Commercial Hard Money

THE BIG PICTURE

Circumstances sometimes lend themselves to require non-traditional commercial lending sources that are commonly known as Hard Money Lenders.

Hard Money Lenders cover a spectrum of financing on investment property. There are Lenders that specialize; such as those that finance golf courses, marinas, or churches.  There are others that focus on multi-family units and apartment complexes.  Many consider hospitality and special purpose buildings.

Some of these Lenders are wealthy private individuals but most are institutions that represent conglomerates like pension and retirement funds.  Some lenders finance small loan requests while others can fund upwards of $100,000,000.

As your mortgage broker representative, VisionMortgage Company, Ltd. can lead you to through the wide array of choices keeping your budget and financial goals in mind. We work with the most reliable funding sources in the nation.

WHY HARD MONEY?

Hard Money allows many the opportunity to finance transactions that are turned down by traditional banks and the Small Business Administration lenders.  Hard Money Lenders concern themselves more with the collateral value of the property (the appraised value) than the actually qualifications of the individual or corporate borrower.

For this reason, tax returns and financial statements are never required---the loan is in fact a STATED INCOME transaction.  Credit history is not necessarily a concern either.  A credit report is required only in that the Lender checks to insure that the borrower can enter into the transaction without the threat of IRS issues or legal problems. There is no focus on FICO credit scores.

THE REST OF THE STORY

 The best way to consider Hard Money is that it is at best, a temporary fix.  The permanent solution may come with later refinancing.  Hard Money borrowers must have an exit strategy.

 For some, this strategy is the ultimate sale of the property.  For others that decide to keep the investment property, refinancing into traditional financing may be the alternative.

The biggest consideration is this, which the long term advantage must be in a position to outweigh the short term ( 1-5 years) solution that Hard Money may provide. 

Here is a sampling of Hard Money rates and terms ( July 2009).  These rates/terms do not change all that often but please keep in mind that they are subject to change without notice.  Send us an email and we will be glad to send you current rates.

 **Lower rates available with different point/prepay structure
 

* Note that a BPO is strictly this specifics Hard Money Lender’s opinion of value. It is based on a 90-120 sales price;
i.e. at what price would this property sell for if it had to be sold in 90-120 days. It is not respresentative of
true market value—but can be relied on by the Lender as a basis for their loan.

So How Do We Get Started?

The first step is to create a brief “executive summary”, i.e. tell us the story about your project ( it can be emailed/faxed to us).  These are some of the essentials:

1.      Tell us where your property is located.  If you can, send a copy of the taxing authority summary sheet available from the applicable taxing authority.

2.      Tell us what you think the property is worth—if it were on the market today.

3.      How much money do you need? What is the intended loan amount?

4.      Who holds title to the property?

5.      If rental property, we will need a copy of the lease.

6.      Whomever will be the borrower(s), complete a simple residential loan application which is located on the opening page of our website: www.visionmortgageco.com  It does not have to be in minute detail but it does require a signature so you must print the PDF file.

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