Thursday, July 11, 2013

Investors Turning to Hard Money Lenders

By Tim Kelly


Those people who've been getting into purchasing properties at the trustees ' sales now know that the 3rd party action has been skyrocketing dramatically during the past months. From a spread of sources, money is flowing to the high bidders in higher and higher volume. More properties are to be exposed with equity added when banks offer properties at steep rebates below the sums due those banks. It is claimed that the foreclosure market is a cleaning processâ€"-removing bad loans and properties that amassed during the up to date "real estate bubble".

You probably already realize that you cannot go to a lender and ask for money with which to make a money bid on a property coming up at a trustee's sale. Hopefully, your own pockets are deep enough you can buy at the sales with your very own money. This is not true for many people, particularly when purchasing first (often bigger) loans. We can then seek other varying amounts of cash from other informed investors in property who are willing to start and continue on a long term foundation in the foreclosure business.

Personally nonetheless , I think that the consistent and most successful bidders today are people who associate with hard money lender working with investors in property having limited capital. These financiers don't seek to add to their capital worth through property retention and appreciation but through the multiple sums of money offered at attractive rates (for the bank) to these speculators. Those financiers agree to a short-term loan with which to follow those unique properties offered at a discount at the curators ' sales.

The hard bank is a not an uncooperative bank since his short term loans have enticing rates and loan fees. I understand that such loans today (early 2010) will be available at 12% interest with loan fees around 7% of the quantity of the loan. The short term defaults on these loans barely happen since such loans are only available on properties with proved equity. Though there isn't any such thing as a low risk real estate investment, the hard money lenders come close to approaching that ideal.

Understanding that purchase money often is available through hard money banks to purchasers of properties at the trustee's sales solves the initial investment need of the investor. It doesn't nevertheless , ease the issues buyers face when financing the rehabilitated property bought later from that investor.

The casual lending days which existed before the fresh monetary catastrophe are a thing of the past. No-doc and low-doc loans are an anathema to most home, consumer lenders these days. The number and heights of the rings residential borrowers must jump through to get even a dear loan are impressive and daunting to many consumers. Not only will the potential lender carefully examine the borrowers credit but also current and future income capabilities and existing liquid money available to meet emergencies which could affect the power to meet payments when due on the attendant promissory notes. No stone is left unturned, and no slight of hand related to the loans will be toleratedâ€"-now. This, of course, is the antithesis of the lender's position till the finance collapse. (Who was responsible for this catastrophe? It really looks like the banks and borrowers themselves)

The home lending system seems focused on not marching into the deep morass into which they stepped recently. Of course, the legislature is working hard to make it tricky to repeat the current fiasco, yet it appears that current legislation appear in time to fix old Problems.

Since it is difficult for the consumers to qualify for home loans, the real estate financier with a variety of cash sources available with which to purchase properties at the trustee's sale now encounters a second problem. Where do the purchasers of the properties bought at the sales find the money with which to buy the rehabilitated properties? Cash is tight. Lenders are miserly. Restrictions on borrowers are at a unparalleled level. Do you see the paradox that I see here? It is going to be engaging to see how current loan alterations and restrictions are altered to allow the customer to start the residential purchasing process with confidence.




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