Creative FinancingFinancing can be a challenge in tough economies, but several creative strategies can make deals work: Seller Financing: Negotiate with the seller to finance part or all of the deal, reducing the need for traditional loans.

I’ve been seeing a lot of interesting deals lately, but the traditional financing methods don’t always cut it for some investors.

Antonio, my fiancée and I are both realtors, I specialize in value add property and my fiancée manages our property management company and is a traditional realtor that specializes in listing properties.  

The reason you would sell at a discount is that you need to close quickly with cash … that is the offer …  Using an agent to sell in a traditional way will not allow you to make that offer—— sounds like in Texas there are pretty hard rules on timeline… if you are in California however you are less likely to be able to say “your property will be foreclosed in x days”.

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My lender just called me quite flustered to say that he has learned that no one is doing the traditional 10% down loan for second homes, which is what I was going to use.

But, I would personally be very uncomfortable using a HELOC as a traditional down payment option. 

I will add that investing in a real estate syndication where you have Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT), if you are going to use a self-directed IRA, you might be better off using a Roth IRA, instead of Traditional IRA, due to the tax-free compounding growth of Roth.

One big takeaway is that MTRs function more like short-term rentals (STRs) than traditional long-term rentals.

This approach can help you secure funding more easily without the need for traditional income documentation.