to be.  Is your strategy going to be holding these 4 properties or is it to sell them in the next couple of years?  Not all blanket loan products  allow you to sell the properties out of the portfolio, so make sure you ask the question if your strategy is to sell the properties in the next couple of years.

@AndyCollins is correct. Bankers will look at how long your down payment has been seasoned. If you are going to use a HELOC, you will have to draw on the HELOC 3 months prior to the purchase so you can provide the lender with 2 months of bank statements.

Congratulations BiggerPockets!

Recently, both CNN and CNBC released lists of their favorite financial apps (access the CNN list here and the CNBC list here).

A few apps that we found interesting are:

• SavedPlus – Gives users the ability to transfer a percentage of every purchase into a savings account, making saving automatic.
• Simple – This online and mobile-only bank charges no monthly fees and provides robust budgeting tools and mobile money-transfer options.
• Spendee – Has a simple interface that gives users an at-a-glance way to monitor their budget.
• Wallaby – Helps maximize credit card reward potential by alerting users to which card to use when shopping.

Are there any financial apps that you'd recommend? I'd love to hear about them.

Most investors utilize the Blanket Loan because the investor is capped by the conventional Fannie Mae guidelines. Fannie Mae has a limit of 10 properties and in many cases the lender will limit the number of investment properties to 4. Investors typically will put a minimum of 5+ properties into a blanket loan which allows the investor to go back out and purchase a new property with a Fannie Mae loan. When a Fannie Mae lender is looking at your credit, all they see is one investment loan that is not Fannie Mae.

Most investors utilize the Blanket Loan because the investor is capped by the conventional Fannie Mae guidelines. Fannie Mae has a limit of 10 properties and in many cases the lender will limit the number of investment properties to 4. Investors typically will put a minimum of 5+ properties into a blanket loan which allows the investor to go back out and purchase a new property with a Fannie Mae loan. When a Fannie Mae lender is looking at your credit, all they see is one investment loan that is not Fannie Mae.

@shital thankkar

The blanket loan program went away after 2008 but I am happy to say it is back. It gives investors the flexibility they need to buy more properties under the Fannie Mae.