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19 November 2024 | 5 replies
A SDIRA cannot be a down payment on a conventional/FHA/VA type of loan.
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22 November 2024 | 8 replies
The loan info (hard money for acquisition; conventional for refi) is from actual conversations or emails with lenders.
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20 November 2024 | 5 replies
My wife and I can cover $75,000 or so, but we would need a loan for the rest until we can get a SBA 7a after closing.
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21 November 2024 | 2 replies
A second option is getting a DSCR loan.Lastly, knowingly leaving deductions off of your tax return to qualify for a loan is mortgage fraud.
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19 November 2024 | 12 replies
@Randall Ayers It doesn't matter where the lender is located, as long as they can offer that type of loan in Colorado.
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10 December 2024 | 100 replies
If your market has a significant number of FHA or VA loans with zero to low down payments where a buyer can't afford to pay their agent out of pocket, your sellers may end up cutting off a significant portion of the home buying market, or once they do come around to considering negotiating on BAC, they may feel deceived, and now you may lose the potential for the recurring client that will ultimately otherwise drive your seller lead acquisition cost down.For planning: In a great business, a good rule of thumb is to estimate:100% Gross Income35% Cost of Sale30% Expenses35% Profit <-- very few businesses achieve this, but we're looking at an ideal solutionAssuming a national price average of $300k and 0.6% GCI, you'd be looking at:$1,800 Gross Income$630 Cost of Sale <-- agents/ transaction coordinators$540 Expenses <-- photos/ signs/ lockboxes/ Errors & Omissions insurance/ MLS fees/ liability insurance/ tech fees/ VA admin support/ marketing to get clients for the business (this piece should be roughly 10% of revenue, which would be $54 in this case)$630k ProfitIf your business sold 1,000 of these homes a year, you would have:$1,800,000 Gross Income$630k Cost of Sale <-- agents/ transaction coordinators (you could have 5 agents handling 200 sales each at $100k incomes and TC support at scale)$540k Expenses <-- photos/ signs/ lockboxes/ Errors & Omissions insurance/ MLS fees/ liability insurance/ tech fees/ VA admin support/ marketing to get clients for the business (you're going to est $125k in runner fees alone for signs; $25k+ in signs, $54k in ads to attract clients, $200k in photos, $10-20k minimum in E&O, $2k in liability, and what tech/ VA support)$630k Profit Scale costs will include hiring a managing broker for compliance to help oversee all of these transactions and implement legal changes and training.
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19 November 2024 | 7 replies
She'd probably have to get a new loan in that scenario however obviously in order to get you off the current loan unless the loan is assumable, but that's the downside of linking your finances on a 30 year contract without being married.
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21 November 2024 | 20 replies
Get preapproved for a Hard Money Loan to fix and flip.
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18 November 2024 | 3 replies
So that $800/month the tenants pay needs to pay both loans.
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23 November 2024 | 7 replies
I prefer to pay off the loan ASAP.