Are there lenders willing to refinance properties in Irrevocable Living Trusts? Good full doc income and reserves. A paper borrowers.

Unbeknownst to my mom, my grandmother refinanced the house twice then did a modification, we now owe much more on the house than we bought it for, however the home still has equity.

You bet you'll have maintenance in that type of the property and obviously will need capital expenses.However, let's count before these: $55K - $22.9K=$32.1K.Even before maintenance and capex it's 9.1%.The only advantage of this type is financing - banks will base the decision on the collateral and not apply the residential standards (more than 5units).SFR is better for financing after repairs - 75% LTV where V - ARVCondos won't be refinanced - you have to have cash.

Plus with the new sales price I should be able to bring the assessment down as well, leading to some additional savings on taxes there.I have two possibilities for this property, the first being to get it refinanced by a bank ASAP to pay off the seller financing and bring the debt service down by about half.  

I’ve got the age old question of whether we should sell our townhome or keep it and make it our first rental.This is my first post on BiggerPockets so please let me know if I have left out any information that may be helpful in the analysis.Single Family TownhomeBuilt: 2001Purchase Date: 2008Purchase Price: $270,000Property Tax: $5700/yearHOA: $125/monthWater/Sewer: $1320/year (Must be paid to county by home owner)Insurance: $800/yearMaintenance Costs: $400/year Other planned future costs: Roof (in about 5 years, ~$5000), water heater (in 7 years, ~$1300 including labor), water softener (in 5 years, $500)Current Mortgage (Refinanced in 2012)Term: 15Rate: 3.375%Principal: $140,000Market Value: $230,000 (Upstate NY market with minimal appreciation expected)Rental: $2000/month ($2200 possible but I want to be conservative)I was also considering refinancing to a 30 year mortgage to help with cash flow but I’m not sure if it is worth the $4000-5000 in closing costs to refinance.Normally I would not consider this a good rental property because of the low/negative cash flow.

Now this is where it got interesting in the seminar he mentioned getting refinanced to payoff the private lender.  

So when you had these hot beds of real estate speculation and borrowers could walk with the only thing they lose is FICO score and in many cases they put nothing down.. well they just walked.. and it became like chasing a falling knife it just got bad and kept getting worse.on the investor side.. you had thousands of investors in short term notes that could not get refinanced.. and probably in your line of work syndicators and other institutional investors who were stuck and could not refi and the lenders chose to foreclose.. especially if lets say Rialto bought your little bank that went under.. they were brutal on chasing he security .

I have a successful IT consulting business that has and will hopefully continue to allow me to purchase rental properties with after tax money.With all that being said, I understand the model is about  purchasing properties, refinancing, and going back to purchasing more properties.  

When you refinance a property, it's already in service, thus no adjustment to depreciation.Special rules apply to primary residences converted to rentals.You should understand how refinancing a property will limit your ability to write off the interest.

From what I understand I could refinance and take out 70% of the new refinanced amount, is that correct?