
26 February 2025 | 22 replies
A STR is a completely different animal in my opinion, in that it requires more work and much more compromise, but financially is worth the effort.

10 February 2025 | 0 replies
Trust documents are not required to be publicly recorded, ensuring that details about the trust remain private.2.

10 February 2025 | 2 replies
Quick heads-up: Starting January 4, 2025, Pennsylvanias Act 52 requires anyone involved in wholesaling real estate to be a licensed agent.

3 February 2025 | 15 replies
In general, DSCR loans will require the property to be either leased or at least "Rent Ready".

16 February 2025 | 4 replies
Second- these developments where the same person develops, builds, and then requires you to use them for management- they always suck.

14 February 2025 | 24 replies
DSCR loans underwrite to the income of the property, and do not require your personal income, taxes, debt-to-income ratio, etc.Of the 1,100+ loans that our team closed last year, I want to say that only 1% to 2% of those were closed in a borrower's personal name.So, it is pretty irregular for us to process an investment property loan under a personal name.Clients usually opt for closing in their personal name if they simply do not have an LLC established yet.

8 February 2025 | 13 replies
Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.

10 February 2025 | 9 replies
Your interest rate, on a fixed rate loan, should remain unchanged and your mortgage should not be called due.However you should still confirm that this is the case with your lender (and read your mortgage commitment) out of an abundance of caution and because some loans and programs do require a longer seasoning period.

27 February 2025 | 25 replies
Some lenders require a longer seasoning period before allowing a cash-out refi.

4 February 2025 | 7 replies
And you have taken the extra 150 hours required for the broker's license?