All Forum Posts by: Kevin Rufty

STR's are normally our bread and butter. We own 3. Can't do it here though due to HOA, unfortunately.

 Great insights - thank you, Mason! 

 Thank you for the insight, Jay! Much appreciated. We aren't dying to buy this property - it's our next-door neighbors who are moving out of state and were open to a creative finance deal when we talked to them about it. So we figured we'd take a look at the numbers and see if we could make it work for us. 

Hello, BP Community,

We are eyeing our first sub-to deal and have some questions we're hoping you can answer. Here's some info about the unit:

- 2bdrm, 2.5bath townhome, built in 2021. High appreciation area, was listed as the hottest zip code in 2022 in our area and tons of new development coming in the next months.

- Sellers are asking $340k and owe $290k on the mortgage (30yr fixed @ 3.1%), so not a lot of equity in the deal. PITI of $1580+$200/mo HOA.

- Rents in the neighborhood are around $2100-$2200 for comparable properties.

Here are our questions:

- We'll take over existing loan payments - but how should we structure the equity payout for the seller? If we structure it to be paid over 5 years, we'll have negative cash flow on the property. Is it outlandish to structure the equity payments over 15 or 30 years? Or maybe a 5-year ballon w/ interest-only payments?

Thank you for any info/insight you can provide!

Hello, BP Community,

We are eyeing our first sub-to deal and have some questions we're hoping you can answer. Here's some info about the unit:

- 2bdrm, 2.5bath townhome, built in 2021. High appreciation area, was listed as the hottest zip code in 2022 in our area and tons of new development coming in the next months.

- Sellers are asking $340k and owe $290k on the mortgage (30yr fixed @ 3.1%), so not a lot of equity in the deal. PITI of $1580+$200/mo HOA.

- Rents in the neighborhood are around $2100-$2200 for comparable properties.

Here are our questions:

- We'll take over existing loan payments - but how should we structure the equity payout for the seller? If we structure it to be paid over 5 years, we'll have negative cashflow on the property. Is it outlandish to structure the equity payments over 15 or 30 years? Or maybe a 5-year ballon w/ interest-only payments?

Thank you for any info/insight you can provide!

@Pavan Sandhu - thank you for your reply! I neglected to mention in my post that we're asking about seller financing w/ every property we're interested in during this search.

Hi all,

Long time BP fan and lurker here. We currently operate 2 STRs and are pursuing acreage where we'd like to build a few tiny homes/cabins. We're running into some financial questions/challenges that we're hoping you can help with. 

First - what type of loan(s) are we looking for? We've talked to a few lenders/local credit unions and are struggling to find someone to lend on raw/unimproved land. Then, which loan types cover the construction/purchase of these tiny homes/cabins?

Second - would an SBA loan be a better option to acquire the land, and subsequently build the structures on the land? Is it a construction-to-perm loan we're looking for? 

We're working with various professionals who are advising us on infrastructure requirements, site planning, zoning, permitting, etc. And I'm sure we'll need quotes for estimates for the business plan if we are trying to obtain an SBA loan - but I don't want to get too far into this without knowing exactly how we'll fund the land acquisition and construction.

Thank you for any advice you can offer!