How do you finance buying your investment properties?
In this class you'll learn:
- Lender selection - going beyond just the lowest cost
- Different lenders, different loan programs - not all lenders are the same
- A brief discussion of Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) as it applies to investors and Nomads™ (see full class on Private Mortgage Insurance for the 2 hour version)
- What financing is Nomad™ approved and which to avoid
- Nothing down loan programs we can use in our current market
- A brief discussion of funding fees
- Down payment assistance programs
- The what, how and when of 3.5% down payment FHA financing (for investors)
- Conventional financing - the financing we can come back to many times as we acquire more properties
- The pros and cons of portfolio lenders and portfolio financing
- Commercial financing - a necessary evil for some types of deals and why you should avoid it on other deals
- A brief discussion of financing your acquisitions with private money, hard money and partnerships
- A discussion of Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs), owner financing, all cash purchases and using life insurance, retirement accounts to purchase properties
- A chart based comparison of loan types looking at how interest rates, down payments and loan type impact your monthly payment and therefore your returns
- Charts comparing monthly payments for non-owner-occupant (investor) loans and owner-occupant loans (that Nomads™ might use to acquire properties before eventually converting them to rentals)
- Loan planning... the surprisingly difficult puzzle of which loan to do first, second, etc.
- Nomad™ loan basics including the recommended loan order for Nomads™
- The income required to qualify for loans - a discussion of debt-to-income ratios (especially Nomads™ that are in markets with negative cash flow)
- Accessing equity in properties
- Preparing for financing... getting your financial house in order
- Finding a lender and lender interview questions
- Tips for applying for loans
- What financing work you'll need to have done prior to looking at properties
- Plus much more...
Duration: 1 hours and 41 minutes
Recorded: October 11, 2017
Instructor: James Orr
