
10 January 2025 | 21 replies
@Brian Rocha It’s clear why most lenders insist on including rehab funds in the loan, and all of our partner banks follow this practice for fix-and-flip loans to minimize risk and meet securitization standards.

1 January 2025 | 11 replies
Quote from @Gregory Banks: I would hire a structural engineer. $1,000 inspection could save you tens of thousands.

1 January 2025 | 2 replies
A local bank relationship How did you add value to the deal?

1 January 2025 | 7 replies
Credit unions, banks, mortgage companies and private lenders.They all had the same answer.

3 January 2025 | 19 replies
I would talk to the bank first.

31 December 2024 | 1 reply
If you can get a better deal on the home due to age its a fine and if you need financing banks do not judge year built.

29 December 2024 | 6 replies
Since the buyer is not able to get bank financing, you are charging a few % points higher.So your $289k house might sell for 320k at 9.9% for 30 years.

4 January 2025 | 5 replies
You can probably just go ahead and live in that 5th unit, but I believe whenever you go to refinance it with a bank or what not, the 5th unit will make it require a commercial loan and not residential regardless of what the county records show the property to be.

7 January 2025 | 16 replies
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1 January 2025 | 0 replies
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