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All Forum Posts by: Matt Ridenour

Matt Ridenour has started 22 posts and replied 73 times.

Post: Commercial portfolio loan?

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

Hello BiggerPockets fam!

I'm at BPCon this week and I'm striking out on my biggest need of the week.  BTW what an awesome event!  First time attending but won't be the last.  

My wife and I are small time investors.  We have about 4 million in mortgaged assets, but about 2 million in mortgages.  We do our own construction work which is how we build our equity.  

I'm looking for a commercial portfolio loan that wraps these properties into one loan, with the excess equity available as a line of credit.  I don't want to cash out refi because I don't want to store the cash and pay for it.  All I'm looking for is a pool of money I can use as a line of credit against my equity so that I can move quickly for fix and flips.  

Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks so much in advance!

Post: Anyone running an Airbnb in Kihei that can house up to 14 for a reunion Sept 2025?

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

I'm sure I'm not using this part of the forum correctly, but I couldn't find a good category.  

I'm a super host in Michigan.  Airbnb generally is a year in advance, but I'm looking for a year and a half.  Just posting here on the off chance someone sees and can host our family of 14 cousins?  Non drinking and all over the age of 50, so we'd be an easy group.  :-)

We are looking for middle to end of September 2025.  

Thanks in advance if you can help!

Matt

Post: Fun high end flip completed

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $825,000
Cash invested: $450,000
Sale price: $2,000,000

Our largest flip to date. We purchased this mid century home in rough shape and spent 8 months renovating. Mold remediation and water infiltration were our biggest obstacles. The new atrium glass was not in the original budget but really made the project pop. The running stream in the atrium was a bucket list item for us.

Here's a link to the drone fly through:
https://youtu.be/-KBnqiN_KHs?si=_xBBRViS8m4Z6viC

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

We are a small family operation but we love doing artful flips. The atrium stream and the mid century design opportunities called our name.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

This was a wholesale deal that came to us via our realtor.

How did you finance this deal?

We used Kiavi to fund a large portion of the deal. Excellent company, though the funds were not cheap.

How did you add value to the deal?

We saved as much of the mid century material as possible. We saved the St. Charles cabinets and kept the floor plan largely intact. The woodwork was lovingly restored. We made the kitchen floor from scratch and added a new atrium and stream. Also refined a few of the rougher spaces.

What was the outcome?

Off market sale in the works with a closing date of April 25.

Lessons learned? Challenges?

This home was outside of our comfort zone in terms of cash outlay. Always make sure you have safety nets in place, especially at these high price points!

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Kiavi Lending - excellent hard money resource.
Keri Middaugh - well connected realtor in the Ann Arbor area

Hey BiggerPockets investors!

I'm an experienced investor in Ann Arbor MI.  My wife and I focus on both flips and airbnbs, with "infinite banking" as our wealth storage mechanism.  We're looking for a small group (4-6 total) with moderate to advanced skills that would like to meet virtually on a monthly basis.  I'm happy to teach, but I'd also like to learn!  If you are interested in a small synergistic mastermind, please send me a connection request and let's see where it goes.  

Here is what I expect as topics at least for starters:

Investment strategy evolution

Creative borrowing/lending structures

Leverage and long term debt planning

Tax structures and planning

Your questions/problems/interests/goals here!

Post: Trouble converting hard money to conventional mortgage

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23
Quote from @James Hamling:

@Matt Ridenour ok the obvious, needs to talk to more lenders BUT, my point is more on HOW to talk with them then just the #. 

Don't go begging and groveling. Don't talk how been shot down everywhere else. 

You say this thing is up and running, great. BUILD A PACKET.    Put together numbers to show how great a revenue generator this thing is. Show projections going forward all backed and based on solid data. 

Data, data, data. 

Now when talking with the lenders, your "shopping for a strategic financing partner" and curious what they have to offer on this.    

Have a realistic terms sheet with it of what your looking for, emphasis on REALISTIC. 

Because here is the reality. In Investment Finance, there lending on the operator as much as the asset, because a pizz-poor operator won't make $ on a great asset, it's gotta be the "full-package" of an asset that can make $ and an operator who can make it happen. So your pitch, telegraphs that your that correct operator. 

And forget DSCR, I would start with portfolio lenders. Because it's going to be a better place to learn, get feedback, refine the pitch. And who knows, maybe something will come of it now, but if nothing else after 3 or 4 you'll be ready to go DSCR and should have the $ real fast.


 Awesome answer!  Thanks for taking the time on this post!

Post: Trouble converting hard money to conventional mortgage

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23
Quote from @Sean Lynch:

I have rentals and flip in Danbury to answer the last part of your question. Are you looking in the area?


 Hi Sean.  My brother lives out there.  I'll try and connects you guys!

Post: Trouble converting hard money to conventional mortgage

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

Thanks for weighing in everyone.  I'll share your thoughts with him, and hopefully get him into the bigger pockets community.  

Post: Trouble converting hard money to conventional mortgage

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

Hi everyone.  Asking for my brother who is in a different part of the country than I am.  He purchased an Airbnb and has it up and running.  He used hard money to purchase and renovate.  It's been less than a year and so the mortgage companies won't touch it.  (I should also mention that both he and his wife are self employed.)

My suggestion was a dscr lender, but he is telling me he spoke with a lender regarding that with no success.  I am thinking all dscr lenders have different criteria?  HIs current rate is 9.75% but is adjustable and balloons in 5 years.  I'm hoping he can find a 30 year loan so that he can get out there and grab the next one.  

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Oh, one more.  Who is investing in the Danbury CT area?  

Post: REO with Huntington Bank - Contact?

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

Thanks Luis.

It isn't listed for sale. I've had some pretty great success calling (small) banks and speaking with their REO department. I've had my eye on this property for a while, and I'm hoping it's just tied up in red tape. I got my last bank project because I was proactive about calling them. Waited a year for them to cut the tape on it and then they sold it to me for what was owed.

Post: REO with Huntington Bank - Contact?

Matt RidenourPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Michigan
  • Posts 74
  • Votes 23

Hi all,

Anyone have a decent number to contact the REO people for Huntington Bank? I have a property in my sights in Michigan.

I looked on their reo website and found only dead ends.