Suppose that you've run across this truly good bargain on a fix and flip property located in a terrific location, and you're either a seasoned real estate investor or a first-timer who wants to try out flipping homes. Professional house flippers, like the young married couple on Flip or Flop, HGTV's reality flipping series, are able to haul in a gain of $40-$50k for the majority of homes. Naturally, you also understand that their results are credited to the simple fact that they are professionals, are proficient in hard money loans, they understand the market quite well and they also know how to work an auction for getting an appropriate deal. On the other hand, you're assured that your first class rehab and remodeling knowledge will enable you to do a quality job on the property — furthermore, you already have lined up one of the most sought after general contractors in the area to handle this project.

But how do you obtain the needed funding for home flipping? If you approach a common lending institution, much like a bank for financing, it's in all likelihood going to take, as a minimum, 30-60 days for your acceptance to be completed and your funds to be furnished. Due to the fact all the sellers are wanting to find a fast closing, that doesn't appear to be a great idea to you at all.

With banks establishing tougher loan standards in the last few years, it is more challenging for a self-employed person to obtain a mortgage loan, especially when his credit score is not optimal. So will inadequate funding prevent you from sticking to your dream? By no means, considering that you could always use the Baldwin hard money loan approach to fund your home flipping project.

A hard money home loan in Baldwin offers what is deemed essential to most real estate deals — a quick closing of only a few weeks and at many times even less. Besides that, hard money lenders are capable of doing loans up to 70% LTV of the property or home's valuation, as assessed by a licensed third-party appraiser. With lending rates starting at about 10%, hard money real estate loans may appear, initially, to be higher priced as compared with traditional bank lending products. But the time frames of these loans are quite short, which means the rate is less important. Short-term loans of a couple of months to a few years are best thought of as cost of capital, the same as all other expenses in connection with a project. And when you've flipped the property, recuperating this expense is the exact same as recuperating the expense for the kitchen and bath improvements you performed.

What's more, it's simple to be eligible for a hard money mortgage, regardless of whether your credit rating is not that superb. Instead of focusing only on the applicant's credit score or income, Baldwin hard money lenders, who may be a private company or an individual person, say yes to a loan after analyzing the home value, how easy it will be to market, its location, and the likelihood of recovering their capital in case of foreclosure. Adding to this, if the person can demonstrate prior experience in equivalent real estate ventures, can place down money towards the down payment, and the cost of comparative properties in the area works to his benefit, he has a very good shot of qualifying for a hard money real estate loan.

So any time you run into a very good and lucrative flipping opportunity, feel comfortable knowing you will have a hard money lender in Baldwin, prepared to lend you the capital you need. Enter your info into the form on this page or call us to talk about the property or properties you have in mind.